日期：2023-01-29 科学家们研究出一项新的方式来估计在地球上生物的总数，据统计一共有8百70万种不同类型的生物。这同过去使用的评估方式得到的结果差距很大。科学家们的发现将在网络科研期刊《生物科学公共图书馆》上发表。 Its generally accepted that very many species have yet to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-01-29 沃利斯-辛普森，这位曾让英国国王爱德华八世为她放弃了大英帝国王位的女人，可能还爱着她的前夫，恩斯特-辛普森。在多封沃利斯写给恩斯特的、没有被曝光过的书信中，沃利斯透露了当年她自己的孤独感，和自己对于这场婚姻的不确定性。 The popular image is that of a r... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-01-29 在人类探索宇宙奥秘的同时，大量的太空垃圾也被遗弃在地球轨道上。这些人造太空物体对宇航员造成了生命危害，同时也容易破坏卫星的运作。一位意大利航天局的研究人员建议发射一系列自动清扫机来清理这些太空垃圾。 After a half century of successes in space, low-Ea... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-01-29 科学杂志《自然》上的一项新的研究报告认为地球可能曾经拥两个月亮，不过在天体碰撞后，比较小的一个消失了。科研人员认为，碰撞过程可能相当缓慢导致月球上出现了鲜为人见的凹凸不平的高地结构。 This new theory builds on the idea that around four billion years... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-01-29 在中国发现的一块小型恐龙化石标本改变了多年来科学家们对鸟类起源研究的理论。一个半世纪以来，研究人员一直认为始祖鸟是最原始、最古老的鸟类，但最新发现的标本有可能改变这一看法。 Archaeopteryx has a hallowed place in science, long hailed as not just the f... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-01-29 利滋大学的一项研究报道认为中世纪时期的金属盔甲沉重得让士兵难以在沙场上作战，这也可能直接影响到战果。 As weapons became more and more sophisticated in medieval Europe armour also evolved, and by the 15th century soldiers would have been clad top-to-t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-01-29 科学家首次破解了马铃薯这种作物的全部基因组。这一成果刊登在最新一期的《自然》期刊上。这一突破将有助于提高马铃薯产量。 The humble potato is in fact the worlds fourth largest food crop, with a global annual yield of around 330 million tonnes. In an int... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-01-29 100年前一名美国考古学家发现位于秘鲁的印加古城马丘比丘。很多来自世界各地的游客都会到此观光。本周当地政府举办了大型活动以示庆祝。 庆典活动包括印第安文化传统的歌舞表演，现代音乐会，神秘的宗教仪式和各项学术研究讨论。 Its one of the most stunning and ico... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-01-29 欧洲居民将第一次拥有申请被公司忘记的权利。根据欧盟新的隐私保护法提议，人们有权通知一个公司删除该公司在互联网上所有有关他们的个人信息。 Just how much control should people have over their online reputations? Should they be able to demand that an unfl... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-01-29 目前中欧和东欧持续的寒流已经导致100多人死亡。有些国家动用了军队来帮助那些被困于大雪中的人们。政府还设立了临时住所帮助无家可归者。 Most of the deaths have occurred in Poland and Ukraine, where sixty-five mainly homeless people have died from exposure... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-01-29 科学家们称他们已经揭开了斑马身上为何有黑白条斑纹的秘密。这篇刊登在《自然生物学期刊上》的文章说斑纹有掩护作用，因为昆虫不喜欢斑纹。 There have been many theories to explain the zebras unmistakable stripes. Scientists have suggested that each zebra ha... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-01-29 Ren is curious about the relationship between the UK and Australia. In many ways the two countries have a lot of things in common and they speak the same language. Australia was set up as a British colony hundreds of years ago so the two places have... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-01-29 This weeks question is about Chinese film stars. These are the actors and actresses who are known and loved for their appearances in films on the big and small screen. The best-known ones are famous around the world. But which star is the most popul... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-01-29 Its still the holiday season and students in the UK are on their winter break. Tiffany in Guangdong Province asked us about how British students spend their winter break? For some, its still a time to study because they have exams next term. Some mi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-01-29 Alice says the bikes available to hire in her city arent used that much because she thinks it costs too much. She wants to know about the popularity of a similar scheme in London. London has recently launched a cycle hire scheme where for an annual... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-01-29 Gao Yuanxue is interested to find out if students use what they study at university in their careers. We spoke to several students about this, and found that often they were looking to use the more general skills they learned at university, rather t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-01-29 Gao Yuanxue studies economics, which she thinks is a well-respected course, but not necessarily the most practical. She wonders which courses are seen as most practical by students in the UK. BBC Learning English hit the streets to find out what stu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-01-29 Do you have a phobia? 你有恐惧症吗？ This is what some people in London told us: Many people have phobias linked to animals. One woman does not feel comfortable 感觉不舒服 thinking about snakes 蛇 and one man has problems with spiders 蜘蛛。 Another... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-01-29 一副恐龙化石骨架的复制模型将于新年来到伦敦展出，这头恐龙可能是有史以来在陆地上行走的最大的动物。 Dinosaur skeletons are always a big draw, and the Natural History Museum will showcase next year the biggest of the lot. 恐龙骨架一直是吸引众人前来参观... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-01-29 Our canine companions come in many sizes, shapes and personalities, but they all seem to share a common sensitive trait. 我们的爱犬有各种各样的大... 阅读全文>>