音标:[ˈtɔ:tɪsiz] ;
n. 乌龟( tortoise的复数形式 ); 行动迟缓的人(或物)
n. usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica

VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean and the unusual creatures that live there. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Bartolome Island T

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(320) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(十二)月

One of the most iconic animals of the Galapagos Islands is the Giant Tortoise. Charles Darwin wrote of this tortoise in his famed report , Origin of Species, published 150 years ago this month. The differences between the tortoises from island to isl

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[00:02.75]Unit 19 Communication Language Awareness 4 [00:08.70]Lonesome Male of the Galapagos [00:11.60]Jo Tuckman on the Galapagos Islands [00:14.83]Celebrity is not usually a characteristic [00:17.49]associated with middle-aged giant tortoises [00:

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VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean and the unusual creatures that live there. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: A Galapagos Giant

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Pre-Listening Vocabulary turtle: a marine-dwelling (fresh or saltwater) hard-shelled reptile; used in some regions as a generic word for turtles, terrapins, and tortoises tortoise: a land-dwelling reptile with a dome-shaped shell streamlined: feature

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They can grow more than two metres long and weigh as much as three men. But the giant tortoises of ice age North America were even larger. Florida does have tortoises today, but on a much smaller scale. This is the gopher tortoise. Tortoises are cold

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EXPLORATIONS - Unusual creatures live on the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean By Caty Weaver Broadcast: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Emb

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JUDY WOODRUFF:Now the challenges of combating climate change. This week, the European Union announced it was loosening its strict environmental regulations in the face of economic setbacks. In the U.S., renewable sources of energy like wind and solar

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What age would you like to live to? Many people often live to a ripe old age, but 'Lonesome George', a giant tortoise, was estimated to have been over 100 years old. This week his keeper of 40 years, Fausto Llerena, sadly found him dead in his enclos

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Ana: Hey, Michael. I heard your mom is a zoologist. What is it exactly? Mike: A zoologist. Well, that's true. She is a zoologist. So a zoologist is someone who studies animals. Ana: Oh, interesting. So does she study all animals or does she focus on

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How Do People Treat Animals? 人们是怎样对待动物的? Many people now keep animals as pets. 如今,许多人把动物当作宠物来养。 Some people have cats and dogs in their houses. 一些人在家里养猫养狗。 Other people like fi

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