【轻松英文阅读】世界上最昂贵的树

They say that money doesnt grow on trees but theres a tree in the middle of Honolulu that is making over 400,000 dollars a year for its owners by just being a treea very beautiful tree. Hitachi Tree 2 If you live in Japan, then theres no doubt you ar

【轻松英文阅读】如何惩罚违规司机

Recently, a group of young men in Russia started a campaign. The aim of the campaign is to shame drivers who do not follow traffic rules. The young men wait on a footpath to block motorists who illegally use it as a shortcut. At first, they politely

【轻松英文阅读】怎样避免狗熊袭击？

Most of us have no clue what to do, if we run into a 300-pound bear . But luckily a local TV station in Rhode Island has put together a few tips from the experts on how to protect yourself, should you come across a wild bear . First, you should avoid

【轻松英文阅读】表情包涉嫌种族歧视吗

If you are reading this article, then no doubt you have come across emoji. They have become an indispensible part of the web and can be used to express a variety of emotions, things, people, and so-on. There are several kinds of plants, animals, buil

【轻松英文阅读】年长的登山运动爱好者

The family of Yuichiro Miura was gathered around the telephone waiting for news from the highest place on earth. Then finally the phone rang and the news they had been hoping to hear came. Weve done it! they heard over the crackling phone line. At th

【轻松英文阅读】非同寻常的宠物

When we think of pets, we usually think of dogs, cats and maybe birds or hamsters. These days, however, many pet owners want to have unusual pets. At pet shops we can see all kinds of strange animals. For example, we can see lizards, ferrets, prairie

【轻松英文阅读】专门吓唬野猴的狗狗

Wild monkeys are a problem for farmers in many areas in Japan. They often come out of the woods to eat the tasty vegetables and fruit on farms. Every year, they cause heavy damage to crops. But the farmers are fighting back. In 2005, a small village

【轻松英文阅读】狗狗也会对人过敏

Certainly youve heard about people with allergies to dogs or cats. But did you know it can go the other way? There is a dog in Illinois in America that is allergic to humans. One day at the beginning of summer, a black lab named Adam was brought into

【轻松英文阅读】福岛遭受辐射的野猪

Hundreds of radioactive boars are roaming the towns of Fukushima. These towns were abandoned after the nuclear power plant meltdown in 2011. The Japanese government will allow residents to return to their homes in some towns this year. However, offic

【轻松英文阅读】汽车抛锚

A mother and her small children faced a very tough choice when their car overheated and burst into flames on a visit to a safari park in the UK. Helen Clements and her son and daughter were visiting the Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire, England on l

【轻松英文阅读】多伦多发现的凯门鳄

A man was enjoying his day with friends at Torontos High Park the other day when one of them noticed something strange swimming in the water. No one is quite sure how the 80cm alligator-like creature found its way to the pond, but its figured that pe

【轻松英文阅读】聪明的鹦鹉

We all know that parrots are very clever animals. They are said to have the same level of intelligence as chimpanzees and dolphins. But what this parrot in Agra, India did, will blow your mind. The parrot was able to assist police there in solving a

【轻松英文阅读】为什么树袋熊喜欢抱树

Almost any picture you see of a koala, they are hugging a tree. Its their classic pose. But did you know there was a reason for it? Well, researchers at the University of Melbourne in Australia have discovered why they do it. According to the scienti

【轻松英文阅读】拯救猛犸象

The woolly mammoth was a very large elephant-like mammal that lived on Earth several thousand years ago. Some mammoths grew to be four meters high and the largest weighed almost nine tons. Both male and female mammoths had very large tusks and walked

【轻松英文阅读】迷你手工编织动物

If you have small children in the house you know how stuffed animals can gradually take over. Well, thats not a problem with these incredibly tiny, incredibly cute crocheted animals from a family business based in Vietnam. Most of the items in their

【轻松英文阅读】世界上最好的棒球投手

While Sony isnt quite the company it used to be, and Panasonic is no longer setting the world on fire, there is at least one Japanese import that is still taking the world by storm Yu Darvish. Darvish, the 26-year old Texas Rangers pitcher, struggled

【轻松英文阅读】伦敦旅行指南

London is certainly one of the most iconic cities in the world. Its monuments, parks and sights have appeared within so many books, movies and songs. Its citizens are famously colorful and diverse, and its culture is extensive and unique. For the abo

【轻松英文阅读】火车轨道

When I was a kid, I used to love the sound of the train in the distance. The tracks were about a mile away from my home. The sound of the locomotive and the whistle blowing in the night was somehow relaxing. Hanoi train 3 On the other hand, I don't t

【轻松英文阅读】4D电影版的钢铁侠

If you thought swords coming right at your face and cars crashing literally in front of your eyes were enough to give you nightmares for weeks-you ain't seen nothing yet! Because when fans in Nagoya, Japan, saw the premier of Iron Man 3 in April, the

【轻松英文阅读】迪拜的巡逻车

The police department of the United Arab Emirates city, Dubai, has begun to use supercars (Lamborghini Aventadors) as patrol cars. An Aventadors price is around 400,000 dollars, has a 700hp (horsepower) engine and and a top speed of 350km/hr (kilomet