10-07-28 Once upon a time a certain tradesman was leading a caravan(大篷车,旅行队) to another country to sell his goods. Along the way they came to the edge of a severe hot-sand desert. They asked about, and found that during the daytime the sun heats up...
10-07-20 防风林 wind breaks 防沙林 sand breaks 速生林 fast-growing trees 降低资源消耗率 slow down the rate of resource degradation 开发可再生资源 develop renewable resources 环保产品 environment-friendly products 美化环境 landscaping design for environmental...
10-07-13 La Brea Duncan Forbes I am the tarred and feathered(严厉惩罚) stork(鹳) Who flapped its limbs until they stuck. I am a tapir(貘) ancestor Who came for water, swallowed tar(焦油,柏油) . This is the asphalt(沥青,柏油) killing-ground, A lak...
10-07-13 The Bight 海湾 by Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) At low tide like this how sheer the water is. White, crumbling ribs of marl protrude and glare and the boats are dry, the pilings dry as matches, Absorbing, rather than being absorbed, the water in the...
10-06-28 Conditions favourable to life may once have existed all over Mars. Detailed studies of minerals found inside craters(火山口) show that liquid water was widespread, not only in the southern highlands, but also beneath the northern plains. ESA's Mar...
10-06-25 ESA's Venus Express is helping planetary(行星的) scientists investigate whether Venus once had oceans. If it did, it may even have begun its existence as a habitable planet similar to Earth. These days, Earth and Venus seem completely different. E...
10-06-02 Why and how I got myself into this situation is still unclear to me. A lady friend, a quite good looking lady friend, asked me to check her two cats while she was out of town for several days. I said, Sure. I thought to myself, How difficult could i...
10-05-25 An archeologist(考古学家) at Washington University in St. Louis is helping to reveal for the first time a snapshot(快照) of rural life in China during the Han Dynasty. The rural farming village of Sanyangzhuang was flooded by silt(淤泥,泥沙)...
10-05-24 Spanish scientists have analysed the temperature and salt levels of the Western Mediterranean Sea between 1943 and 2000 to study the evolution of each variable. Their research shows that, since at least the 1940s, the deep water has become progressi...
10-05-15 The age old dilemma about what brides should do with their wedding dress once their honeymoon is over appears to have been solved by scientists. 新娘度完蜜月后该如何处置婚纱这个难题由来已久,现在看来科学家们已经找到了解决办法。 The wedding dress can...