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Sea turtles (Chelonioidea) are turtles found in all the world's oceans with the exception of the Arctic Ocean, and some species travel between oceans. The Flatback turtle is found solely on the northern coast of Australia. The Leatherback Sea Turtle is the largest, measuring six or seven feet (2 m) in length at maturity, and three to five feet (1 to 1.5 m) in width, weighing up to 1300 pounds (600 kg). Most other species are smaller, being two to four feet in length (0.5 to 1 m) and proportionally less wide. There are seven types of sea turtles: Kemp's Ridley, Flatback, Green, Olive Ridley, Leatherback, Loggerhead, and Hawksbill. Different species are distinguished by varying anatomical aspects: for instance the prefrontal scales on the head, the number of and shape of scutes on the carapace, and the type of inframarginal scutes on the plastron. The Leatherback is the only sea turtle that does not have a hard shell, instead carrying a mosaic of bony plates beneath its leathery skin. Sea turtles have an extraordinary sense of time and location. They are highly sensitive to the Earth's magnetic field and probably use it to navigate. They live up to 189 years. The fact that most species return to nest at the locations where they were born seems to indicate an imprint of that location's magnetic features. The ridley turtles are especially peculiar because instead of nesting individually like the other species, they come ashore in one mass arrival known as an "arribada" (arrival). With the Kemp's ridley this occurs during the day and on only one beach in the entire world. Their numbers used to range in the thousands but due to the effects of extensive egg poaching and hunting in previous years the numbers are now in the hundreds. After about 30 years of maturing, adult female sea turtles return to the land to nest, usually on the same beach from which they hatched. This can take place every two to four years in maturity. They make from four to seven nests per nesting season. They dig a hole with their hind flippers and lay from 70 to 190 eggs in it (depending on the species) before covering it up and returning to the ocean. Some of the eggs are unfertilized 'dummy eggs' and the rest contain young turtles. Incubation takes about 2 months. When the eggs hatch, these baby turtles dig their way out and seek the ocean. Only a very small proportion of them (at most 1 in 100) will be successful, as many predators are waiting to eat them. 自己选个
少年卡米
原创： The Ugly Duckling It was summer. A duck was sitting in her nest. Her little ducklings were about to hatched. One egg after another began to crack,but the biggest one was still there. At last, it cracked.The baby was big and ugly. The next day,the mother duck with her family went down to the moat. One duckling jumped in after another. The big ugly one swam about with them.But the poor duckling was chased and harassed by all the ducklings because he was very ugly.The ducks bit him,the hens pecked him. And the girl who fed them kicked him aside.Then he ran off and soon came to a great marsh where the wild ducks lived. He stayed there for two whole days.A big dog appeared close beside him,but he did not touch the duckling. "Oh,I am so ugly that even the dog won`t bite me." Sighed the duckling.In the evening,he reached a little cottage. Because he could not lay eggs,he was driven away by the hen. one evening,he saw some swans.He flew into the water and swam towards them. What did he see in the clear water? He was no longer a dark grey ugly bird. He wa s himself a swan. He said to himself,"I never dreamed that I could be so happy when I was the ugly duckling."译文：夏天到了，一只鸭子正坐在它的窝里。它的小宝宝们就要孵出来了。一只又一只的蛋开始裂开，但是最大的蛋仍然在那里。最后，它破裂了。宝宝又大又丑。第二天，鸭妈妈带着一家去河沟里去了。一只又一只的小鸭子跳了进去。这个又大又丑的鸭子在别的鸭子边上游泳。但因为它长得很丑，不但没有被鸭群接受，还挨啄、被排挤、被讪笑。而且在鸡群中也是这样。他因此觉得很自卑。无奈之下，丑小鸭飞过篱笆逃走了。有一次，他遇到了一只猎狗，但那只猎狗只是闻闻他，并没有把他抓住。他暗自庆幸，“我丑得连猎狗也不敢咬我了！”他为自己逃生而庆幸，同时为自己长得丑而懊丧。在这以后，丑小鸭遇到了很多磨难。后来，对美好大自然、美好生活的向往与追求驱使着丑小鸭不再依靠别人生活。有一天，三只美丽的白天鹅从树阴里一直游到他面前来，小鸭认出了这些美丽的动物，于是心里感到一种说不出的难过。小鸭感到自己要游向他们，就算他们把自己弄死也没关系，因为他有一颗追求美的心。但他在水里看到的是什么呢，不再是那只丑陋的小鸭了，而是——一只美丽的天鹅！
lathermatthaus
When the tale begins, a mother duck's eggs hatch. One of the little birds is perceived by the duck’s surroundings as a homely little creature and suffers much verbal and physical abuse from the other birds and animals on the farm. He wanders sadly from the barnyard and lives with wild ducks and geese until hunters slaughter the flocks. He then finds a home with an old woman but her cat and hen tease him mercilessly and again he sets off on his own. He sees a flock of migrating wild swans; he is delighted and excited but he cannot join them for he is too young and cannot fly. Winter arrives. A farmer finds and carries the freezing little bird home, but the foundling is frightened by the farmer’s noisy children and flees the house. He spends a miserable winter alone in the outdoors mostly hiding in a cave on the lake that partly freezes over. When spring arrives a flock of swans descends on the now thawing lake. The ugly duckling, now having fully grown and matured cannot endure a life of solitude and hardship any more and decides to throw himself at the flock of swans deciding that it is better to be killed by such beautiful birds than to live a life of ugliness and misery. He is shocked when the swans welcome and accept him, only to realize by looking at his reflection in the water that he has grown into one of them. The flock takes to the air and the ugly duckling spreads his beautiful large wings and takes flight with the rest of his new family.
