A new and bleak record has been set concerning drug overdoses in America. 美国创下了吸毒过量这项黯淡的新记录。 This month the U.S. Centers for Disease Control released estimates on drug overdoses recorded between June of 2020 and Ju...
Though he was a real astronomer and mathematician, Ptolemy's name has not been used for a NASA mission. 尽管托勒密是一位真正的天文学家和数学家，但他的名字并没有在NASA的任务中使用。 NASA has a Center for Near Earth...
Skyscrapers are really an American invention. 摩天大楼实际上是美国人的发明。 The first use of the word was around the 1880s'. 第一次使用这个词是在19世纪80年代左右。 They were office buildings that concentrated a workfo...
Gasoline at nearly $5 per gallon, that's what average prices are in northern California's Humboldt County. 汽油价格接近每加仑5美元，这是北加州洪堡县的平均价格。 Thankfully for Californians, it's not quite that high everywher...
A lot of people when they think of top predators in the ocean, they might think of something like a shark, and that's exactly what you should be thinking about when you think about the sunflower star. 很多人想到海洋中的顶级捕食动物时，...
Our next story concerns white rhinos, the largest species which can weigh more than 7,700 pounds. 我们的下一个故事是关于白犀牛的，它是最大的物种，体重超过7700磅。 There are two sub-species of white rhinoceros, northern w...
Two of the topics that have dominated the news in recent days are inflation, the rise in prices of the stuff we buy, and the Omicron variant of COVID-19. 最近几天占据新闻头条的两个话题是通货膨胀，我们购买的东西价格上涨，...
It is China's most beloved species, the iconic face of this nation, treasured globally. 它是中国最受喜爱的物种，是这个国家的标志性面孔，被全世界珍视。 Once endangered and near extinction, now the giant panda is on path...
An estimated 70,000 Russian troops have been gathered along their country's western border with Ukraine. 据估计，7万名俄罗斯士兵已经集结在俄罗斯与乌克兰的西部边境。 This is a divided nation. 这是一个分裂的国家。...
According to geology.com, Russia's Lake Biakal has as much water as the five great lakes combined. 据地质网报道，俄罗斯比亚卡尔湖的水量相当于五大湖区的水量总和。 Seventy-one percent of the Earth's surface is covered by...
