VOA慢速英语--美国国家航空航天局展示木星的构成

NASA's Juno Spacecraft Shows the Makeup of Jupiter Scientists are finding that the inside of Jupiter is just as interesting as the part of the planets atmosphere that we can see. At the center of the planet is a liquid mixture of the elements hydroge

Hurricane Forecasters Predict Stormy Trend

By Jim Teeple First there was Charley, then Frances, and now Ivan; three major hurricanes in a month that have destroyed lives, homes and property across the Caribbean and the southeastern United Stat

VOA标准英语2010年-BP's Damaged Gulf Oil Well to Be Seale

Lee Witt (R) and BP PLC CEO of Gulf Coast Restoration Organization Bob Dudley at a news conference to announce Witt's hiring as advisor to BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill response in Biloxi, Miss., 30 Jul 2010 Both U.S. government and BP officials o

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Gulf Of Mexico's Dead Zone Is The Biggest Ever Seen

DAVID GREENE, HOST: This summer, a record-setting dead zone has appeared in the Gulf of Mexico. This is a zone where water does not have enough oxygen for fish to survive. One major cause of this is pollution from farms. And this has provoked a debat

科学美国人60秒 SSS The Arctic's Anti-Snowball Snowball Effect

The Arctic's Anti-Snowball Snowball Effect 北极的反雪球效应 Last Christmas, Santa Claus must have been loading his sleigh in a t-shirt and shorts. Temperatures at the North Pole crept up toward the freezing point when they should have been mi

60秒科学:Fog Found on Saturn's Moon Titan

Fog Found on Saturn's Moon Titan A study in Astrophysical Journal Letters reveals that Titan may be home to the familiar atmospheric condition known as fog--but made out of methane. Karen Hopkin reports The northeast just had its first big snow of th

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Severe Ocean Storms: Behind Nature's P

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Severe Ocean Storms: Behind Nature's Power By Caty Weaver Broadcast: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Bob D

NASA的朱诺航天飞船展示木星的部分构造

NASA's Juno Spacecraft Shows the Makeup of Jupiter Scientists are finding that the inside of Jupiter is just as interesting as the part of the planets atmosphere that we can see. At the center of the planet is a liquid mixture of the elements hydroge

英语听力：自然百科 行星旅行指南：木星 Jupiter—9

This could be the most terrifying sight in the solar system: clear skies above a bottomless pit, an infernal drop into the depth of Jupiters endless sky. You may have raindrops evaporating into the hot interiors of Jupiter, but there is no ocean down

美国国家公共电台 NPR NASA Spacecraft Gets Up Close With Jupiter's Great Red Spot

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: A gigantic storm has captured scientists' interest for more than a century, but no one's been able to get a really close look at it until now. That's because the storm is on Jupiter. It's better known as Jupiter's Great Red S

美国国家公共电台 NPR Arctic's Temperature Continues To Run Hot, Latest 'Report Card' Shows

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The Arctic is a huge icy cap on the planet, and it acts like a global air conditioner. But the air conditioner is breaking down. Today, scientists issued a grim report card on the Arctic. They say the pole continues to warm at an

美国国家公共电台 NPR Juno Spacecraft Reveals Spectacular Cyclones At Jupiter's Poles

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There are cyclones at the poles of Jupiter. That's one of the surprises that NASA is reporting today. The space agency's Juno probe has been orbiting the gas giant since last summer. It's completed six revolutions of the planet so

英语听力：自然百科 地球力场 Earth's Force Field—5

If we could flip a switch and just turn off the Earth's magnetic field, it will take about 15,000 years to disappear, based on the rate of decay of the field that we've seen over the last 150 years. It's currently decaying at a rate that would see an

60秒科学:Earth's Fried Far-Future Postponed

Earth's Fried Far-Future Postponed A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences adds at least a billion years to the already far-future estimate of when the sun will make Earth too hot to handle. Karen Hopkin reports. [The followin

Veteran Rockers Heart Return with Jupiter's Darling

By Bernie Bernard Since the 1970s, Heart has sold more than 30 million albums, and has scored 20 Top 40 hits. After record company conflicts over the past 10 years and some health problems, Ann and Na

VOA常速英语2008年-Scientists Fit Elusive Leatherback Turtles With

By Paul Sisco Washington 09 April 2008 Leatherback turtles fascinate ocean researchers. The largest of sea turtles roams the world's oceans, nesting and feeding in coastal regions. Scientists say leathernecks have been doing so for at least 65 millio

2007年VOA标准英语-Climate Expert Questions Gore's Global Warming

By Greg Flakus Fort Collins, Colorado 10 July 2007 This past weekend concerts took place around the world to focus attention on the problem of global warming, which former U.S. Vice President Al Gore says is the greatest single threat facing humankin

2007年VOA标准英语-West Africa's Drug Circulation Increases, Worry

By Nico Colombant Dakar 18 June 2007 West Africa is increasingly becoming a transit point -- as well as a stopping point -- for illicit drugs. So far, local governments have proven incapable to combat the trend. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from our

美国国家公共电台 NPR Unseasonable Winter Weather Takes A Bite Out Of Georgia's Peach Crop

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Summer's here, of course, that means fresh peaches. When it comes to peaches, lots of people think of Georgia. But Georgia peaches are having a tough year. The state is missing something like 85 percent of its usual crop. Georgia P

学个词Learn a Word 第1621-circulation

今天我们要学的词是 circulation. Circulation 有发行量的意思。美国皮尤研究中心的报告说，报纸虽然不会马上消失，但是，The declines in daily newspaper circulation are unprecedented. 日报发行量的降低是闻所