作为一株小小的或是大大的植物(矛盾吗?),被生长在厚厚的泥土之下的根所束缚着,只能眼睁睁地看着虫子、鸟儿啃食自己的叶子,啄食自己的果实?植物也有保护自己的方法哦,一起来看看吧 Plan...
Superglue 强力胶 Male: Help！Help! Female:What's wrong？ M: I was fixing my coffee cup with superglue .And I must have got some on my fingers but I scratch my forhead.And now my hand is stuck to my head. F: Superglue ? Cool! What makes supergl...
Scoop That Poop Actually, dog poop turns out to have a pretty big environmental impact. If you think that two in five household s in the U.S. have at least one dog and that about forty percent of Americans dont clean up after their pooches, well, all...
查看译文 tips: 怎样阅读才是有质量的阅读了？ 中英对照请点击【中英对照】查看译文请点击 【查看译文】进行核对。 The Biggest Magnet 最大的磁体 A: Whats the biggest magnet ever? B: Well, that's a great...
Salt vs. Ice 食盐大战冰块 Y: Why does salt melt ice? D: It lowers the melting and freezing point of water. Y: Oh,OK.Wait,I don't get it. Doesn't that mean the salt make ice colder? D: Let me explain.Pure water freezes at thirty-two degrees Fahr...
Why Barn s Are Red Yal: This was a great idea, Don. It's a beautiful day for a drive to the countryside. Don: Yep! Y: Hey, there's a big red barn . An another one, also red. I wonder why so many barn s are painted red. D: I don't have to wonder . I'v...
Why do Stradivarius violin s sound so good? 为什么史特拉第瓦里小提琴声音那么美妙？ A:What did i tell you？ B:You're right Yaoyao.This is a beautiful piece. A:It should be. B:What's so special about Stradivarius violin s ? A:Thats...
Afterglow Heres an experiment you can try: look at something bright relative to its surroundings, such as a lamp or a sunny window, for ten seconds without blink ing . Then shut your eyes and cover them over with your hands. You will find that the la...
The Fermi Paradox Back in 1950, the Nobel prize-winning physicist Enrico Fermi was having lunch with friends. Conversation turned to the possibility of extraterrestrial life. According to the popular story, Fermi fell silent for a moment and then ask...
梦可以预知未来？ D: Lots of people have had dreams that seem to foretell the future. Some psychologists attribute this to retrieval cues. Y: Retrieval cues? D: A retrieval cue is a coincidence in the real world that trigger s a dream memory w...
Do hand sanitizer s work any better than soap and water? Yal: We re-enjoy our hero, the handsome Donne , in the kitchen where he's preparing baked Alaska for his lovely bride. Don: Yes, yes. The way to a woman's heart is through her stomach. Y: But w...
Overfishing Whales and the Environment 过度捕鲸与环境 Until recently, when scientists studied changes in open-ocean ecosystems, they looked at changes in the bottom of the food chain that gradually make their way to the top, like food shortage...
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Wolverine the Weasel behind the Myth 狼獾神话背后的鼬鼠 For most people the wolverine is best known as an inspiration for the distinctive design of the University of Michigan logo and as the name of an X-Men character. Real wolverine s cant...
菠菜,我要吃菠菜.菠菜给予我力量.每次被狂揍之后,某一个瞬间,大力水手Popeye以迅雷不及掩耳之势吞下一罐菠菜.随后,肱二头肌开始急剧的膨胀,膨胀到与体型极其不对称.摆几个健美造型后,把反...
