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萤火虫通过尾部闪光传递信息
10-07-09 For decades, scientists have speculated（推测，思索） about why some fireflies（萤火虫） exhibit synchronous（同步的，同时的） flashing, in which large groups produce rhythmic, repeated flashes in unison（一致地） sometimes lighting up a whole fores...
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南非运动员塞门娅将重返赛场
10-07-07 South African athlete Caster Semenya has been given the all-clear to return to competition by the International Association of Athletics Federations. 国际田径联合会给予南非运动员卡斯特尔塞门娅重返赛场的许可。 Semenya wins gold in Berlin The 19-year-...
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哈萨克斯坦世界最高帐篷将向公众开放
10-07-06 The world's tallest tent is opening to the public in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan. 中亚国家哈萨克斯坦修建的世界上最高的帐篷将要向公众开放。 Not a peg or guy rope in sight: Inside are shops, cinemas and even a beach Designed by the British...
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A tale of two fathers 我的两位父亲
10-06-02 Our parents divorced when Karen was a toddler（幼童） , and a few years later we were blessed with the best of a complicated world - a father and a stepfather. The situation wound up（紧张的，兴奋的） a bit confusing later on down the road. Especial...
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全球城市生活质量调查 维也纳高居榜首
10-05-31 Vienna is the best city in the world to live while war-torn Baghdad is the worst, a survey said Wednesday, putting Europe at the top of the rankings with Asia and Africa trailing. 全球城市生活质量调查本周三出炉，维也纳高居榜首，饱受战争之苦的巴格达...
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Five Months Older 大五个月
10-05-28 Five Months Older The Second World War had begun, and John wanted to join the army, but he was only 16 years old, and boys were allowed to join only if they were over 18. So when the army doctor examined him, he said that he was 18. But John's broth...
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On Changes 论变化
10-05-26 On Changes Irene Dunlap Change is the only absolute in the world, the only thing that you can depend on. Nothing stays the same. Tomorrow will come, bringing with it new beginnings and sometimes unexpected endings. You can hold on to the past and ge...
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动物有像人类一样的言行举止吗？
10-05-11 How do children reason about the natural world? How do they understand the relation between human and non-human animals? For decades, the consensus（一致，舆论） was that as young children begin reasoning about the biological world, they adopt an an...
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韩国吴银善成为征服世界14座高峰的首位女性
10-05-02 现年44岁的韩国女登山云队员吴银善于4月27日在尼泊尔登顶世界第十高的安娜普尔纳峰，成为全世界首位征服了全部14座8000米以上高峰的女性，也是到目前为止，成功登顶这14座高峰第20名登山队员。 South Korean climber Oh Eun-Sun is seen preparing for her ascent of t...
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第40个世界地球日即将来临
10-04-23 In recognition of（按照，承认） Earth Day's 40th anniversary, publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. (www.liebertpub.com) will provide complimentary（问候的，称赞的） online access to its journals in the field of sustainability（永久性，持续性） , includi...
