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Environmental activists in South Korea are condemning a government plan to hunt endangered whales for scientific research.They believe the plan is part of an effort to re-start commercial whaling acti...

韩国的环保活动人士谴责政府为科学研究而猎杀濒危鲸鱼的计划。他们认为，该计划是重启商业捕鲸活动努力的一部分。许多国家禁止此类活动。韩国于7月在巴拿马举行的国际捕鲸委员会会议上宣布了这一提议。韩国代表团团长表示，需要该计划来回答有关小须鲸种群的...

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But Russ Rosen from Virginia does not like them. “They are stupid and they cover the ground. They fly into everything. If you are in a cicada’s path, it will fly right into you.” Many people agr...

但弗吉尼亚州的拉斯·罗森不喜欢他们。“它们很愚蠢，会覆盖地面。它们会飞到任何地方。如果你在蝉的路上，它会直接飞到你身上。”很多人都同意Russ的观点。他们说蝉的叫声太大了，耳朵都疼了。他们不喜欢死蝉的味道。动物世界喜欢吃蝉。许多鸟会吃掉整只...

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What would you do if you had just spent seventeen years under ground? Would you want to change your clothes? Would you want to sit in the sun? Would you want to sing as loud as you could? Singing i...

如果你刚刚在地下呆了17年，你会怎么做？你想换衣服吗？你想坐在阳光下吗？你想尽可能大声地唱吗？唱歌正是2007年夏天美国数百万只蝉所做的！蝉是一种昆虫。它大约有三厘米长。像许多昆虫一样，它有六条腿。成年蝉也有两对翅膀。全世界有两千多种蝉。他...

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In northern areas of the United States,drive-in theaters were open just a few months of the year.In the north,nights can get cold even during the summer.Blankets and portable heaters helped -- but, ag...

在美国北部地区，免下车影院每年只开放几个月。在北方，即使在夏天，夜晚也会变冷。毯子和便携式加热器有所帮助，但同样没有多大帮助。即使免下车服务开放，剧院在白天也经常闲置。有时，这些土地会在白天用于露天市场，但这些并没有带来很多收入。在许多情况...

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The first drive-in movie theater opened in the United States in 1933.Popular Science magazine described a theater in Camden, New Jersey, as the first of its kind in the word: an open-air movie theater...

1933年，第一家汽车影院在美国开业。《大众科学》杂志将新泽西州卡姆登的一家影院描述为世界上第一家此类影院：一家仅供驾驶者使用的露天电影院。人们可以坐在车里，边吃边聊，放松地在大屏幕上看电影。（音乐）随着战后美国经济的扩张和更多人购买汽车，...

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For years, wildlife experts have said that tigers avoid living close to people.But a new study disputes the belief that these animals need lots of people-free space.The study appeared in the Proceedin...

多年来，野生动物专家一直说，老虎避免靠近人类生活。但一项新的研究对这些动物需要大量人类自由空间的说法提出了质疑。这项研究发表在《美国国家科学院院刊》上。这些发现被认为很重要，因为世界上只有大约3200只野生老虎。自二十世纪初以来，这一数字下...

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The northeastern United States continues to clean-up, repair and re-build in communities hit by Hurricane Sandy.Many people ignored warnings to leave their homes for emergency shelters.Often, this was...

美国东北部继续清理、修复和重建受飓风桑迪袭击的社区。许多人无视离开家园前往紧急避难所的警告。通常，这是因为他们的宠物或牲畜。收容所很少允许动物进入。这个问题几乎出现在所有的洪水、大型野火和地震中。克里斯托弗·克鲁斯告诉了俄勒冈州的努力，告诉...

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Each fall,people travel to Vermont to see the colorful autumn leaves.In winter,people come to ski and snowboard in the mountains.In the warmer months,they go on river-rafting trips and camp and enjoy ...

每年秋天，人们都会去佛蒙特州看五颜六色的秋叶。冬天，人们来山上滑雪和滑雪板。在温暖的月份，他们会去漂流和露营，并享受其他户外活动。佛蒙特州只有大约60万人。这使其成为美国人口第二少的州，仅次于怀俄明州。而且这个州不仅人口少。佛蒙特州是美国五...