Are you a good tipper? You're out to dinner. The food was delicious and the service was fine. You decide to leave a big fat tip - why? The answer may not be as simple as you think. 当你在外面吃饭的时候,食物可口,服务周到,于是你

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(184) / 评论(0) 分类 四级晨读英语美文

Cases of the flu peak in winter in the U.S., but why? A new study suggests it's not the heat, but huminity. Or lack thereof. Because in temperate regions, the influenza virus fares best when the weather's dry. That's according to work published in th

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(161) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(十二)月

Understanding how life got going on our own planet will help us target where we look for it in space, both within the solar system and beyond. Biophysicist, David Deamer, studies tide pools. A tide po

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(119) / 评论(0) 分类 寻访外星人

Everyone knows that chocolate is bad for your pets, but you might be surprised that some of the other people foods that are not only bad for your animals and could also kill them. GMA nows resident vet Dr. Marty Becker joins us again with some of th

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 访谈录2008

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We try not to obsess about this too much, but we really do get to work very early around here. We don't get a whole lot of sunlight, especially in the winter months. So when you look around the newsroom, you see these special lam

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台11月

Humanize robots may once have been a figment of the imagination, but 2008 saw several robots bringing the concept a step closer to reality. In July, London Science Museum was the venue for the debut of some futuristic robots. figment:虚构的东西

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Curtis: Hey Spencer, so I was just thinking, it's kind of interesting. Sometimes your accent, it's hard to pinpoint where it's from, sometimes I think it's from a country outside of the US, but you're from North Carolina, right? Spencer: I am from No

发表于:2018-12-29 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 英语趣味课堂

'Creatures of Light' Glow in New Exhibit Of all the wondrous survival strategies natures creatures have evolved, one of the most dazzling is the ability of some animals to generate light to find their prey, avoid becoming prey and to attract a mate.

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(123) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(四月)

African Sanctuaries Rescue Endangered Chimpanzees It's a typical day at Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Kenyas Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Two of its 41 residents are scrapping over food, while a third looks on and yelps in protest. Kenya is their ado

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Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have turned to Mother Nature for inspiration, inventing a device that mimics photosynthesis, the process plants use to convert sunlight and water into usable energy. MIT chemistry professor Dani

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未来电影特效改变影片制作 When you watch a movie these days, its difficult to tell whats real and whats created in a computer. In the future, visual effects could even alter how movies are made. 今天,你看电影的时候,很难分清哪

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The Mississippi river, which drains more than 40 percent of North America's river flow into the Gulf of Mexico, is at its highest point in years, leading to concern that levees protecting the city of New Orleans could be compromised. A few weeks ago,

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It's easy to find an eye-catching pair of sunglasses and decide immediately that they're the ones for you. Unfortunately, sunglasses shopping is a lot more complicated than meets the eye . In addition to finding a pair you L-O-V-E at first sight, you

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

今天我们要学的词是mimic. Mimic is spelled m-i-m-i-c, mimic. Mimic是模仿的意思。最近,美国和意大利的科学家造了一条外形类似斑马鱼的机器鱼,The robotic fish mimics the tail movements of real Zebrafish and att

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

South Africa's government staffers blow horns during the ultimate Football Friday celebration at the government residence in Pretoria, 04 Jun 2010 The first football World Cup on the African continent has sparked a serious outbreak of football fever

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Echoes of the Past 过去重现 The British actress Keira Knightley has rejected claims that her latest film The Duchess, a historical drama set in the 18th Century, parallels the life of Princess Diana. The film tells the true life story of Georgian

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力精选进阶版

LESSON 8 The sailor and the monkeys 第八课 水手和猴子 A sailor once went ashore on the coast of South America. 从前,一个水手在南美的海岸靠岸, He had with him a number of red woolen caps for sale. 他有很多红毛帽子要卖

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As HM Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee fast approaches, one group of people are really making the most of the opportunity. These people are unique in their 'royal duties', but they don't work for the Queen; they impersonate her. This month the Qu

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力精选进阶版

When taken, it will turn round upon the hunters, and attack them furiously, till it is brought down. 被抓住时,鸵鸟会掉头愤怒地攻击猎人,直到猎人将其杀死。 Dr. Moffat, in his book called Missionary Labours in South Africa,

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Meet Chang Chen-kai, one of a new generation of high-tech farmers in Taiwan. Rather than toiling in the fields, Chang works in an air-conditioned room at a plant factory operated by Taiwanese biotechnology company, ARWIN. It's one of a growing number

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