22-03-22 1. catnap 本来nap就尤指日间的打盹，小睡，像小猫一样打个小盹，指睡的时间更短吧。 He had cultivated the ability to catnap at odd moments during a day. 他磨练了一副能够在随便什么时候打个盹儿的本领。 2. have kittens 小猫多可爱啊，可是在中世纪（Middle Ag...

22-03-11 5. 性不说sex 当父母向小孩子进行性启蒙教育的时候，常常会用到the birds and the bees来指代性的基本知识。 大家都知道，蜜蜂（bees）携带花粉使花朵受精，这可以理解成雄性受精。鸟类（birds）产蛋，这可以比喻为女性排卵。 Shes only six, but she already knows ab...

22-03-09 Thanks to all who sent in their amusing, embarrassing stories this past week! Being a Mother by Bonnie A. Adkins from Memphis, Tennessee Being a single mother, I wanted to do everything perfectly when it came to raising my son. One day, he came to m...

21-10-28 Every new tide brings with it further evidence that our seabirds are suffering. Dead gannets, guillemots and razorbills are being found on beaches from northern Scotland down to The Wash [UK]. 每一次潮起潮落都会让更多证据浮出水面，证明海鸟正在挣扎求...

21-10-28 英国威尔士一些最稀有的鸟类重新回归，保护人士指出，这归功于在斯诺登尼亚开展的对抗气候变化和洪水的工作。 Wales hosts 4% of the worlds blanket bog habitat, which is seen as important in the fight against climate change because its very effective at sto...

21-10-14 考古学家发现了两个新的恐龙物种，它们可能在1.25亿年前在英格兰南部游荡。这个发现为了解这些捕食者提供了新的认知。 They would have been a terrifying sight, roaming the Earth 125 million years ago. Both were nine metres long with skulls similar to a croc...

21-10-04 Once upon a time, the animals living on the ground and those flying in the sky fought against each other. However, a bat could not take part on either side because he was timid and had no courage. 从前，地上的动物和天上的动物经常打架。然而，蝙蝠无法...

21-06-11 人们往往因为兴趣、爱好、性格相互融洽而成为朋友，有的是志同道合，有的是臭味相投。 物以类聚，人以群分，中文俗语，比喻同类的东西常聚在一起，合得来的人相聚成群，是朋友之间志同道合的统称，可分开使用。与英文习语birds of a feather flock together意思相近，...

21-06-09 据最新估计，世界上至少有 500 亿只野生鸟类。 Counting the number of wild birds in the world is no easy task. Scientists turned to a database, known as eBird, where birdwatchers record sightings of everything from woodpeckers to herons, to ospreys. 统...

21-04-02 科学家们通过结合有关化石的一系列新发现及最新技术，建造出了最先进的原始鸟类头骨模型。这一成果为鸟喙的进化史提供了新解释。 Its well known that birds evolved from dinosaurs - gradually growing feathers and taking to the air. But their tiny delicate sku...