2018年CRI Polar bears starve as Arctic sea ice melts

A new study has found that the Arctic's iconic polar bears are finding it harder to hunt for food due to melting sea ice caused by climate change, putting the species at a growing risk of extinction. Researchers from the United States Geological Surv

趣味青春英语电台 第55期:Make waves

Idiom: Make waves ( make problems ) Hit the book: Tropical Endangered Algae Bleaching Ban

国家地理-2008-05-15 Earthquake 地震的危害

April 18, 1906, California's San Andreas Fault snaps, shaking San Francisco for nearly 60 terrifying seconds .When the trembling stops, the disaster is only beginning. Gas lines rupture, setting off massive fires, some 700 people die. Most of the ci

国家地理:Polar Bears 北极熊

Seventy-nine degrees north latitude is near the top, at the cold edge of the world. In the winter, when temperatures plunge below freezing, there is complete darkness at noon. During summer, the sun shines at midnight, there is no place to hide. Dang

儿童英语小故事 57. Polar Bears Need Help

She worries a lot. She worries about polar bears. They are big, white bears. They live in the north. They need snow. They need ice. They need cold weather. There is too much pollution. Pollution heats up the Earth. Heat melts the ice. The ice is the

2007年VOA标准英语-NASA Exploring Polar Ice Clouds

By Paul Sisco Washington 20 April 2007 NASA is preparing to launch a mission to the mesosphere, a region at the top of Earth's atmosphere where mysterious night shining clouds are formed. Little is known about the mesosphere, but its unique ice clou

Polar Explorer

BBC Learning English Weekender Polar Explorer Amber: Hello, I'm Amber, and youre listening to bbclearningenglish.com. In Weekender today, we listen to an interview with explorer, Rosie Stancer. In March, Rosie sets off on her latest expedition walki

英语听力文摘 English Digest 489、船尾那条温柔的尾流带

A Smooth Wake 平静的尾流 （A smooth wake on today's moments of science） Female: Donne and I are on a fantacy cruise . The sun has set and were standing on the rear deck. Look at the reflection of the moon. Male: You might expect a ship's wake

英语听书《海底两万里》第380期 第25章 地中海四十八小时(6)

THE ATLANTIC! A vast expanse of water whose surface area is 25,000,000 square miles, with a length of 9,000 miles and an average width of 2,700. 大西洋：广阔的水面，面积共有二千五百万平方海里。长九千海里，宽平均二千七

英语听力：自然百科 金星和水星旅行指南 Venus and Mercury-9

And its here in a freezer that Messenger will encounter another puzzle: can ice exist on a planet so close to the sun? It's only when the first radar observations to the surface of Mercury were obtained back in the 90s that it was discovered that Mer

Paul Simon, Yo-Yo Ma share Polar Music Prize 2012

STOCKHOLM, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The 2012 Swedish Polar Music Prize was awarded to the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon and the Chinese American cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the prize committee said in a statement on Tuesday. For five decades, Paul Simon has b

环球英语 — 119：Sign Two: Polar Bears

Voice 1 Thank you for joining us for todays Spotlight. Im Rebekah Schipper. Voice 2 And Im Joshua Leo. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Sib

英语听书《海底两万里》第304期 第23章 珊瑚王国(1)

THE NEXT DAY I woke up with my head unusually clear. Much to my surprise, I was in my stateroom. 第二天，我醒来，头脑特别清爽。令我十分吃惊的是，我竟在我的房中。 No doubt my companions had been put back in their cabin

英语读物《神奇树屋》 第十二册 Polar Bears Past Bedtime 05 You're It!

The dogs were barking wildly at two smallcreatures playing in the moonlight. Polar bear babies! cried Annie. One roly-poly cub leaped onto the other. Then theyboth rolled through the snow. Hi, little bears! Annie called. The cubs jumped up and shook

英语读物《神奇树屋》 第十二册 Polar Bears Past Bedtime 06 Flying Bears

The cubs whimpered louder. They want to go to her, but they're afraid of theice, whispered Jack. Annie petted the cubs. Don't be afraid, she told them. You'll get back toyour mother.The big polar bear growled. She paced back andforth, sniffing the ai

英语读物《神奇树屋》 第十二册 Polar Bears Past Bedtime 07 spirit lights

Jack, you can get up now, said Annie. Jack opened his eyes. Annie was standing over him. She still had her mask on. We're on safe ground, she said. Jack felt as if he'd been dreaming. He lookedaround. They had reached the tundra at the edge ofthe fro

China's new polar icebreaker to launch in 2013

BEIJING, June 21 (Xinhua) -- China will launch a new icebreaker for use during an upcoming 2013 polar expedition, a senior oceanic official said on Tuesday. Both the new icebreaker and Xuelong (Snow Dragon), an icebreaker that operated in Antarctica,

环球英语 — 222：Polar Bear Swimmer

Voice 1 Hello, Im Marina Santee. Voice 2 And Im Ruby Jones. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 A tall man stands s

【英语时差8,16】海浪的形成原理

Those waves hitting the sand actually begin far out at sea. And it doesnt take much to get them going. A little wind will do the trick. First the wind blows over the surface of the water, generating the little ripples you can see just by blowing acro

英语听书《海底两万里》第228期 第17章 海底森林(9)

For an hour plains of sand unrolled before our steps. 在一小时内，一片细沙的平原在我们脚下摆开。 Often the seafloor rose to within two meters of the surface of the water. 平原时常升至距海面不及两米的深度。 I coul