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

The Day after Tomorrow

The Day after Tomorrow (UN Conference on global warming in New Delhi.) Professor Hall: What we have found locked in these ice cores is evidence of a 1)cataclysmic climate shift, which occurred around

Lifelines of the Desert

Lifelines of the Desert The Nasca desert in Southern Peru is a vast wasteland that stretches from the Andean 1)foothills to the Pacific Ocean. In 1926 came the first commercial flights over the area a

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Self-Awareness

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TED演讲：改变荒漠现状,扭转气候变化(1)

The most massive tsunami perfect storm is bearing down upon us. 这场最强大的、完美海啸风暴正在击垮我们。 This perfect storm is mounting a grim reality, increasingly grim reality, 这场完美风暴（指独立发生时没有危险性

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A: I was wondering if you would be able to help me with vacation plans. B: Have you chosen your destination? A: I dont know where I want to go yet. B: Do you enjoy warm weather, or are you looking forward to a cooler vacation? A: A nice temperate cli

step by step 第二册 lesson 34

Lesson 74 Part Ⅰ Lesson 74 Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises Sentence Structure 1. a. He lives in a warm climate. b. He does not live in a warm climate. c. He lived in a warm climate. 2. a. It is rainin

TED演讲 :石油真正的代价(7)

We need to ensure that these wetlands and forests 我们必须保护这些湿地和森林 that are our best and greatest and most critical 它是对抗全球暖化最佳、最有利 defense against global warming are protected, 最重要的防线 and

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The Earth Climate 地球的气候 Climate describes the typical weather of some place. 气候描述的是某些地区的典型天气。 Location is one very important factor for climate, examples are oceans, mountains, rivers and so on. 地理位置是

2007年VOA标准英语-Leading Scientist Says Climate Change Increases

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 05 July 2007 A leading climate change scientist says the warming of the planet would have a devastating impact on the poor and the hungry. He urges the United Nations to make greater efforts to help the poor, the hungry, and ma

VOA标准英语2010年-Colombian Scientists Predict Climate C

For generations, rich Colombian mountains have produced a variety of food crops, beans, cassava and notably coffee. But local coffee farmers say the weather is changing, and so are crop yields. Carmen Eneida Trujillo is worried. Look, there are not t

TED演讲:石油真正的代价(10)

And we need to all gather together and say no to the tar sands. 我们必须团结一致向油砂说不。 And we can do that. There is a huge network all over the world fighting to stop this project. 我们可以做到这一点，遍布全球的庞大

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physical geography 自然地理 economic geography 经济地理 geopolitics 地理政治论 ethnography 民族志 cosmography 宇宙志 cosmology 宇宙论 geology 地理学 toponymy 地名学 oceanogr

2007年VOA标准英语-Experts Say Global Warming Likely to Affect Afr

By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 17 April 2007 Experts say global warming is likely to affect people living in Africa more than on any other continent and warn that African policymakers must begin to prepare for such an event. An international panel of exp

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Sounds Global Warming Alarm

By Paul Sisco Washington 09 April 2007 Watch World Climate report Thousands of climate scientists and government policy administrators from more than 120 countries worked on the report for six years. After a reported all night session on April 5, the

常用英语气象用语词汇

山地气候 mountain climate 冬季季风气候 winter monsoon climate 季风气候 monsoon climate 高气压 high-pressure 锋面 frontal edge 亚热带气候 sub-tropical climate 气团 air mass 热浪 heat wave 高原气候 plateau climate 闪电 lightning 雾 fog 海滨气候 littora

英语美文：自我意识

Self-Awareness The man who is aware of himself is henceforth independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and hrough with profound yet temperate happiness. Healone lives, while other people, slaves of cere

Right things done in Kubuqi desert: Israeli ambassador

KUBUQI (Inner Mongolia), July 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Amos Nadai, ambassador of Israel to China, spoke highly of the desertification control efforts in the Kubuqi desert of China during an exclusive interview with Xinhuanet here Saturday. It's a huge area,

经济学人198:气候与太阳周期 冬日下的冷噤

Science and technology 科学技术 Climate and the solar cycle 气候与太阳周期 Chilling out in the winter sun 冬日下的冷噤 Stratospheric changes can lead to nasty cold snaps 平流层变化引起讨厌的严寒 THOSE unconvincedand those