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bbc英语连读教程《BBC英语连读教程》一、连读的英语释义（Definition）Linking in English is the smooth connection of words when speaking. It occurs when the final sound of one word blends with the initial sound of the next word. This makes speech more fluent and natural.二、短语（Phrases）1. “for example” [fɔːr ɪɡˈzɑːmpl]- 用法：用于引出例子，可放在句首、句中或句末。

- 双语例句：There are many fruits I like, for example, apples and bananas.（有很多我喜欢的水果，例如，苹果和香蕉。

）2. “a lot of” [ə lɒt ɒv]- 用法：后接可数名词复数或不可数名词，表示“许多”。

- 双语例句：A lot of students like playing football.（许多学生喜欢踢足球。

）3. “in front of” [ɪn frʌnt ɒv]- 用法：表示在物体外部的前面。

- 双语例句：There is a tree in front of my house.（我家前面有一棵树。

）4. “look at” [lʊk æt]- 用法：后接看的对象，表示“看……”。

- 双语例句：Look at the beautiful picture.（看这幅美丽的画。

）5. “go on” [ɡəʊɒn]- 用法：有“继续”的意思，可以表示继续做某事或者持续某种状态。

- 双语例句：Let's go on with our work.（让我们继续我们的工作。

）6. e in” [kʌm ɪn]- 用法：表示进入某个空间。

【优质】雅思听力材料：爱德华.蒙克-呐喊(BBC纪录片)-word范文本文部分内容来自网络整理，本司不为其真实性负责，如有异议或侵权请及时联系，本司将立即删除！== 本文为word格式，下载后可方便编辑和修改！ ==雅思听力材料：爱德华.蒙克-呐喊(BBC纪录片)The ScreamThe Scream is the popular name given to each of four versions of a composition, created as both paintings and pastels, by the Expressionist artist Edvard Munch between 1893 and 1910. Der Schrei der Natur is the title Munch gave to these works, all of which show a figure with an agonized expression against a landscape with a tumultuous orange sky. The landscape in the background is theOslofjord, viewed from Ekeberg, Oslo, Norway.Edvard Munch created the four versions in various media . The National Gallery , Oslo , holds one of two painted versions . The Munch Museum holds the other painted version and a pastel version from 1893. The three versions have not traveled for years .The fourth version was sold for $119,922,600 at Sothebys Impressionist and Modern art auction on 2 May 201X to financier Leon Black , the highest nominal price paid for a painting at auction . The painting is on display in the Museum of Modern Art in New Yorkfor six months from October 201X to March 201X.Also in 1895, Munch created a lithograph stone of the image . Of the lithograph prints produced by Munch , several examples survive . Only approximately four dozen prints were made before the original stone was resurfaced by the printer in Munchs absence .The Scream has been the target of several high-profile art thefts. In 1994, the version in the National Gallery was stolen. It was recovered several months later. In 201X, both The Scream and Madonna were stolen from the Munch Museum, and recovered two years later.。

英国人最讨厌的英语词汇汇总BBC杂志发表了一篇关于美式英语入侵英国的文章，引起了很多英国人的共鸣。

读者纷纷发来电子邮件，说出最困扰自己、最让自己恼火的美式英语表达。

此前我们已经给大家带来了BBC精选的各种英国人对美式英语的吐槽，在此来做个汇总，让你更清晰地看到英英与美英间的不同!逼疯英国人的10个英语单词Many have said that sorry is the hardest word but they'd be wrong,linguistically speaking at least。

很多人说，“对不起”是最难说出口的词。

不过，他们其实错了——至少从语言学的角度上说。

According to a poll, the word we find hardest to pronounce is 'phenomenon'。

根据投票调查发现，最难发音的单词其实是“phenomenon”(现象)。

Nextin the top 10 of tongue-twisters are'remuneration', and'statistics'。

在十个最拗口的词中排在其后的是“remuneration”(报酬)和"statistics"(统计数字)。

Speakers also have a problem getting their tongue around ethnicity, hereditary and particularly, according to the body charged with recording public utterances。

根据一个负责对人们在公共场合讲话进行录音的组织发现，讲话者在发音时会遇到困难舌头打结的还有：ethnicity(种族)hereditary(遗传的)和 particularly(特别地)。

James Bond詹姆斯•邦德Alice和Rob今天会与大家一起聊聊伊恩•弗莱明著名小说里的间谍英雄——詹姆斯•邦德。

最近有一本名为《空白的纸》的新书上市，但这本小说不是由邦德最有名的作家写的。

本周问题：由伊恩•弗莱明写的第一个詹姆斯•邦德故事的小说名是什么？a) Diamonds Are Forever 《金刚钻》b) From Russia With Love 《来自俄罗斯的爱情》c) Casino Royale 《皇家赌场》让我们一起来听节目，找答案吧。

