音标:[ˊkɒrәlәl] ;
n. 珊瑚

By Caty Weaver Broadcast: August 8, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Environment Report. A new study shows an eighty percent decrease of hard coral in the Caribbean Sea over the pa

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(207) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2003(下)-环境与健康

Youre going to see some beautiful coral out at the reef, Melanie said, as they boarded a glass-bottom boat later that morning. They had driven into Key West after breakfast and were taking their seats on the upper deck of a large white boat called th

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(136) / 评论(0) 分类 41 The Mystery of the Hidden B

The following afternoon, Melanie invited the Aldens back to her favorite beach for a delicious picnic lunch. They had spent the morning learning all about dolphins. I asked the cook to pack some special lunches for us, she said, pointing to a large c

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: This week, the governor of Hawaii is expected to sign the world's first ban on sunscreen sales. Research shows chemicals in some sunscreens may harm coral reefs. So the ban is good for coral, but what about people and their skin?

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The waves of these azure seas hide an abundant treasure. Below the waves, coral reefs provide a habitat for teeming life, a life with a kaleidoscope of color. In oceans around the world, clear and well-circulating waters encourage corals to anchor a

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(147) / 评论(0) 分类 国家地理2008年

You may think you are gazing upon a sleepy coral reef in the Caribbean Sea, and of course you are. But hiding in plain sight, is a riving teeming hotbed of erotica , that makes a Hollywood hot up party seem like a trip to the dentist. This is a coral

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Are we almost there? Violet asked eagerly. She was wedged in the front seat between Grandfather and Henry as the rental car sped along the Overseas Highway toward Key West, Florida. We just passed Key Largo, Grandfather told her, so we have another c

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(137) / 评论(0) 分类 41 The Mystery of the Hidden B

By Rosanne Skirble Coral reefs are home to the greatest diversity of plant and animal life found in any habitat, anywhere on the earth. But, while they are found in 101 countries and territories, the

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(163) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(下)--健康科技

Human Waste Killing Caribbean Coral In the first documented case of a human pathogen infecting a marine species, U.S. scientists say a bacterium in untreated human sewage is killing coral along the Florida coast and in the Caribbean Sea. The finding

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(139) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(八月)

Tens of thousands of tourists from around the world visit Thailand's famous dive sites each year. But marine experts say the killer tsunami two weeks ago has temporarily damaged some of the area's picture perfect coral reefs. 每年都有好几万名来

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Experts say one-third of the oceans' coral reefs face extinction by the middle of the century if nothing is done to save them. The reefs are home to a vast array of sea creatures, which experts say would also be endangered by the loss of the reefs.

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I caught you crying Trying to hide your tears away And all the while I never knew you felt this way I've loved you from the start How could we let this come apart? We've got to put The sun back in our hearts Through the alleyways The avenues ans dre

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Condition of Oceans Affects Human Health From VOA Learning English, this is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in Special English. Im Shirley Griffith. And Im Christopher Cruise. Today, we tell about a new way to measure the health of the worl

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(142) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

Explorations - Travel Industry, Fisheries Depend on Threatened Coral Reefs MARIO RITTER: Welcome to Explorations in VOA Special English. Im Mario Ritter. This week, we hear from a prize-winning expert on bees. May Berenbaum has studied ways to help p

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AS IT IS 2014-05-08 Climate Change Destroys Coral Reefs 气候改变毁坏珊瑚礁 Hello, my friends, and welcome back as we work together to improve your American English. Im Jim Tedder in Washington. Today we will learn more about our changing cli

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By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 23 April 2007 Scientists have discovered that an earthquake two years ago in Indonesia lifted hundreds of kilometers of sea floor out of the water, causing the largest death of coral reefs ever recorded. As Chad Bouchard rep

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Australia has agreed to protect one million square kilometers of ocean off its northeast coast. The Coral Sea Conservation Zone will help safeguard an area described by conservationists as a spectacular marine jewel while the region is assessed for

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The waves of these azure seas hide an abundant treasure. Below the waves, coral reefs provide a habitat for teeming life, a life with a kaleidoscope of color. In oceans around the world, clear and well-circulating waters encourage corals to anchor an

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 17 September 2007 Conservationists have started a campaign to urge the Australian government to formally protect the Coral Sea, one of the country's last tropical marine wildernesses. A coalition, led by the World Wildlife Fund,

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(176) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(九月)

BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Some seaweeds can kill the reef-building corals around them by emitting anti-coral chemicals, a new study found. The study was published Monday in the online edition of the journal Proceedings of the U.S. National Acad

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学英语单词
.cgm
AAW
ABA form
Abe Lincolns
Achilles tendinitis
alosts
anilino
antiadipogenic
back grounding
bad-taste
beergoonath
blastodermic layer
boiler
bootings
borkman
california achivement test
carpet backing
centromeric sequence
change of title
chicken skin
cofactor recycling enzyme
Conkal
constituent sentence
coolling connector
creep machine
debranned wheat
diode breakdown detector
doxyribose
encomienda
epicon
Etak Navigator
expectancy
faxphone
field deformation
finished floor
flue tube sheet
general systems design
genus Dieffenbachia
genus Mazama
gilling
green product
harder's gland (or harderian gland)
high definition TV
househunt
Hunter's colo(u)r difference formula
index of contamination
influence of ship-body
intercellular digestion
intertarsal joint
inverted vee way
keeton
labor protection
late medium rice
lighting up
lumberjack breakfasts
Mann-Bollman fistula
millstone around one's neck
misanthropist
mythical beings
NDCT (natural-draft cooling tower)
nonrevolutionary
Oak Leaf Cluster
occasional nature
oil pollution of waters
oordoo
organically-growns
per share
predevaluation
prefogging
pseudo-plastic failure of rock
PTS (pressurized thermal shock)
rail pass
reactivity in dollars
reference back
revenue expenditure
rift structure
semi-conductive coating
semperidentical
sexual repression
sheetwash
shifteth
ship paint
shunt-fed vertical antema
side valve engine
Spiradiclis emeiensis
spline shaft hobbing machine
squamulosus
stanniferous
straight bank
strategics
there's no use crying over spilt milk
tidal stream
titfields
tomalia
trade secret
trolleyfrog
troop housing area
tyles
unmoralness
volume indicator
wet stuff
widened planing machine