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[00:02.90]The world around us [00:06.45]LISTENING [00:09.20]1 Listen to the tape and fill in the correct information in the spaces below. [00:17.37]1.Walk along the street of any major city, [00:23.54]and you will see that the air you breathe is not
Natural Resources Through the changes in the ways of making a living in a family over several generations, the cartoon aims at sounding a warning against man's wasteful use of natural resources and emphasizing the urgent need to preserve these resour
Water is the source of life, a key factor in development and the essence of a harmonious ecosystem. With China's water environment deteriorating, and growing competition for water resources causing more disputes, both authorities and NGOs are realizi
Bottled water companies often brag about the purity of their drinks. Just imagine if they found a water source that's been cut off from the outside world for well over a billion years. Well, scientists have discovered just that, in isolated reservoir
Why does Florida have so many springs? Florida sits on a layer of porous limestone which acts as an underground reservoir or aquifer. This aquifer can absorb huge amounts of water. Where the pressure is great enough, springs bubble up, spewing up bil
As the migrating herds arrive in the plateaus river valleys, the spring is here. This is why they have made the journey after the famine of winter. Food is everywhere. Birds have flown in from as far away as the Arctic and subtropics. Canada geese jo
Statistics from the Ministry of Water Resources indicate that nearly two-thirds of Chinese cities are suffering from water shortages. Among them, more than 100 are seriously threatened by the problem. Han Ying, an official with the Tianjin municipal
298 mln more rural Chinese to have safe drinking water by 2015 BEIJING, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- About 298 million more rural residents in China are hopefully to have access to safe drinking water by 2015, according to a water resources official Monday. R
By David McAlary Washington 15 February 2007 A U.S. spacecraft has provided fresh evidence that water once flowed on Mars. In this case, it is water that ran deep underground through rock fissures, places where scientists say life could have thrived
Severe Drought, Wildfires Threaten Water Resources This is Valles Caldera. Actually, it's the giant mouth of a dormant super volcano that last erupted 40,000 years ago. In the millennia since then, the terrain developed high-elevation forests, of abu
US Energy Production Facing Limits of Water Scarcity Nearly all forms of energy production use large amounts of water. Coal, which generates nearly 50 percent of the electricity in the U.S., needs water for mining and transport, and to cool and lubri
From the entrance, this is nothing like a commercial cave. 从洞口看,这绝不像个商业旅游的山洞。 You're looking at Camp Two in a place called J2, not K2, but J2. 你看到的是二号营地,它搭在J2,不是K2(世界第二高峰)
VIENNA, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Climate change and rising temperature in the long term can lead to water shortages in the Alps region, international experts warned Thursday at the Water-Scarce Final Conference in the Austrian eastern city Graz. The Alpi
JINAN, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- A municipal government in east China's Shandong Province has offered a huge reward for clues or evidence of local enterprises pumping emissions underground. The government of Weifang City has offered a 100,000 yuan (15,873
Will shale gas be able to quench the energy thirst of the world's second largest economy? According to the Geological Survey of China, it may be too early to tell, but a plan is certainly now in motion. The newly released China Shale Gas Resources Su
The north China plain has always faced a shortage of water. As a result, people have been using underground water for a long time. But this continued use has severely depleted the water table, leading to a host of concerns. It is the sowing season. F
China has full picture of coastal water resources BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- China on Friday officially concluded an eight-year-long national marine survey, giving the country a true picture of its coastal water resources. Launched by the State Oce
We might not be alone in the universe. Actually, it may be confirmed as a very crowded place by new computer models developed to help identify habitable planets. Estimates of places that can sustain life have been based on the likelihood of them havi
Chinese social activist is accusing Weifang City factories of illegally discharging chemical waste into 1,000 meter deep wells. In response, the Shandong provincial environment protection department has sent 320 officers to over 700 suspected factori
China's State of the Environment Report for 2012 suggests that the overall quality of China's environment is balanced and stable. The condition of underground water remains to be a big concern. Li Dong has the details. Released annually by China's Mi