Lesson 20 Warm, Cool 第20课 温暖，凉爽 1. Warm or cool? 1.暖还是凉？ That is cold! 那是冷的！ That's cool. 那是凉的。 Ouch! That's hot! 哎呀！那是热的！ This is warm. 这是暖的。 That is cold! 那是冷的！ That's...
Why zebras have stripes Scientists claim to have solved the mystery of why zebras have their characteristic black and white stripes. A study published in the Journal of Experimental Biology showed that the striped pattern made the animals much less a...
BBC英语新闻--BBC NEWS 2011.07.24 BBC News with Iain Purdon The media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has told a British parliamentary committee that he was not responsible for the phone-hacking scandal at one of his newspapers, the now defunct News of the...
BBC NEWS 2011.07.15 BBC News with David Austin The media empire of the tycoon Rupert Murdoch is under growing pressure after a day of further revelations in Britain about the behaviour of its journalists. First, it was alleged that the News of the Wo...
BBC NEWS 2011.07.11 BBC News with Iain Purdon News International, the media group at the centre of a major phone hacking scandal, says this Sunday's edition of its News of the World newspaper will be the last. The company's chairman James Murdoch sai...
BBC NEWS 2011.06.23 BBC News with Nick Kelly Nato has acknowledged that one of its weapons in the Libyan capital Tripoli may not have hit the intended target and would have caused a number of civilian casualties. Libyan officials said seven people in...
BBC英语新闻 BBC NEWS 2011.06.11 BBC News with David Austin There are conflicting reports about the future of the Syrian ambassador to France, Lamia Chakkour. The French television channel France24 carried a statement purporting to be from her ann...
Genetically-Modified Papaya Hits Shelves in Japan Rainbow papayas recently went on sale in Japan. They are the only gene-altered fruit on the market today in Japan, a country with strict laws regarding genetically-modified organisms (GMOs). Those law...
Scottish independence Vocabulary statement official announcement manoeuvring skilful and careful movement the referendum process the series of things that need to be done to carry out a vote on the issue independence freedom of control from another c...
Sinking Feeling Neil tells Li about a strange dream he had yesterday. But was it a dream or a nightmare? Find out more in this week's programme. Why Li and Neil had sinking feeling? The script for this programme Li: Hello and welcome to The English W...