听力内容：James BondNB: This is not a word for word transcriptAlice: Hello, I'm Alice.Rob: And I'm Rob.Alice: And this is 6 Minute English! I have to say Rob, you’re looking very smart and sophisticated in your dinner jacket and bow tie.Rob: Oh, thanks, Alice. I’m tryi ng to get in to character as James Bond because that's who we're talking about today.Alice: Ah, James Bond, probably one of the most famous fictional spies.Rob: Yes, British agent 007 was the smooth spy and hero of the novels by Ian Fleming.Alice: Well, even though Ian Fleming died in 1964, a new Bond book has just been published. But before I tell you more about it, Rob, here’s our question today. Do you know the title of the first-ever James Bond story that Ian Fleming wrote? Was it:a) Diamonds Are Foreverb) From Russia With Lovec) Casino RoyaleRob: Hmm… they all sound like old titles, but I’ll have a guess at Casino Royale.Alice: OK, well, as usual, I'll tell you the correct answer at the end of the programme. Now let's talk about this new James Bond novel. It's called 'Carte Blanche'.Rob: 'Carte Blanche'. This is the first story about James Bond that's not written by Ian Fleming.Alice: That's right. It has been written by American author, Jeffery Deaver. He normally writes crime novels, but of c ourse he’s a big fan of Ian Fleming and started reading his books when he was eight years old.Rob: Wow! That's quite young to be reading something that’s more suitable for adults!Alice: It is. Let's hear what he has to say about his parents encouraging him to read.Insert 1:Well, my parents had an odd rule in the household: my sister and I could read any book we could get our hands on - books were good. There were some movies that we were not allowed to see, so I picked up the James Bond books and was captivated with them. So Fleming was always part of my life as a reader and when I started writing, which was only a few years later, I modelled my books after his writing.Alice: That was Jeffrey Deaver who said he was captivated by the James Bond books.Rob: Captivated, so he was hooked on reading about him, especially as he wasn't allowed to watch any films – or movies.Alice: And when he started writing he modelled - copied the style of - the books on the writing of Ian Fleming.Rob: So it seems like he’s a good choice for someone to write the next Bond book. And it must have been a huge honour for him.Alice: A huge honour. He got the news by text message but, as he says, he didn't take long to say yes.Insert 2:I remember I was driving down the motorway and my phone buzzed with a text message. And of course I pulled over and I looked at it, and I debated 7, 8 seconds and answered that yes I would. The thrill was unsurpassed - I just can’t describe it.Rob: So he got a text message when he was driving. He pulled over and debated it with himself for 7 or 8 seconds. So he discussed it with himself!Alice: Yeah, and then he said yes! He said the thrill – the excitement – was unsurpassed; it couldn't be any better!Rob: I'm sure. But Alice, I know the world of James Bond is constantly being reinvented and updated, so how different is this new book from the old ones?Alice: Well, as you know, one of the best things about the Bond stories are the gadgets. And as this is the first book to be set in the 21st Century there are some very up-to-date ones, including an app to help eavesdrop on people.Rob: An app – or application – used on a smart phone. That sounds great. Anything else?Alice: Yes. There is a gadget for iris recognition. It can check who you are by looking at your eyes!Insert 3:Spies have always been on the cutting edge of technology and Bond is always outthinking the bad guys - he has to have his gadgets. The trick of if you have to give a message to an agent on the street, and yet you know you’re be ing listened to or observed - you tie your shoelaces in a slightly different pattern and that will convey the message. I love little things like that.Alice: So Jeffrey says that Bond is always out-thinking the bad guys.Rob: So he means he’s trying to thi nk beyond what the villains are thinking?Alice: I think so! That's why he said spies are always on the cutting edge of technology. They need them to catch the bad guys.Rob: Well, there aren't many Bond villians I would like to meet anyway, but they are very good to watch in the Bond films.Alice: They are, and of course the Bond film franchise is hugely successful. I wonder if this new book, Carte Blanche, will ever become a film? Anyway Rob, let's see if you got the correct answer to the question I gave you earlier.Rob: Ah, yes. You asked me what was Ian Fleming's first-ever James Bond book. And I said Casino Royale.Alice: And you were right.Rob: Ah!Alice: Casino Royale, first published in 1953. Well done! And before we go, let’s hear some of the word s and phrases that we’ve used in today’s programme.Rob: sophisticatedfictionalnovelscaptivatedmodelleddebatedunsurpassedeavesdropiris recognitionout-thinkingcutting edgefranchiseAlice: Thanks, Rob. Well, we hope you’ve had fun with us today on 6 Minute English - and that you’ll join us again next time.Both: Bye.词汇学习：1. sophisticated 富有经验的；复杂的2. fictional 虚构的，捏造的3. novels 小说4. captivated 迷住，迷惑5. modeled 模型，样品，模式6. debated 争论，辩论7. unsurpassed 非常卓越的，无比的8. eavesdrop 偷听，窃听9. iris recognition 虹膜识别10. out-thinking 创造性思维，发散性思维11. cutting edge 先锋地位；最前沿12. franchise 特权；公民权。

BBC新闻数据集1. 引言BBC（British Broadcasting Corporation）是英国最大的信息传媒机构，其提供全球范围的新闻报道，涵盖政治、经济、科技、文化、体育等多个领域。

