大千世界: 蠕虫被送往外太空

Worms seem like strange animals to send to the International Space Station. It's not like astronauts are going to take time off to go fishing and need to bait their hooks. So why send worms? Believe it or not, scientists are using a microscopic worm,

小学英语深圳双语版二年级上Chapter8

[00:04.90]8 照顾宠物 [00:09.80]A/What do the animals eat and drink? [00:15.62]这些宠物吃什么和喝什么的呢？ [00:21.45]The dog eats meat [00:24.99]这条狗吃肉。 [00:28.53]The cat drinks milk. [00:32.21]这只猫喝牛奶。 [00:35.89]meat fish rice [00:40.88]

VOA慢速英语2011--Putting Worms to Work to Help Your Garde

Agriculture Report - Putting Worms to Work to Help Your Garden Grow 农业报道 - 使用蚯蚓和食物垃圾制作堆肥 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 What can you do with earth

2017年CRI Eating Sand Worms

Join us for our last ever show, as we bid farewell to Travelling with Stu-pid and the C4 Show. And how are we going to celebrate? By eating sand worms. WHAT? Yes, worms that live in the sand.

SSS 2012-01-23

Lots of studies suggested limited quantities of alcohol, like one drink a day can benefit your cardiovascular helth. But for the tiny worm C. elegans, dilute b is a valuable f of ease. It actually doubles their lifespan, according to a study in the j

Fall Armyworms on March Across Africa

A species of armyworm has spread to over 20 African countries and threatens Africa's main food crop -- maize. The warning comes from the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID. Joseph Huesing works as an advisor to USAID. He sus

Plastic-Eating Worms May Cut Pollution

Researchers may have found an unusual way to reduce plastic pollution, one bite at a time. It turns out that the common wax worm can eat plastic. Also known as the Galleria mellonella, these worms may help reduce the waste caused by plastic bags. Eac

Ear worms

Alice: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English: the programme in which we talk about a story in the news and learn some vocabulary while were doing it. Im Alice and joining me today is Rob. Hi there, Rob. Rob: Hi Alice. Alice:

SSS 2009-01-19

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. A new study with worms shows that some have a gene that helps them stave off infections. Not through some kind of biochemistrybut by changing their behav

VOA慢速英语2015 蠕虫准备在太空中飞行

Worms Get Ready to Fly in Space 蠕虫准备在太空中飞行 Humans are well-equipped for life on Earth. But in space, it is a different story. Low or zero gravity changes how the blood flows and causes motion sickness, muscle loss and tiredness. W

VOA标准英语2012--DNA Tests Prove Worms in Sardine Cans are Kosher

DNA Tests Prove Worms in Sardine Cans are Kosher Let's say one day you're opening up a can of sardines and you come across a worm. It is not as unusual as you might think. Unfortunately, recently, it hasn't been unusual at all, noted Rabbi Chaim Loik

英美人天天都在说的4000句 129:open a can of worms

[00:01]C：I've managed in a few decades to marry the two most worthless men in the universe and then proceeded to have the three most ungrateful children ever conceived. [00:10]The only reason people are nice to me is because I have more money than

流行口語 第181課

Larry和李华正在商量如何帮助他们的朋友Jane，因为Jane在工作上碰到了困难。今天李华会学到两个常用语：a can of worms和cut one's losses。 LL: I think that maybe we should just be supportive of Jane. It's best not

【一起听英语】旋律回响

每次听完一首歌，耳朵里有没有时常在回放这首歌呢？这是什么原因造成的呢 Alice: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English: the programme in which we talk about a story in the news and learn some voc

英语小达人 432 Life Is To Be Whole(1)

Life Is To Be Whole 人生在于完整 Once a circle missed a wedge. 从前有一只圆圈缺了一块楔子。 The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece． 圆圈想保持完整，便四处寻找失去的那块楔子

TED演讲:昭示长寿的实验(1)

Have you ever wanted to stay young a little longer 大家有没有想过要年轻再久一点 and put off aging? 延缓衰老呢？ This is a dream of the ages. 这是很久以来的梦想了 But scientists have for a long time 不过科学家以前一

常用英语口语(2)

Let us call it a day,stop.这一天工作够了，停工吧！ dark horse 黑马 Nobody considered that John would win the game.He was a dark horse in the final. dear John letter 绝交信 Jack received a dear John letter from his girlfriend because

英语听力—环球英语 1120 Earworms: Songs in Your Head

Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight, Im Robin Basselin. Voice 2 And Im Ryan Geertsma. 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 Do you ever have a song tha

英语美文：完美的人生

The Wholeness of Life Once a circle missed a wedge. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But because it was incomplete and therefore could roll only very slowly, it admired the flowers along the way. It chat

英语听力—环球英语 1485 Earworms: Songs in Your Head

Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight, Im Robin Basselin. Voice 2 And Im Ryan Geertsma. 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 Do you ever have a song tha