• 节省能源的好方法:停止浪费粮食

    10-10-04 Scientists have identified a way that the United States could immediately save the energy equivalent(等价的,相等的) of about 350 million barrels of oil a year without spending a penny or putting a ding in the quality of life: Just stop wasting fo...

  • 气候变化可影响到长距离迁徙的候鸟

    10-09-27 Birds embarking on long distance migrations are more vulnerable to shifts in the climate than ones making shorter journeys, a study suggests. 研究显示,进行长距离迁徙的鸟类比短途迁徙的鸟类更容易受到气候变化所带来的伤害。 Swallows are among the speci...

  • 联合国举行食品价格会议

    10-09-24 The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is holding an extraordinary meeting in Rome sparked by global fears about high food prices. 面对高食品价格所带来的全球恐慌,联合国粮是与农业组织将于罗马召开特别会议。 Price rises recently sparked riot...

  • 约克大学博士生发现新品种蜜蜂

    10-09-01 TORONTO, August 31, 2010 A York University doctoral student who discovered a new species of bee on his way to the lab one morning has completed a study that examines 84 species of sweat bees in Canada. Nineteen of these species including the one Jas...

  • 尼日尔河决堤 五千人受灾

    10-08-11 Some five thousand people in Niger lost their homes and crops after the River Niger burst its banks at the weekend. 上周末,尼日尔河决堤,导致大约五千人失去了家园和庄稼。 Thousands of homes have been flooded in and around Niamey The West African cou...

  • 炎热的夜晚将导致水稻产量下降

    10-08-11 Production of ricethe world's most important crop for ensuring food security and addressing povertywill be thwarted(挫败,反对) as temperatures increase in rice-growing areas with continued climate change, according to a new study by an internatio...

  • 动物王国里的懒虫

    10-08-04 Pass the chips and hand over the remote. In a study involving the first-ever daily energy expenditure(能量消耗) measurements in apes, a researcher from Washington University in St. Louis and his team have determined that orangutans(猩猩) living...

  • SHMILY 看我是多么爱你

    10-07-27 My grandparents were married for over half a century, and played their own special game from the time they had met each other. The goal of their game was to write the word shmily(看我是多么爱你) in a surprise place for the other to find. They took...

  • 英国单身族生活支出多快乐少

    10-07-25 身为单身族,不用花心思取悦另一半,更不用为孩子的吃穿发愁,他们的生活支出应该比已婚(伴侣)族要少。可是,英国最近的一项研究发现,单身族一生的生活支出要比已婚(伴侣)族多出25万英镑,而从生活中得到的欢乐却比已婚(伴侣)族少。 With no spouse to entertai...

  • “糖果”词汇

    10-07-22 milk slice 奶片 odd taste bean 怪味豆 fruit jellies 果冻 confectionery for decorating Christmas trees 圣诞树装饰用糖果 almond confectionery 杏仁糖 peanut confectionery 花生糖 stick liquorice 甘草茎糖 candy for food 食用糖果 fruit juice jelly 果汁软...