BBC新闻数据集是收集自BBC新闻网站的大规模文本数据集，包含了丰富的新闻文章、新闻标题和相应的类别信息。

2. 数据集介绍BBC新闻数据集是一个用于文本分类的数据集，共包含2225篇新闻文章。

数据集中的新闻文章被分为五个不同的类别，包括”business”、“entertainment”、“politics”、“sport”和”tech”。

每篇新闻文章包括标题和内容两个部分，其中标题是新闻文章的主要描述，内容提供了更详细的信息。

2.1 数据集示例下面是数据集中的一些示例：类别标题内容busine ss Ad sales boost TimeWarner profitQuarterly profits at US media giantTimeWarner jumped 76% to $1bn.enterta inment India attacks Bush’spollution policyIndia has accused the US of putting unfairpressure on developing nations to sign up totargets for reducing greenhouse gases.politics UK economy facing ‘majorrisks’The UK manufacturing sector will continue to face “major risks” over the next two years, according to a report.sport O’Sullivan reaches Maltafinal World number eight Ronnie O’Sullivan moved closer to his first ranking title since October 2005 with a 5-1 win over Stephen Hendry in the Malta Cup semi-finals.tech Nintendo adds MP3 playerto handheld Nintendo has added an MP3 music player to its popular handheld console, the DS.3. 数据集应用BBC新闻数据集的主要应用是文本分类。

1. Weak form - schwaThis is a very common feature of spoken English which is often found in grammar words such as prepositions and articles and also in many words with more than one syllable. It is never stressed.In the example sentence below the weak form schwa is shown by its phonemic symbol, which looks like an upside down 'e'.schwaThe phonemic symbol for this sound isIn unstressed syllablesAny vowel letter can be pronounced as schwa and the pronunciation of a vowel letter can change depending on whether the syllable in which it occurs is stressed or not.Man[mæn] postman ['pəʊs(t)mən]In the word 'man' the letter 'a' has its full sound - represented by the symbol /æ/.In 'postman' the syllable 'man' is not stressed and the letter 'a' is pronounced as schwa,represented by the symbol .Not just a letter the schwa sounds are marked in redThis pres e nt is f or my broth er. It's a book a bout a boy wiz ar d.To s ur vive th e cold weath er you have t o make thor ough prep a rati o ns.2. Sounds linkLinking is a way of joining the pronunciation of two words so that they are easy to say and flow together smoothly. In English there are different ways that this happens.2.1 Consonant to vowel linking - when the first word ends with a consonant sound and the second word begins with a vowel sound.2.2 Vowel to vowel linking - when certain vowels come next to each other an extra sound is added to make the link smooth.2.3 Linking 'r'In standard British English (RP) the letter 'r' after a vowel sound at the end of word is often not pronounced. However, when the following word begins with a vowel the /r/ sound is pronounced to make a smooth link. SeeLinking 'r'Those British speakers who don't pronounce final 'r' will reintroduce it when the next word begins with a vowel.ca(r) (no r in pronunciation)The ca r i s here (r is pronounced and links to the following word)2.4 Connected SpeechWords are not always pronounced the same! In normal fluent speech the sounds can change when word s bump into each other. The changes usually happen at the word boundaries, particulary at the end of words.2.4.1 Sounds twinning (gemination)2.4.2 Sounds disappearWhen the sounds /t/ or /d/ occur between two consonant sounds, they will often disappear completely from the pronunciation.I'm going nex(t) weekThat was the wors(t) job I ever had!Jus(t) one person came to the party!I can'(t) swim2.5. Sounds join together Sounds twinning (gemination)When a word ends in a consonant sound and the following word begins with the same consonant sound, we don't pronounce two sounds - both sounds are pronounced together as one.When a word ends in a consonant sound and the following word begins with the same consonant sound, we don't pronounce two sounds - both sounds are pronounced together as one.I'm a bi t t iredWe have a lo t t o doTell me wha t t o sayShe's s lept for three hoursI'v e f inished3. Sounds change (assimilation)When a word ends in a consonant sound and the following word begins with a consonant sound, depending on the particular sounds, the last sound of the first word or both the last sound and the first sound of the next word can change.3.1 (mp3) When a sound at the end of a word takes on the quality of the sound at the beginning of the next word.Good girl. She's a good girl. (goo g girl)Good boy. He's a good boy. (goo b boy)Whi te p aper. I only use white paper. (whi pe p aper)Spee d b oat. I've never been in speed boat. (spee b b oat)3.2 (mp3) Because of the place in the mouth where certain sounds are made, sometimes the sound at the end of the first word changes to a completely different sound.Ca n g o. We can go now. (can g g o)Ca n b uy. We can buy it. (ca m b uy)Gree n P ark. I walked through Green Park. (gree m p ark)O n M onday. He arrives on Monday. (o m M onday)①(对普通同化)受C音的影响,发音B取代发音A,A后来就成为我们使用的固定发音了如inport[ in’p.: t ]被import[ im’p.: t ]取代,在[ p ]的影响下, [m ]取代了[ n ]②(对合并同化)发音A与发音C相互影响而产生单音B。

