• Silence is Bliss 寂静的狂欢

    12-10-15 Will and Lyra followed the stream into the wood, walking carefully, saying little, until they were in the very center. There was a little clearing in the middle of the grove(小树林,果园) , which was floored with soft grass and moss covered rocks....

  • Hidden hunger 隐性饥饿

    12-10-02 Hidden hunger is unlike the hunger that comes from a lack of food. It is micronutrient deficiency caused by a chronic lack of vitamins and minerals that often has no visible warning signs, so that people who suffer from it may not even be aware of i...

  • 白藜芦醇可使蜜蜂食量下降

    12-09-25 The idea that drinking red wine may provide health benefits -- or possibly even extend your life -- is an appealing(吸引人的) thought for many people. Now, there may be added attraction. Researchers have found that when given resveratrol(白藜芦醇...

  • 烹饪用词

    12-09-24 Fry (cook in hot oil) 油炸 Roast (cook with dry heat, especially in an oven; for example duck) 烘烤(肉类) Pure (process food through a blender to make a soft pulp; for example tomato pure) 把做成酱、浓汤 Mince (chop, cut or grind into very small p...

  • Two Friends and Their Prayers

    12-09-07 A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men aboard were able to swim to a small, desert-like island. Not knowing what else to do, the two survivors agreed that they had no other recourse(求援) than to pray to God. How...

  • 未来40年人类可能将纯素食

    12-09-01 在斯德哥尔摩参加世界水大会的科学家们发布的一份报告称,未来40年全球人口可能要转成纯素食习惯才能避免食品短缺产生的灾难性影响。 Leading water scientists have issued one of the sternest warnings yet about global food supplies, saying that the world's po...

  • 七月全球粮价上涨10%

    12-08-31 Global food prices have leapt by 10% in the month of July, raising fears of soaring prices for the planet's poorest, the World Bank has warned. 世界银行发出警告,七月份全球粮食价格上涨10%,激起了世界上贫困国家的恐慌。 The bank said that a US heatwav...

  • 鲍西丝和费莱蒙

    12-08-15 As was the common practice with the gods of Olympus, Zeus and Hermes were visiting the world in disguise. One day they came to a village. At a thousand houses they knocked, and a thousand times they were refused rest and food and drink. At last they...

  • 气候变化影响落基山地松鼠的冬眠

    12-08-09 Climate change is causing a late wake-up call from hibernation(冬眠) for a species of Rocky Mountain ground squirrel and the effect is deadly. A University of Alberta-led international research team examined data on a population of Columbian groun...

  • 小龙虾堪称地球上的终极幸存物种

    12-08-06 One of the most invasive species on the planet is able to source food from the land as well as its usual food sources in the water, research from Queen Mary, University of London has found. Scientists analyzed the of red swamp(沼泽,湿地) crayfish...