时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2016年10月


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Stories from Egypt and Peru start things off today.


Our first report is from North Africa. Scientists examining the Great Pyramid of Giza think they might have discovered two hidden rooms in the structure. The Great Pyramid is the largest of Giza's three pyramids. Researchers believe it was built more than 4,500 years ago.


Scientists have been scanning the pyramid, kind of like taking x-rays and heat scans of it, and they detected what could be unknown cavities or rooms inside the structure. More tests are needed before researchers can be sure these rooms are significant. At this point, they only add to the mysteries of the Great Pyramid.


Another mystery is troubling officials in South America. Thousands of critically endangered frogs living near Peru's Lake Titicaca have died and no one knows why. The Titicaca water frog has struggled in recent decades. It's been overhunted for food, it's lost parts of its habitat, exotic trout 1 have been eaten the frog's tadpoles 2.


But investigators 3 are trying to find out what's causing so many of them to suddenly turn up dead. Some residents of the area think that raw sewage coming from a nearby city might be killing 4 the frog.



1 trout
n.鳟鱼;鲑鱼(属)
  • Thousands of young salmon and trout have been killed by the pollution.成千上万的鲑鱼和鳟鱼的鱼苗因污染而死亡。
  • We hooked a trout and had it for breakfast.我们钓了一条鳟鱼,早饭时吃了。
2 tadpoles
n.蝌蚪( tadpole的名词复数 )
  • The pond teemed with tadpoles. 池子里有很多蝌蚪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Both fish and tadpoles have gills. 鱼和蝌蚪都有鳃。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3 investigators
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
学英语单词
a change of scene
abthane
adversarially
agrief
alternative segmentation
amerman
antenna pattern loss
apathetical
area constant
arteriolar neprosclerosis
astral ray
astronomic north
auroral
average thrust
Bacillus pseudodysenteriae
base defense operations center
be strong for
bruzz
Burmannia nana
calendar stone
cayenne peppered meat
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cetoconidium
chop logic
coal-cutter-loader
complete system of neighborhoods
component video recorder
conceptual strategy
conks out
crab lice
cubic-inch
Cusset
dry-spun
ekow
elastic-response line
Faustian bargain
finis coronat opus
flattening table
forever love
gas tension
Gigaba
girl wonders
gospic
high-fliers
hot-cathode magnetron ionization gauge
human species
Ian Wilmut
impressiones trigemini ossis temporalis
indifference class
inhibitory neurotransmitter
injection pump barrel
Internet Research Steering Group
isonicotine
ligameata pterygospinosum
light locomotive running kilometers
line-mile
Lirutrin
logic diagrams
machine scarfing
mannerist
meletre
Meyzieu
network of burrows
news service provider
night-glow of the sky
nonterminal word
not a chance
notice of recall
overconformed
pali-
perforafion
plowed into
posterior articular surface
problem of elimination
product liability prevention
projecta
quartz sample
rangler tanz (austria)
ratio of elongation
re-enforcements
re-striking voltage
reburying
satinet
Sclerostoma duodenale
season shift coefficient
second section
section lease
sir seretse khamas
SPECfloat
steermost
Streptococcus endocarditidis rugatus
subunit construction
tert.-butyl pyrocatechol
theorem-proving system
three-barreled mortar
unprovably
unstick run
urgent care
water source
whimpled
Yarlovo
Zemaraim