行星地球英文解说词第1集PLANET EARTH From Pole to PoleA hundred years ago there were one and a half billion people on Earth. Now, over six billion crowd our fragile planet Earth. But even so, there are still places barely touched by humanity. This series will take to the last wildernesses and show you the planet Earth and its wildlife as you have never seen them before. Imagine our world without sun. Male Emperor penguins are facing the nearest that exists on planet Earth Earth - winter in Antarctica. It's continuously dark and temperatures drop to minus seventy degrees centigrade. The penguins stay when all other creatures have fled because each guards a treasure: a single egg rested on the top of its feet and kept warm beneath the downy bulge of its stomach. There is no food and no water for them, and they will not see the sun again for four months. Surely no greater ordeal is faced by any animal. As the sun departs from the Antarctic it lightens the skies in the far north. It's March and light returns to the high Arctic, sweeping away four months of darkness. A polar bear stirs. She has been in her den the whole winter. Her emergence marks the beginning of spring. After months of confinement underground she toboggans down the slope. Perhaps to clean her fur, perhaps for sheer joy. Her cubs gaze out of their bright new world for the very first time. The female calls them, but this steep slope is not the easiest place to take yourfirst steps. But they are hungry and eager to reach their mother, who's delayed feeding them on this special day. Now she lures them with the promise of milk, the only food the cubs have known since they were born deaf and blind beneath the snow some two months ago. Their mother has not eaten for five months and has lost half her body weight. Now she converts the last of her fat reserves into milk for her cubs. The spring sun brings warmth but also a problem for the mother. It starts to melt the sea ice. That is where she hunts for the seal she needs to feed her cubs. And she must get there before the ice breaks up. For now though it's still minus thirty degrees and the cubs must have the shelter of the den. It's six days since the bears emerged and spring is advancing rapidly. But even now blizzards can strike without warning. Being so small, the cubs are easily chilled and they will be more comfortable resting in the den. But their mother must keep them out and active. She's becoming weak from hunger and there's no food on these nursery slopes. The sea ice still holds firm, but it won't last much longer. Day 10, and the mother has led her cubs a mile from the den. It's time to put them to the test. They've grown enormously in confidence, but they don't have their mother's sense of urgency. At last it seems that they're ready for their journey and they're only just in time, for a few miles from the coast the ice is already splitting. Now the mother can start hunting for the seals they must have, but she's leading her cubs into a dangerous new world. Nearly half of all cubs die in their first year out on the ice. Summer brings 24 hours of sunlight and the thawing shifting landscape.Further south the winter snows have almost cleared from the Arctic tundra. Northern Canada's wild frontier. Here nature stages one of her greatest dramas - Every year three million caribou migrate across the Arctic tundra. The immensity of the herd can only be properly appreciated from the air. Some herds travel over 2,000 miles a year in search of fresh pastures. This is the longest overland migration made by any animal. They're constantly on the move. Newborn calves have to be up and running the day they are born. But the vast herds do not travel alone. Wolves. Packs of them, eight to ten strong, shadow the migration. And they are hungry. It's the newly born calves that they are after. Running directly at the herd is a ploy to generate panic. The herd breaks up and now it's easier to target an individual. In the chaos a calf is separated from its mother. The calf is young, but it can outrun the wolf if only it manages to keep its footing. At this stage the odds are even - either the caribou will make a mistake or after a mile the wolf will give up. Midsummer on the tundra and the sun does not set. At these latitudes the sun's rays are glancing and not enough of their energy reaches the ground to enable trees to grow. You'll need to travel 500 miles south from here before that is possible. These stunted shrubs mark the tree line - the beginning of the boreal forest - the taiga. The needle-shaped leaves of the conifers are virtually inedible so this forest supports very little animal life. It's a silent place where the snow is unmarked by footprints. In the Arctic winter snow forms a continuous blanket across the land. But as spring creeps up from the south the taiga is unveiled. This vast forest circling theglobe contains a third of all the trees on Earth and produces so much oxygen it changes the composition of the atmosphere. As we travel south so the sun's influence grows stronger and at 50 degrees of latitude a radical transformation begins. Summers here are long enough for broadleaf trees to replace conifers. Broadleaves are much easier to eat and digest so now animals can collect their share of the energy that has come from the sun. It's summer and these forests are bustling with life. But the good times will not last. Broad leaves must be shed in winter for their damage by frost. As they disappear, so the land becomes barren with little for animals to eat. The inhabitants must migrate, hibernate, or face months of near starvation. The Amur leopard - the rarest cat in the world. Here, in the deciduous forests of eastern Russia the winter makes hunting very difficult. Pray animals are scarce, and there's no concealing vegetation. The cub is a year old and still dependent on its mother. Deer are frequent casualties of the harsh winter and these leopards are not above scavenging from a corpse. African leopards could never survive here, but the Russian cats have thick fur to shield them from the cold. There are only forty Amur leopards left in the wild and that number is falling. Like so many creatures, the cats have been pushed to the very edge of extinction by hunting and the destruction of their habitat. The Amur leopard symbolises the fragility of our natural heritage. The future of an entire species hangs on survival of a tiny number of mothers like this one. All animals, rare or common, ultimately depend for their energy on the sun. In Japan the arrival of the cherry blossomannounces the beginning of spring. The sun's energy brings colour to the landscape. The earth, as it makes its annual journey around the sun, spins on a tilted axis. And it's this tilt that creates the seasons. The advance of the seasons brings constant change. As the sun's influence diminishes in the north, so the deciduous forests of America begin to shut down losing their leaves in preparation for the dark cold months ahead. One season hands over to another. Some organisms thrive on decay, but most must make special preparations for winter and a life with little sun. Whole populations of animals are now forced to travel great distances in pursuit of food and warmth. 