温馨夜读II PART1 15.Mary Lou

[00:00.87] 15.Mary Lou [00:04.35]It was my first day as a newcomer to the school. [00:09.47]Past newcomer experiences had been difficult, so I was very anxious to fit in. [00:16.22]Being introduced to the class, I bravely put on a smile and took my s

温馨夜读II PART1 12.Butterfly Insights

[00:00.51] 12.Butterfly Insights [00:04.00]A marvelous lesson appeared for me just now as I was exiting through the garage. [00:10.54]As I opened the garage door, I startled a large moth, which, upon spreading its wings, [00:17.18]displayed a bright

英语听力：自然百科 Equinoxes 春秋分

Twice a year, day and night, fall into balance, lasting for nearly equal length. Known as equinoxes, Latin for equal night, they occur in March and September and along with solstices mark the changing of seasons as Earth travels around the sun. Astro

英语听力：自然百科 Hippo Spa 河马也水疗

How do you like a behind-the-scenes look at one of the nature's most luxurious full service, hippos' spas. Our dominant male hippo customer has already arrived here at the Mezima Spring in Kenya, Africa. The carp goes right to work. It uses its wide,

英语听力：自然百科 Mission to Mars 火星任务：巨大的心理考验

This is Mars on Earth, a station that was built to help us learn how to live on the red planet. A group of explorers and NASA scientists are spending the next two weeks inside this habitat, trying to figure out how people will live on Mars. The NASA

英语听力：自然百科 The Moon 月亮的故事

Whether it was believed to have been a big ball of cheese home to the men in the Moon, or possess the power to turn people into werewolves, the Moon has been a perpetual source of wonder from ancient times to today. Just one quarter the size of Earth

英语听力：自然百科 Newborns of Jasper 贾斯珀国家公园的新生儿

Spring doesn't come easily to the Canadian Rockies. Winter never leaves without a fight. On mountainsides high above the valleys, bighorn sheep gear up for an age-old ritual. These males are bachelor rams. They are roughhousing now, but in the fall,

英语听力：自然百科 Ancient Little People 古代侏儒的骸骨

Lee Berger has spent his professional life searching for evidence of mankind's past. He is a paleo-anthropologist who with some help from National Geographic has been studying and searching for the fossil remains of our ancestors for nearly 20 years.

英语听力：自然百科 Baby Gorilla 人类抚养的大猩猩

At the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, an infant gorilla named Wumundi gets some tender loving care from a dedicated keeper and lots of attention from curious visitors. He is on with a keeper all the time 24 hours a day. Zoo spokesman Sean Anglum explains tha

英语听力：自然百科 2008-03-15 Antarctic Ocean Creature 南极深海的神秘生物

Scientists investigating the icy waters of Antarctica said on Tuesday they collected mysterious creatures including giant sea spiders and huge worms from the murky depths. Australian experts taking part in an international program to take a census of

英语听力：自然百科 Giant Pandas 大熊猫的困境

There is just something about them. Maybe its the way they plow through bamboo with no regard to dinner table etiquette, or maybe its the leisurely strolls. From the outset, a pandas life appears to be pretty easy. But appearances dont tell the whole

英语听力：自然百科 古巴环保行动

It's an island known for its rich cultural history and environmental treasures but human activities such as tourism and deforestation threaten some of Cubas key habitats, which is why the World Wildlife Funds Julia Langer collaborates with local part

英语听力：自然百科 意大利的死亡祭礼

In Fontanelle, Italy, a large ancient cemetery with an unusual history is about to reopen. It is a place where the living try to reconnect with lost loved ones through the skulls of strangers. The site is an ancient rock quarry. Ancient Greeks mined

英语听力：自然百科 考拉熊

It seems these days mobile phone technology can do just about anything, even help scientists learn more about the sex life of a koala. The bellows of male koalas may sound a bit raucous, but the team says so far data appears to indicate the calls may

英语听力：自然百科 Mystery Pelican Die-off in Calif 神秘的塘鹅死亡事件

Wild life experts are trying to figure out why sick, disoriented and bruised California brown pelicans are being found in record numbers up and down the west coast of North America. The birds, some of them dead, have been spotted from Washington Stat

英语听力：自然百科 匈牙利地下湖

Divers in Budapest, Hungary has spent the last few weeks exploring the depth of what may be one of the biggest underground lakes in the world. The huge subterranean thermal lake was discovered in early 2008 and in a cave complex below a Turkish bath.

英语听力：自然百科 南极物种大发现

Researchers have made some interesting discoveries near Antarctica. A team of scientists from the British Antarctic Survey and University of Hamburg have published the first comprehensive inventory of sea-and-land animals, near the tip of the Antarct

英语听力：自然百科 追寻达尔文的踪迹

In 1831, naturalist Charles Darwin set out on a voyage to the Pacific aboard the HMS Beagle. Darwin arrived in Brazil in 1832, and began documenting the enormous biodiversity of the rainforest of Rio de Janeiro province. In his diary, he mentions par

英语听力：自然百科 冰岛矮人族传说

Elves and trolls hold a special place in the hearts of the people of Iceland. The tradition and mythology of the countrys small folk dates back to the 10th century AD, when the first Norwegian Vikings settled on the island. Tales of elves were first