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The penguins stay when all other creatures have fled because each guards a treasurea single egg rested on the top of its feet and kept warm beneath the downy bulge of its stomach. There is no food and no water for them. And they will not see the sun

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VOA标准英语2014--Drama, Tears as Pistorius Testifies in Murder Trial

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英语听力：2012-01-22 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—3

But they are hungry and eager to reach their mother whos delayed feeding them on this special day. Now she lures them with the promise of milk, the only food the cubs have known since they were born, deaf and blind beneath the snow some two months ag

英语听力：2012-01-29 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—6

Midsummer on the tundra and the sun does not set. At these altitudes, the suns rays are glancing and not enough of their energy reaches the ground to enable trees to grow. Youll need to travel five hundred miles south from here before that is possibl

英语听力：2012-02-01 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—7

As we travel south, so the suns influence grows stronger. And at 50 degrees of latitude, a radical transformation begins. Summers here are long enough for broadleaf trees to replace conifers. Broadleaves are easier to eat and digest, so now animals c

英语听力：2012-02-05 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—9

The advance of the seasons brings constant change. As the suns influence diminishes in the north, so the deciduous forests of America begin to shut down, losing their leaves in preparation for the dark, cold months ahead. One season hands over to ano

英语听力：2012-02-03 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—8

Deer are frequent casulties of the harsh winter. And these leopards are not above scavenging from a corpse. African leopards could never survive here. But the Russian cats have thick fur to shied them from the cold. There are only 40 Amur leopards le

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音乐咖啡厅:Show me love Rap和柔美女声结合

英文歌词: seit gestern bin ich total verwirrt denn tief in mir ist etwas seltsames passiert es war ein wundervoller Tag - das erste Mal allein mit dir nur danach war ich total deprimiert denn das war lange nicht genug jetzt will ich mehr als du mir

The Cat and the Bell thecatandthebell

There were many mice in a house. The man of the house got a cat. The cat killed many of the mice. Then the oldest mouse said, All mice must come to my hole tonight, and we will think what we can do about this cat.' All the mice came. Many mice spoke,

在外国 如何打出租车Takeataxi

在外国如何打出租车Takeataxi A： Manhattan Square， please. B： All right， sir. When are you supposed to be there？ A： Id like to go around the city， if you dont mind. －请到曼哈顿广常 －好的，先生。要求几点到。

<词海拾贝>Rap：敲、打

Rap是一个古老的英语词汇，在14世纪时第一次出现时是一个拟声词。Rap作为名词最早的意思是“敲、打”，尤其是指快速地但用力不是很重的敲打。后来，