300,000 Baikal teal gather to escape from the Siberian winter by migrating south to Korea - the world's entire population in a single flock. But there are parts of the world that have no seasons. In the tropics the sun's rays strike the earth head on and their strength is more or less constant all year round. That is why the jungle grows so vigourously and supports so much life. This forest covers only 3 percent of the planet's surface, but it contains more than 50 percent of all its plants and animals. The canopy is particularly rich. There are monkeys, birds and millions of species of insects, exactly how many we have no idea. The character of the forest changes as we descend, becoming ever darker and damper, favouring different kinds of animals and plants. Less than 2 percent of the sunlight reaches the floor, but even here there is extraordinary variety. In the great island of New Guinea there are 42 different species of birds of paradise, each more bizarre than the last. This forest is so rich thatnourishing food can be gathered very quickly. That leaves the male six-plumed bird of paradise with time to concentrate on other matters like tidying up his display area. Everything must be spick and span. All is ready. Very impressive, but no one is watching. The superb bird of paradise calls to attract a female. And he has more luck. But what does he have to do to really impress her? She retires to consider her verdict. It's hard not to feel deflated when even your best isn't good enough. The sun influences life in the oceans just as it does on land. Its richest parts are those where waves and currents bring fertilising nutrients to surface waters that are bathed in sunlight. The seas off the Cape in South Africa have this magic recipe and are hugely productive. Summer is the time of plenty and it's now that the seals start to breed. The strike of a great white shark lasts a mere second. Slowing it down forty times reveals the technique and immense strength of this massive predator. If surprise fails, there will be a chase. The shark is faster on a straight course but it can't turn as sharply as the seal, its agility versus power. Once the seals have finished breeding the giant sharks will move on. It's now becoming clear that great whites migrate thousands of miles across the oceans to harvest seasonal abundances in different seas. The sun, beating down on tropical waters, powers the weather systems of the globe. Moisture evaporates from the warming ocean and rises to create great storms. The winds generated out at sea sweep inland across the continents. As they travel across the Sahara they create the biggest of all sand storms blowing sand halfway round the world to fertilize the Amazonjungle. Winds blowing across the Indian Ocean collect moisture and sweep northwards towards the Himalayas. As the air rises, so it cools. The water it carries condenses into clouds and then falls as the life giving rains of the monsoon. So air currents powered by the sun carry wet air to the middle of continents. Without water there can be no life, but its distribution over the land is far from even. Deserts cover one third of the land's surface and they're growing bigger every year. This is the Kalahari Desert in Southern Africa. It's the dry season and thousands of elephants have started to travel in desperate search for water. All across Southern Africa animals are journeying for the same reason. Buffalo join the great trek. Nowhere else on Earth are so many animals on the move with the same urgent purpose. They're all heading for the swamps of the Okavango, a vast inland delta. At the moment it is dry, but water is coming. The travellers are hampered by dangerous dust storms. Females and calves can easily get separated from the main herd. For this pair sanctuary lies in the patch of woodland a few miles ahead. They can't rest until they reach it. The main has already got there safely. Finally, the stragglers emerge from the dust. The exhausted calf is still blinded by sand. Its mother does everything possible to help it. The storm is now subsiding, but not all the elephants have been so lucky. One youngster has got lost. Thirsty and exhausted, it follows the tracks of its mother, but sadly in the wrong direction. At the peak of the dry season in the Kalahari water arrives in the Okavango. It fell as rain a thousand miles away in the highlands of Angola and has taken nearly five months to reachhere. The water drives out insects from the parched ground, which are snapped up by plovers. Catfish, travelling with the flood, collect any drowning creatures the birds have missed. It's a seasonal feast for animals of all kinds. Birds are the first to arrive in any numbers - water cranes, then black storks. Behind the birds come buffalo. After weeks of marching their trek is coming to an end. As the water sweeps into the Okavango a vast area of the Kalahari is transformed into a fertile paradise. Nowhere on our planet Earth is the life giving power of water so clearly demonstrated. The Okavango becomes criss-crossed with trails as animals move into its heart. The new arrivals open up paths like arteries along which water flows, extending the reach of the flood. This is an Africa rarely seen - a lush water world. Some creatures are completely at home here. These are lechwe - antelope with hooves that splay widely, enabling them to move its speed through the water. For others the change is far less welcome. Baboons are somewhat apprehensive bathers. The water brings a season of plenty for all animals. Hunting dogs. These are now among the rarest of Africa's mammals, but then nonetheless the continent's most efficient predators. Their secret is teamwork. Impala are their favourite prey. They start to hunt and the pack splits up. An aerial viewpoint gives a new insight into their strategy. As the dogs approach their prey they peel off to take up separate positions around their target. They seem to form a cordon around the impala. Moving in total silence they take up their positions. Those ears can detect the slightest rustle. The hunt is on. Three dogs close in on one impala.Missed. The lead dog drives the impala towards the hidden flankers. Anticipating their line the leader cuts the corner and joins a flanker for the final assault. It's all or nothing. One on one. The dog has stamina, the impala has speed. Leaping into the lake is an act of desperation - impala can barely swim. The dogs know their prey must come out or drown - now it's a waiting game. The rest of the pack are calling. They've made a kill in the forest and this is an invitation to join in the meal. The impala is in luck. A pack this size kills once a day and everything is shared. And this impala is reprieved. The elephants are nearing the end of their long journey. After weeks of marching they're desperately tired. The matriarch can smell water and encourages the herd to make one last effort. The youngsters are exhausted but their mothers have made this journey before and they know that they're close to water. After many hundreds of miles they've arrived. The lives of these elephants are dominated by the annual rhythm of wet and dry, a seasonal cycle created by the sun. At the southern end of the earth, after four months of total darkness, the sun once more rises over Antarctica. Now at last the Emperor penguins abandon their huddle. The males are still carrying the precious eggs that they've cherished throughout the Antarctic winter. With the returning sun the eggs hatch. Other birds have not even arrived. but the Emperors by enduring the long black winter have given their chicks a head start. These youngsters are now ready and eager to make the most of the brief Antarctic summer.