Without air, there would be no fire

Without air, there would be no fire. There would be no cars or trucks, since motors need air in order to work. Without air, there would be no wind or clouds. There would be no weather, as we know it.(

ESL杰夫的一天 第9期:起床讲解(8)

You could be an early riser; you could be a late riser. 你可以当一个早起的人，也可以当一个晚起的人。 The word riser comes from the verb to rise, rise, which, in this case, means to get up. 起床者这个单词来源于动词上升

ESL杰夫的一天 第8期:起床讲解(7)

I then say, Man, is my neighborhood noisy! 然后我说天哪，我的邻居可真是吵啊！ That expression, man, is just a way of expressing your emotion 这个表达，man只是你在说感情很烈或者很想强调的事情的时候， when yo

2015年15个科技礼物点子

15 Tech Gift Ideas for 2015 2015年15个科技礼物点子 Not sure what gift to get your loved one? Think technology! Consider these fun and useful tech gift ideas. You do not have to be a high-tech expert to get excited about these gifts. You may e

2010年ESL之日常生活 09 Being an Early or Late Riser

09 Being an Early or Late Riser GLOSSARY watch out be careful; a phrase used to warn someone of danger * Watch out! Dont step into that hole in the sidewalk! up at the crack of dawn awake and out of bed very early in the morning * Shelby wakes up at

CNN 2010-06-05

Oil spill, Day 42 of this oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Still there is no end in sight for this crisis. Right now take a look with me. Work under water and under way to place a custom built dome over that ruptured well. Remember that effort top ki

SSS 2009-09-10

The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration [NOAA], spends most of its time trying to understand and predict changes in the environment, along with conserving and managing coastal and marine resources. But its scientific expertise also just made

VOA慢速英语2014 Craft Brewery Meets Changing Tastes 工艺啤酒厂迎合不断变化的口味

Craft Brewery Meets Changing Tastes 工艺啤酒厂迎合不断变化的口味 Welcome to American Mosaic from VOA Learning English. Im June Simms. Today on the show we hear from the new album by country star Dierks Bentley. But first, a report on th

VOA标准英语2010年-BP Has Some Success in Plugging Oil Le

BP oil company has announced its first major success in containing a massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Engineers inserted a metal tube into a broken pipe on the sea floor, to siphon oil into a ship on the surface. BP engineers implemented the f

PBS高端访谈:濒临灭绝的虎鲸将会被放归自然?

HARI SREENIVASAN: You may have seen the documentary Blackfish that examined the treatment of killer whales at SeaWorld Orlando. Now at the Miami Seaquarium, another controversy is brewing over a whale named Lolita. The National Oceanic and Atmospheri

经济学人235:地理工程学 包含着承诺

Science and technolgy 科学技术 Geoengineering 地理工程学 Implicit promises 包含着承诺 A geoengineering experiment has come unstuck. But there will be more 地理工程试验取得突破。可期待更多。 FOR the past few years, a Eur

大气污染来自汽车尾气

According to the latest research, vehicles, coal-burning, airborne dust and industrial production account for 85 to 90-percent of the major airborne pollution sources in most Chinese cities. Vehicles are the biggest polluters in Beijing, Hangzhou, Gu

全球气温或达到历史新高

WASHINGTON, June 23 (Xinhua) -- Last month was the hottest May since record keeping began in 1880, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Monday. 图片1 The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfac

VOA标准英语2010年-Dust From Farming May Affect Rainfall

New research suggests agriculture has greatly increased the amount of dust blowing off of West Africa, the world's largest source of atmospheric dust, and may have been one factor driving the decrease in rainfall in the region over the past several c

ESL Podcast 575 – Being an Early or Late Riser

Spiro: Hey, watch out ! Nancy: Oh, Im sorry. I didnt see you there. I thought I would be the only person up at the crack of dawn . What are you doing sitting on the stoop at this ungodly hour ? Spiro: Im trying to turn over a new leaf . Nancy: What d

未来的日子会更加炎热?

WASHINGTON Folks sweating out the heat wave battering parts of the country may just have to get used to it. 美联社华盛顿 2010年7月8日消息：那些在肆虐美国部分地区的热浪中汗流浃背的人们也许只好逐渐适应这种天气

来自空中的钻石 捡到就归你

A diamond worth ?12,000 was shot into space this morning - and whoever finds it when it lands back on earth gets to keep it. 今天早晨一颗价值1万2千英镑的钻石被送入太空，在它落地后，谁能找到它，它就归谁。 A diamon

园艺专业英语

A alternate bearing 大小年结果 amendment 调理剂 ample 充足的 anatomical 解剖的 aneuploid 非整倍性（的） anion 阴离子 annual 一年生植物，一季生植物 anther 花粉囊，花药 anthocyanin [植]炭疽病 antibiotic 抗生

经济学人267:测量 质量效应

Science and technology 科学技术 Measurement 测量 Mass effect 质量效应 A better way to clean the world's one true kilogram 清洁世界上真正一千克的更好方法 IN SEVRES, on the outskirts of Paris, sealed beneath a triplet of bell j

经济学人467:地理工程 前景广阔

Science and technology. 科技。 Geoengineering. 地理工程学。 Implicit promises. 包含着承诺。 A geoengineering experiment has come unstuck. But there will be more. 地理工程试验取得突破。可期待更多。 FOR the past few year