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America's 11 Most 'Endangered' Places Route 66, a town square in Colorado, and hurricane-damaged sites in the Caribbean are among Americas most endangered historic places. The National Trust for Historic Preservation recently released its endangered

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AS IT IS 2015-11-30 Freedom Threatens New York's White Deer 开放陆军仓库或威胁到纽约白鹿 In the 1940s, the U.S. Army fenced 40 kilometers of wilderness in Central New York and turned it into a weapons depot. By chance, the fencing enclo

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But before Y and I get any further,let's take a look at where we're heading.Frome Berg-en-Dal,before we'll drive follows the dirt track that leads into the Wolhuter wilderness area.My destination is the tiny and very basic trial camp,my place of refu

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It's been protected from human impact since 1909. With three million acres, nearly a half million under water, Superior National Forest is largely unspoiled. But now the survival of this national treasure rest with those who would see some of it bur

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The warm glow of the summer morning settles on the slopes of western Colorado. But as the sun climbs higher, deep shadows shield the landscape that remains dark and forbidding. It is among the nation's deepest, steepest and narrowest canyons. You ma

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英语博客：A Cougar in Town!

The local news the other day was just the kind of news that I don't want to hear. A cougar had wandered down from the nearby mountains and was found in a residential area of town. Now, I know that we live in an area that is close to wilderness. You d

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AS IT IS 2015-09-04 Countries Compete for Oil in the Arctic 北极的国际石油争夺战 Russia, the United States and other countries are hurrying to control Earths northernmost territory: the Arctic. It is rich in oil and natural gas. The countri

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AS IT IS 2016-08-19 Firefighters Battle Western U.S. Wildfires 消防员与美国西部野外火情战斗 This week, a fast-moving fire forced American officials to order the removal of more than 82,000 people from an area north of San Bernardino, Ca

Everglades National Park: 'The Liquid Heart of Florida'

Everglades National Park: 'The Liquid Heart of Florida' Today on our national parks journey, we explore the Everglades in South Florida. When many people think of Florida, images of sandy coasts, theme parks and rocket launches come to mind. But it i

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By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 27 June 2007 After successful careers in the sportswear business, Doug and Kristine Tompkins set out with a passion to preserve the some of the world's last remaining wild places. Today they are among the largest landho

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New York, the state with the nation's largest metropolitan area, is also home to 2.5 million hectares of protected mountain wilderness. Conservationists believe that protection is why moose - which were nearly wiped out in the area - have started to

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It's been protected from human impact since 1909. With three million acres, nearly a half million under water, Superior National Forest is largely unspoiled. But now the survival of this national treasure rest with those who would see some of it burn

英语听力：自然百科 黑峡谷国家公园

The warm glow of the summer morning settles on the slopes of western Colorado. But as the sun climbs higher, deep shadows shield the landscape that remains dark and forbidding. It is among the nation's deepest, steepest and narrowest canyons. You may

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One of the challenges the new economic zone faces is wetland preservation as in the middle of the area lays the largest freshwater reserve in Hebei province. 143 lakes, covering 360 square kilometers.... The Baiyangdian wetland is the largest freshwa

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Repair work at the imperial tombs, known as the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty, has begun. The work is scheduled for completion next year. Wang Zhaohua is the deputy director of the Tomb's Cultural Relics Management Office. The whole repair projec

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In 1800, the census counted 5.3 million people in the United States. Pennsylvania was getting too crowded to suit Johnny. When he was twenty-six, he led a horse across the Pennsylvania border into Ohio. It was carrying a load of apple seeds. He plant

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Last night, we brought you a look at the brutal civil war ravaging South Sudan and the lives it has scarred. Tonight, another calamity afflicting South Sudan, a famine, caused by drought and man. The United Nations estimates 40 percent of the country