VOA标准英语2010年-Making Art Out of Scraps of Metal

Most works of art - paintings, sculptures, artistic jewelry - are created for a collector or patrons who visit a gallery. The artist makes something, and someone else buys it and takes it home. Others create large public art - sculptures and statues

事实：加拿大国土面积是欧盟的两倍-Canada is Twice the Size of the European Union

Pre-Listening Vocabulary territory: the area owned by a certain nation European Union: an association of 28 nations in Europe that makes social and economic decisions together shoreline: the place where water meets land bordered by: to have something

国家地理-2008-07-21 Diving to China's Great Wall 水中长城

Members of a Beijing diving club had the chance to experience China's Great Wall in a way few others have by exploring a section of the landmark that was submerged in the cloudy waters of a reservoir. There is no doubting that the Great Wall of Chin

英语听书《海底两万里》第532期 第33章 北纬47.24度, 西经17.28度(7)

The first cable was put down during the years 1857-1858; but after transmitting about 400 telegrams, it went dead. 第一条电缆是在1857年和1858年铺设的。但传送了大约400次电报后，它就失灵了。 In 1863 engineers built a new

智慧背囊 浮华背后-01-金链

[00:02.47]浮华背后 Behind Fortunes [00:05.75]Though fortunes achieved through hard work and other qualities can make people live cozily, [00:12.09]they should never be considered as the aim of living. [00:16.16]Therefore, in the process of seeking fo

CNN 2010-05-05

At first glance, you would never know this warehouse contains vital weapons to combat the spreading oil slick. They're staging areas set up from Venice, Louisiana, all the way to Pensacola, Florida. So what's going on here in this staging area is goi

与美国小学生一起学英文第11册 第10期:滨线

Shoreline 滨线 Is it a shore different from a coast? Yes, it is. 滨和海岸是不是不一样？是的。 The word coast is used when land meets the ocean. 海岸是陆地和海洋接触的地方 The word shore is used when land meets a large bod

VOA标准英语2009年-Scientists Struggle to Protect Chesapeake

By Zulima Palacio Washington 23 October 2009 Davis points to a grass shrimp barely visible in her palm Every year erosion and sea level rise are claiming about two meters of shoreline along the Chesapeake Bay on the East Coast of the United States.

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Nile尼罗河—26

There have been centuries of tension along the Nile between Arabs and Nubians, 25 people were recently killed near here, and many more were injured during clashes between Arab and Nubian families, many Nubians still feel ostracized from Egyptian life

英语听力：自然百科 Diving to China's Great Wall 水中长城

Members of a Beijing diving club had the chance to experience China's Great Wall in a way few others have by exploring a section of the landmark that was submerged in the cloudy waters of a reservoir. There is no doubting that the Great Wall of China

Shicheng City: Where time travel is possible

BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhuanet) --In February this year, Chinese National Geographic magazine published a series of exquisite pictures about Shicheng City (literally, Lion City), and since then, the public's strong interest in the city has been aroused

音乐天堂：Shoreline——Deas Vail

So you say I'm better off here As dry as the shoreline In an ocean of fear So you say I can't be alive Until there is nothing When we're meeting eyes again Day by day, I wander these halls And you're casting a shadow Onto every wall But all the way y

美国国家公共电台 NPR Sunday Puzzle: Follow My Lead

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: We're only two days away from the Fourth of July. But here's something that won't leave you bloated like barbecue and beer. It's The Puzzle. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) GARCIA-NAVARRO: Joining me as always is Will Shortz. He's puz

CCTV9英语新闻：我们记录的最低气温

Now let's get some of the science behind the cold. What is driving these temperatures and how long is it expected to last. We bring in meteorologist Alex Wilson of US' Weather Channel. As even talking about this unusual cold, something you've been he