第2集PLANET EARTH MountainsHuman beings venture into the highest parts of our planet at their peril. Some might think that by climbing a great mountain they have somehow conquered it, but we can only be visitors here. This is a frozen alien world. This is the other extreme - one of the lowest hottest places on Earth. It's over a hundred metres below the level of the sea. But here a mountain is in gestation. Pools of sulphuric acid are indications that deep underground there are titanic stirrings. This is the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia, lying within a colossal rent of the earth's surface where giant land masses are pulling away from one another. Lava rises to the surface through this crack in the crust creating a chain of young volcanoes. This one, Erta Ale, is today the longest continually erupting volcano on the planet, a lake of lava that has been molten for over a hundred years. These same volcanic forces also created Ethiopia's highlands. 70 million years ago this land was just as flat and as deep as the Danakil Depression. Molten lava rising from the earth's core forced up a huge dome of rock 500 miles wide, the roof of Africa. Over millennia, rain and ice carved the rock into a landscape of spires and canyons. These summits, nearly 3 miles up, are home to some very remarkable mountaineers Gelada baboons. They are unique to the highlands of Ethiopia. The cliffs where they sleep are for expert climbersonly, and Gelado certainly have the right equipment. the strongest fingers of any primate and an utterly fearless disposition. But you need more than a head for heights to survive up here. A day in a Gelado's life reveals how they've risen to the challenge. For all monkeys morning is grooming time, a chance to catch up with friends. But, unlike other monkeys, Gelados chatter constantly while they do it. It's a great way to network while your hands are busy. But these socials can't go on for too long. Gelados have a busy daily schedule and there's work to be done. Most monkeys couldn't live up here. There's no food and few insects to feed on. But Gelados are unique they're the only monkeys in the world that live almost entirely on grass. They live in the largest assemblies formed by any monkeys. Some groups are 800 strong and they crop the high meadows like herds of wildebeest. The Gelados graze alongside Walia ibex, which are also unique to these highlands. These rare creatures are usually very shy but they drop their guard when the Gelados are around. You might expect that grazers would avoid each other's patch but this is a special alliance from which both partners benefit. It's not so risky to put your head down if others are on the lookout. Ethiopian wolves - they won't attempt an attack in broad daylight. But at dusk the plateau becomes a more dangerous place. With the grazing largely over there's a last chance to socialise before returning to the sleeping cliffs. An early warning system puts everyone on the alert. Their day ends as it began, safe on the steep cliffs. The Ethiopian volcanoes are dormant, but elsewhere others still rage. Volcanoes form the backbone ofthe longest mountain chain on our planet - the Andes of South America. This vast range stretches 5,000 miles from the Equator down to the Antarctic. It formed as the floor of the Pacific Ocean slid beneath the South American continent, buckling its edge. At the southern end stand the mountains of Patagonia. It's high summer, but the Andes have the most unstable mountain weather on the planet and storms can erupt without warning. Temperatures plummet and guanacos and their newborn young must suddenly endure a blizzard. Truly, all seasons in one day... A puma - the lion of the Andes. Pumas are usually solitary and secretive. To see a group walking boldly in the open is extremely rare. It's a family - a mother with four cubs. She has just one brief summer in which to teach them their mountain survival techniques. Rearing four cubs to this age is an exceptional feat, but she does have an excellent territory, rich in food and water. Although the cubs are now as large as their mother, they still rely on her for their food. It will be another year before the cubs can hunt for themselves. Without their mother's skill and experience they would never survive their first winter. Battered by hurricane force winds, these slopes are now lifeless. Further north, they hold other dangers. Moving at 250 miles an hour, an avalanche destroys everything in its path. In the American Rockies a 100,000 avalanches devastate the slopes every winter. This huge mountain chain continues the great spine that runs from Patagonia to Alaska. The slopes of the Rockies, bleak though they are, provide a winter refuge for some animals. A mother grizzly emerges from her den after six months'dozing underground. Her two cubs follow her and take their first steps in the outside world. These steep slopes provide a sanctuary for the cubs. A male bear would kill and eat them given the chance. But big animals find it difficult to get about here. Males may be twice the size of a female and even she can have problems. Her cubs, however, make light of the snow and of life in general. But the mother faces a dilemma: it's six months since she last fed and her milk is starting to run dry. She must soon leave the safety of these nursery slopes and lead her cubs away from the mountain. If she delays, the whole family will risk starvation. Summer reveals the true nature of the Rockies. Stripped of snow, the peaks bear their sculpted forms. Only now can mountaineers reclaim the upper reaches. Two miles up the crumbling precipices seem devoid of life. But there are animals here - a grizzly bear. It seems to be an odd creature to find on these high rocky slopes. It's hard to imagine what could have attracted it here. At this time of the year bears should be fattening up for the winter. Yet they gather in some numbers on these apparently barren slopes. They're searching for a rather unusual food - moths. Millions have flown up here to escape the heat of the lowlands and they're now roosting among the rocks. Moths may seem a meager meal for a bear, but their bodies are rich in fat and can make