Elizabeth Ann—an endangered ferret1 is cloned2

Scientists have successfully created a clone of a black-footed ferret by usingDNA from a ferret that died over 30 years ago. They hope it will improve thechances of survival for these endangered ferrets.

茵伊麗莎白·安要——一只克隆的瀕危雪貂

科學(xué)家們利用一只 30 多年前死亡的雪貂的 DNA，成功克隆了一只黑腳雪貂。他們希望這樣能提高這些瀕危雪貂的生存幾率。

World faces maple syrup3 shortage4

Canada is the worlds largest producer of maple syrup. The changingweather patterns and the increasing need have led to a shortage of maplesyrup. This has caused Canada to release5 almost half of those emergency6reserves7 into the market.

世界面臨楓糖漿短缺

加拿大是世界上最大的楓糖漿生產(chǎn)國。氣候模式的變化和需求的增加導(dǎo)致了楓糖漿的短缺。這致使加拿大向市場投放了幾乎一半的應(yīng)急儲備。

China's artificial8 sun

Chinese scientists created an “artificial sun”which is five times hotter thanthe sun. The scientists want to create a near-endless supply of clean energy.

中國的人造太陽

中國的科學(xué)家們創(chuàng)造了比太陽熱五倍的“人造太陽”?？茖W(xué)家們想要創(chuàng)造一種近乎無限供應(yīng)的清潔能源。

1. ferret [ ] . 雪貂 2. clone [ ] . & . 克隆

3. maple syrup 楓糖漿 4. shortage [ ] . 短缺

5. release [ ] . 釋放 6. emergency [ ] . 應(yīng)急的