VOA慢速英语--Are Forests an Answer to Carbon Pollution?

Burning coal for energy adds planet-warming carbon dioxide, or CO2, to Earths atmosphere. As the planet heats up, experts warn that simply cutting greenhouse gas emissions will not be enough to avoid possibly disastrous levels of global warming. CO2

TED演讲 :石油真正的代价(1)

The world's largest and most devastating 世上最大、最具破坏性的 environmental and industrial project 环境及工业计划 is situated in the heart 发生于 of the largest and most intact forest in the world, 世上最大、保存最完整的

新东方英语900句开口篇23

2301 Lesson Twenty-three Neighborhood 邻里 I have lived at 24 University Street for 20 years. 我在大学街24号住了20年了。 Where do you live? district municipality 24 University Street Chaoyang District Beijing municipality China He lives at 10 Downing

SSS 2010-07-21

The earths tropics teem with species. Theyre far more biologically diverse than the cooler parts of the planet. And scientists have credited higher temperatures and greater amounts of sunlight. But a new study claims that the secret to tropical biodi

口腔临床英语对话 第26期:错颌畸形(1)

I've noticed that my daughter's teeth aren't growing straight. Her teeth are too big. Theredoesn't seem to be enough space for them. 我发现我女儿的牙齿长的不正，牙齿也太大了，好像空隙不好。 How old is your daughter? 你女儿

口腔临床英语对话 第27期:错颌畸形(2)

342943afecfcdaebbd.mp3 Treatment is usually started when the patient is 10 or 11 years old, after the deciduous teethare lost. 通常是在病人十岁或十一岁乳牙脱落之后开始进行治疗的。 That reminds me, Doctor; It seems that my da

口腔临床英语对话 第29期:正畸治疗(2)

Is it necessary to have cavities in the baby teeth repaired? 乳牙蛀成了洞还有必要补上吗？ If the baby teeth are going to fall out, I don't think that it matters if they become decayed. 如果乳牙是要脱落的，我想蛀了也没有关

侏罗纪搏击俱乐部 第153期:被气候变化逐出家园

The fact that Pachyrhinosaurus is found in so many different areas suggests that these dinosaurs had a remarkable ability to adapt to a variety of different environments. 肿鼻角龙在那么多不同的地方被发现，说明这种恐龙对不同环

【突破英文词汇】de -- down, opposite of

1. demolish /diˈmɔliʃ/ -- pull or tear down; destroy A wrecking crew is demolishing the old building. 拆除队正在拆除这幢老建筑物。 2. demote /dɪˈməʊt/ -- move down in grade or rank For being absent without leave, the corporal was

胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇058

Lesson 58 The Deadly Debutante 首次进入社交界的少女杀手 Words: daze vt. 使发昏，是眩晕 dazzle vt. （使）眩目，（使）眼花；使（某人）赞许，称奇 dazzling adj. 眼花缭乱的；耀眼的 deadly adv. 致命的，毒性的；有害的 deal n. 交易；分量 dearth n. 缺少，缺

国家地理-2008-06-21 China's Amazing Flowers 繁花似锦的中国

China has more plants than anywhere else in the temperate regions of the world. In fact, it has almost twice as many kinds of plants as there are in the United States which is about the same size and about three times as many as there are in Europe.

VOA标准英语2011--Coastal Trees Help Fight Global Warming

Coastal Trees Help Fight Global Warming A new study says the world's tropical coastal forests store more planet-warming carbon dioxide than almost any other ecosystem. But rapid loss of these forests - known as mangroves - is releasing substantial an

英语听力：自然百科 China's Amazing Flowers 繁花似锦的中国

China has more plants than anywhere else in the temperate regions of the world. In fact, it has almost twice as many kinds of plants as there are in the United States which is about the same size and about three times as many as there are in Europe.

英语听力：2012-02-01 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—7

As we travel south, so the suns influence grows stronger. And at 50 degrees of latitude, a radical transformation begins. Summers here are long enough for broadleaf trees to replace conifers. Broadleaves are easier to eat and digest, so now animals c

【荆棘鸟】第二章 25

The axe was moving so fast it whistled, and the handle made its own separate swishing sound as it slid up and down within his slippery palms. Up it flashed above his head, down it came in a dull silver blur, carving a wedge-shaped chunk out of the ir

原版英语对话1000个:550 Dream Home

Todd: OK, Mark you said that you want to own your own home. Mark: That would be nice, yes. Todd: So let's say you can have any home in the world. You can make your dream home, reasonable dream home. OK, what kind of house would you have? Mark: Well,

VOA标准英语2010年-Photographer Focuses Her Lens on Rare

A new book by photographer Amy Gulick highlights the interconnectedness of wildlife and people in the Tongass rainforest of Alaska Vronique LaCapra | St. Louis 08 July 2010 Photo: Amy Gulick/amygulick.com Chum salmon (onorhynchus keta) on a spawning

托福阅读详解之大米草（Spartina）

托福频道在此与大家分享托福阅读之大米草 Spartina，其中包括托福阅读词汇及词汇在文中的使用以及相关题目。希望对大家复习托福阅读有所帮助。 P1： Spartina alterniflora, known as cordgrass, is a

我们终于知晓了树的秘密

I am vertical/But I would rather be horizontal, wrote Sylvia Plath, meditating on the consequences of a treelike existence. A team of researchers from the Vienna University of Technology recently announced another perspective on arboreal repose. Usin

美国语文第五册 第254期:种子的传播与种植(3)

But especially, in the winter, the extent to which this transportation and planting of nuts is carried on, is made apparent by the snow. 白雪皑皑的冬天，松鼠们忙碌搬运、种植松果的活动更为清晰可见。 In almost every wood y