all the difference in a bear's annual struggle for survival. Another battle is being waged here but on a much longer timescale. These loose boulders are the mountain's crumbling bones. The Rockies are no longer rising but slowly disintegrating. All mountains everywhere are being worn down byfrost, snow and ice. The Alps were raised some 15 million years ago as Africa, drifting northwards, collided with the southern edge of Europe. These spires are the eroded remains of an ancient seabed that once stretched between the two continents. But these are just the Alpine foothills. The range at its centre rises to 3 miles high and is crowned with permanent snows. The Matterhorn, its summit too steep to hold a snow field. Mont Blanc - the highest peak in Western Europe. The distinctive jagged shapes of the Alps were carved by those great mountain sculptors - the glaciers. Immense rivers of moving ice, laden with rock, grind their way down the mountains, gouging out deep valleys. They're the most powerful erosive force on our planet. A moulin - a shaft in the ice opened by melt water as it plunges into the depths of the glacier. Like the water running through it, the ice itself is constantly moving, flowing down the valley with unstoppable force. Alpine glaciers may seem immense, but they're dwarfed by those in the great ranges that divide the Indian subcontinent from Tibet. This is the boulder strewn snout of the giant Baltoro glacier in the Karakoram mountains of Pakistan. It's the biggest mountain glacier on Earth - 43 miles long and over 3 miles wide. This huge ice-filled valley is so large it's clearly visible from space. This is the greatest concentration of peaks over 5 miles high to be found anywhere on Earth. They're the most dangerous mountains of all. K2 and her sister peaks have claimed more lives than any others. The peaks here rise so precipitously, the glaciers are so steep and crevassed that few except the most skilled mountaineers can penetratethese ranges. Markhor gather for their annual rut. Males must fight for the right to breed, but on these sheer cliffs any slip by either animal could be fatal. A snow leopard - the rarest of Himalayan animals. It's a female returning to her lair. These are the first intimate images of snow leopard ever filmed in the wild. She greets her one year old cub. Her den is well chosen. It has exceptional views of the surrounding cliffs. On these treacherous slopes no hunter other than the snow leopard would have a chance of catching such fragile prey. A female with young makes an easier target. Her large paws give an excellent grip and that long tail helps her balance. Silently she positions herself above her prey. She returns with nothing. Golden eagles patrol these cliffs in search of the weak or injured. With a 2 metre wing span this bird could easily take a young markhor. Eagles hunt by sight and the thickening veil of snow forces them to give up. For the leopard the snow provides cover and creates an opportunity. The worsening weather dampens the sound of her approach allowing her to get within striking distance. It was an act of desperation to try and catch such a large animal. Wolves have made a kill giving other hunters a chance to scavenge. The worst of the blizzard brings success for the snow leopard, but having descended so far to make the kill she has a grueling climb to get back to her lair. The cub must be patient. It'll be a year before it has the strength and skill to kill for itself on these difficult slopes. The snow leopard is an almost mythical creature, an icon of the wilderness, an animal few humans have ever glimpsed for its world is one we seldom visit. TheKarakoram lie at the western end of a range that stretches across a tenth of our planet - the Himalayas. These, the highest mountains of the world, like other great ranges, were created by the collision of continents. Some 50 million years ago India collided with Tibet thrusting up these immense peaks, which are still rising. This vast barrier of rock and ice is so colossal it shapes the world's climate. Warm winds from India, full of moisture, are forced upwards by the Himalayas. As the air rises so it cools, causing clouds to form and the monsoon is born. At high altitudes the monsoon rains fall as snow. Here, at the far eastern end of the range in China, one inhabitant endures the bitter winters out in the open. Most other bears would be sleeping underground by now, but the giant panda can't fatten up enough to hibernate. Its food, bamboo, on which it totally relies has so little nutritional value that it can't build up a store of fat like other bears. Most of the creatures here move up or down the slopes with the seasons but the panda is held captive by its diet for the kind of bamboo it eats only grows at this altitude. But these forests hold fewer challenges for the more mobile. The golden snap-nosed monkey, like the giant panda, lives only in China. Their thick fur allows them to survive at greater altitudes than any other monkey and when the cold bites they have these upper slopes to themselves. Even if you have a warm coat it apparently helps to surround yourself with as many layers as possible. But at least these monkeys have a choice - if they tire of tree bark and other survival food they can always descend to lower warmer altitudes and not return there till spring. As thesnows retreat trees come into bloom. Cherry blossom. Rhododendrons - here in their natural home they form great forests and fill the landscape with the covers of a new season. These forests are a host to a rich variety of springtime migrants. Beneath the blooms - another display. It's the mating season for oriental pheasants, Himalayan monal, tragopan and blood pheasant. Musk deer make the most of a short flash of spring foods. This male smells a potential mate. The red panda, rarely glimpsed in the wild. It was once considered a kind of raccoon, but is now believed to be a small mountain bear. By midsummer its larger, more famous relative, has retreated into a cave. A giant panda nurses a tiny week old baby. Her tender cleaning wards off infection. She won't leave this cave for three weeks, not while her cub is so utterly helpless. Progress is slow for milk produced on a diet of bamboo is wretchedly poor. Four weeks old and the cub is still blind. Its eyes do not fully open until three months after birth, but the chances of the cub reaching adulthood are slim. The struggle of a giant panda mother to raise her cub is a touching symbol of the precariousness of life in the mountains. On the highest summits of our planet nothing can live permanently. The highest peak of all, Mount Everest, five and a half miles above sea level and still rising - the roof of our world. Of those humans who've tried to climb it one in ten have lost their lives. Those that succeed can stand for only a few moments on its summit. The Nepalese call it 'a mountain so high no bird can fly above it.' But each year over 50,000 demoiselle cranes set out on one of the most challenging migrations on。

