英国学生科学读本 第80期:我们脚下的土地(2)

The rock called sandstone is made up of a great many grains of sand. The beating of the rain on this rock washes the grains apart, and so the hard sandstone slowly changes into loose sand. 砂岩主要由大量沙粒组成。当雨水打下来的时候

Wild Africa - Deserts 浩瀚沙漠 - 2

In this barren sea of sand, it's harder for larger animals to find enough to eat. You've got to be a real specialist, like the Namib sand snake. By sidewinding, it can swim its way up the dunes. But i

Wild Africa - Deserts 浩瀚沙漠 - 6

On certain nights, the secret is revealed. Warm, damp air moving in from the mid-Atlantic is transformed to fog as it crosses the cold coastal current. A vast blanket of moisture steadily rolls across

英语美文欣赏：宽恕的风

The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped felt hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the san

【有声英语文学名著】英国病人 90

He aimed them towards Uweinat and its granite plateau so they could get water, take shelter in the caves. It was a halfway point. In the 1930 he had discovered caves with rock paintings there. But the plateau was crawling with Allies and he couldnt

英语听力：自然百科 西撒哈拉的列车

An iron ore（铁矿)train operating across the northwest African nation of Mauritania(毛里塔尼亚) forms a striking image sneaking its way through the Sahara desert. This desert train has had to be adapted to suit the harsh conditions that make

英语小达人 103 Racing in the Wild

Racing in the Wild 第7单元 荒野中的赛跑 The zebra grazing, looked up only slightly when two of the world's tallest animals galloped past. The lanky animals' long, but awkward legs traveled across the desert in half the time it took most othe

与美国小学生一起学英文第8册 第12期:沙尘暴

Sandstorms 沙尘暴 If the storm comes to a desert, what will happen? 如果沙漠刮起风暴会怎样？ Sand and dust will blow with the wind. 沙尘都会被风吹起来。 This is called a sandstorm. 这就是所谓的沙尘暴。 The Sahara De

VOA慢速英语2011--Agriculture Report - In Africa, the Gree

Agriculture Report - In Africa, the Greening of the Sahel This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Niger is located in the Sahel area south of the Sahara. The west African country is largely hot, dry desert. But since the nineteen eighties

英语听力：自然百科 中国沙漠化危机

The farmland of Wang Yang-tang in Hubei province lies abandoned. Over the last century, sand has devoured the rich pastures. As sand dunes edge closer to Beijing each year, Northern China's rapidly turning into desert. Shen Zhao-xiang, the director o

小王子 第52期:沙漠是美丽的

When we had trudged along for several hours, in silence, the darkness fell,and the stars began to come out. 当我们默默地走了好几个小时以后，天黑了下来，星星开始发出光亮。 Thirst had made me a little feverish, and I look

Sand and Stone 沙子和石头

The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. 两个朋友结伴穿越沙漠，旅途中二人突然吵了起来，其中一个掴

Tie

A man was crawling across the Desert dying of thirst, when a camel raced up and stopped. An Arab jumped down, opened a suitcase and said, Would you like to buy a tie?No,said the man, 'I need water, do you have water?' 'No,' said the Arab,' but I do h

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岩石圈LITHOSPHERE 固态地球SolidEarth 洞穴Caves 地震活动Seismicactivity 地震监测Seismicmonitoring 火山Volcanoes 风蚀Winderosion 陆地生态系统TERRESTRIALECOSYSTEMS 土壤Soils 农

让“宽恕的风”把仇恨抹去

两个朋友结伴穿越沙漠，旅途中二人突然吵了起来，其中一个掴了对方一记耳光。被打的人感到自己受了伤害，但什么也没有说，只是在沙地上写下了这样一句话：今天我最好的朋友掴了我耳

英语美文：宽恕的风

Wind of forgivenessThe story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped felt hurt, but without saying anythin

美丽的英语：宽恕的风

Wind of forgiveness The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped felt hurt, but without saying anythi

听歌学英语:Desert Rose (Sting)

听歌学英语:Desert Rose (Sting) Sting英国歌手，原警察乐队的主唱。因为他独特的嗓音和音乐风格，一直被冠以诗人歌手的美称。今天我们听到的这首Desert Rose出自他2000年的专辑Brand New Day（崭新的

英语美文：Wind of forgiveness 宽恕的风

The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped felt hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the san

双语有声阅读：沙漠中的植物

Plants in the Deserts Some cacti, like the saguaro, grow to tree size, but true trees need more moisture than most desert environments can supply, so they are scarce on deserts. Close to streambeds, cottonwoods can sometimes be found. Though these st