北条真理
The Sea What do you know about the sea? Some people know about it, but others don’t. The sea looks beautiful on a fine sunny day, but when there’s a strong wind, it’s very rough. What else do you know about it? Of course, the sea is very big. In the world, there is more sea than land. Do you know Hainan Island? It’s really very nice. We can see beaches, trees and the sea. We can swim and visit a lot of beautiful places. When you swim in the sea, you feel that the water is salty. At last, I tell you about the Dead Sea. Fish can’t live in it, because it’s dangerous. This sea is too salty. The sea is nice, but sometimes it’s not good. 还有篇诗歌，也挺不错的，你参考一下吧。 The Sea 海 (1) The Sea! the Sea! the open Sea! 海啊！海啊！辽阔的大海！ The blue, the fresh, the ever free! 碧蓝，清新，永远地自由自在！ Without a mark, without a bound, 没有标志，没有境界， It runneth the earth's wide regions 'round; 它围绕着大地； It plays with the clouds; it mocks the skies; 与云彩嬉戏，向苍穹嘲弄； Or like a cradled creature lies. 间或婴儿似地静躺在摇篮里。 (2) I'm on the Sea! I'm on the Sea! 我在海上！我在海上！ I am where I would ever be; 这儿是我永远愿待的地方； With the blue above, and the blue below, 上有蓝蓝的天，下有蓝蓝的海， And silence wheresoe'er I go; 处处都是一片寂寞， If a storm should come and awake the deep, 即使风浪将来唤醒大海， What matter? I shall ride and sleep. 有甚么关系？驾舟，就寝皆由我。 (3) I love (oh! how I love) to ride 我乐于（啊！我多么乐于）航行， On the fierce foaming bursting tide, 在泡沫凶恶而崩裂的潮水上， When every mad wave drowns the moon, 此时狂浪吞没了月影， Or whistles aloft his tempest tune, 啸声高奏着风暴曲， And tells how goes the world below, 倾诉底下的世界是何等模样， And why the south-west blasts do blow. 西南风又为何而吹。 (4) I never was on the dull tame shore 我从不留恋单调温驯的海岸， but I lov'd the great Sea more and more, 只是愈来愈沉迷于海上， And backwards flew to her billowy breast, 像鸟儿寻找母巢一般， Like a bird that seeketh its mother's nest; 忽忙地飞回那涛涛巨浪的怀抱； And mother she was, and is to me; 对我而言她就是慈母； For I was born on the open Sea! 因为我生长在海上！
送哦夏季
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding – Chengdu, Sichuan, China: The May 12th earthquake in China’s Sichuan Province measured 7.9 on the Richter scale, and was one of our planet’s most devastating natural disasters in recent history. The principal areas affected were in the Qionglai and Minshan mountain ranges, home to incredible biodiversity and the principle remaining habitat of giant pandas. Almost 90 percent of remaining wild giant pandas live in the regions most impacted by the quake. The Fund recently granted a $10,000 Animal Crisis Grant to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding to help with veterinary costs and care of the rescued giant pandas after the earthquake and help rebuild infrastructure of the region’s nature reserves. Shanshui Conservation Center – Beijing, China: Visitors to this year’s Olympics in Beijing may encounter the SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund during their stay. The Fund recently granted $10,000 (discretionary grant) to the Shanshui Conservation Center, a China-based extension of Conservation International. The grant will help produce and distribute 20,000 Fund-branded “Green Dining Cards” to restaurants and hotels throughout the city. Clearly identifying menu items to avoid, the cards were produced with the goal of advancing public awareness of the health, safety, ecological, scientific, and legal issues surrounding wild animal consumption. The issue of illegal wildlife trade and bushmeat intended for high-end markets are among the most pressing wildlife conservation challenges of our time. In addition to these Fund-supported cards, many high-profile Chinese athletes and other well-known individuals are also helping raise awareness about these issues. Specifically, our own Julie Scardina, joined by a tiger and several other animal ambassadors, appeared this week on the Today Show to celebrate some of China’s most spectacular animals and ways that Beijing Olympics visitors can help protect wildlife throughout the region.
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