1、Is that so?真是那样吗？2、Don't play games with me!别跟我耍花招！3、don't know for sure.我不确切知道。

4、I'm not going to kid you.我不是跟你开玩笑的。

5、That's something. 太好了，太棒了。

6、Brilliant idea! 这主意真棒！7、Congratulations.恭喜你，祝贺你。

8、Thanks anyway.无论如何我还是得谢谢你。

9、It's a deal.一言为定。

10、Mind you!请注意！听着！11、You can count on it.你尽管相信好了，尽管放心。

12、I never liked it anyway.我一直不太喜欢这东西。

13、That depends.看情况再说。

14、Do you really mean it? 此话当真？15、You are a great help.你帮了大忙。

16、I couldn't be more sure. 我再也肯定不过。

17、I am behind you.我支持你。

18、I'm broke.我身无分文。

19、After you.你先请。

20、I just couldn't help it.我就是忍不住。

21、Don't take it to heart. 别往心里去，22、We'd better be off.我们该走了23、Let's face it. 面对现实吧24、Let's get started.咱们开始干吧25、I'm really dead. 我真要累死了26、I've done my best. 我已尽力了27、I couldn't care less.我不在乎28、I couldn't agree more我完全同意29、I couldn't please you more 我尽量使你高兴30、No bones about it. 真实的，诚恳的31、take it on me！这是我的，请用吧32、You never know. 天晓得33、You may say that again.我同意34、If you insist.恭敬不如从命35、You can count on me.36、I wish I could.我不行37、I mean it.我是认真的38、I am not kidding.39、That's really sth. 真了不起40、I'll be back.我会回来的即将到来的周末，有完全的计划了吗？百无聊赖之中，邀上三俩好友，一起逛街吧！我们去逛街好不好？Why don't we go window-shopping?=Shall we go window-shopping?Let's go window-shopping! 我们去逛街吧！我想去买件新西装。

【美式英语 Or 英式英语】英国人最不能忍的50句美式英语美式英语入侵英国，BBC网站曾发表过一篇文章，引起了很多英国人的共鸣。

英国读者纷纷吐槽，列举最不能忍的美式英语表达。

1. When people ask for something, I often hear: "Can I get a..." It infuriates me. It's not New York. It's not the 90s. You're not in Central Perk with the rest of the Friends. Really."当某些人想要什么东西时，我经常听到他们说：“Can I get a...(我能要一个……)”这让我大为恼火。

这里又不是纽约，又不是90年代，你以为你是在Central Perk里演《老友记》啊，真是的!2. The next time someone tells you something is the "least worst option", tell them that their most best option is learning grammar.下次要是有人跟你讲XXX是the “least worst option”(最好选择)，你就告诉他们对于他们来说最最最好的选择是滚回去学语法。

3. The phrase I've watched seep into the language (especially with broadcasters) is "two-time" and "three-time". Have the words double, triple etc, been totally lost? Grammatically it makes no sense, and is even worse when spoken. My pulse rises every time I hear or see it. Which is not healthy as it's almost every day now. Argh!我经历过的渐渐渗入到英语里的短语(特别是播音员使用的)是“two-time(两次)”和“three -time(三次)"。