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You may have already seen reports of giant sea serpents washing ashore in California. They are a deep-sea fish known as oarfish and can grow as long as 50 feet long. In fact, they are the largest bony fish in the world. Two oarfish, one 18 feet long

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(21) / 评论(0) 分类 轻松英文阅读

Pre-Listening Vocabulary rickety: old and not well maintained seismic: related to vibrations of the earth monitor: to observe canyon: a deep valley with steep cliffs at ones own risk: no other person or group will take responsibility if something bad

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Predicting Earthquakes Can earthquakes be predicted? Scientists are working on programs to predict where and when an earthquake will occur. They hope to develop an early warning system that can be use

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By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 20 September 2006 watch Deepwater Oil Super computers, mathematical formulas, and advances in imaging all played a part in a much-publicized recent oil discovery beneath the Gulf of Mexico. ----- Consider the idea of dri

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(九月)

Hawaii was born in fire. It's islands born by volcanic eruptions. And in some places the fires still burn. On the Big Island, the island named Hawaii, Kilauea spills forth molten rocksin a daily spectacle of creation. The volcanos newest cone Puu Ōō

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(33) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2009年

Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula is known for its volcanic and seismic activity, but not since the 1960s has a new geyser appeared here. A ranger in the Kronotsky Nature Reserve was the first to see the column of boiling liquid last month. Another observ

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