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-精选财经经济类资料- -最新财经经济资料-感谢阅读- 1 英语演讲比赛预赛朗读文章之二 6、The Dead Sea is alive FOR a long time we have believed that theres no life in the Dead Sea . But it looks like we were wrong. The Dead Sea lies on the border of Jordan , Israel and the West Bank. There is much more salt in it than in other seas. So people thought it was impossible for things to live in it. Too much salt also makes people float better. For this reason, many tourists visit the Dead Sea every year. A diving team has found 30 giant craters -精选财经经济类资料- -最新财经经济资料-感谢阅读- 2 under the Dead Sea. The craters spew fresh water. There are many tiny living things around them. Team member Danny Ionescu told National Geographic News that the craters were a “fantastic place for life”. 7、Internet measures up HOW long does it take us to download a 500m movie from the Internet? In China, it usually takes half an hour. But in South Korea, it only takes four minutes. According to a global Internet speed study released by the US company Pando Networks, South Korea offers the worlds highest download speed, 2,202kbps . Romania and Bulgaria come in second and third on the list. -精选财经经济类资料- -最新财经经济资料-感谢阅读- 3 The US showed up in the middle of the list and China is 80th. The slowest country, according to the study, was the Congo . 8、What s that in the sky? MANY people recently reported seeing a UFO in China. At 9 pm on August 20, the pilot of aircraft CZ6554 was flying above Shanghai. Suddenly, he saw a huge light in the sky. “It was round and kept getting bigger. It looked hundreds of times bigger than the moon,” he said of the sighting . At almost the same time, Chen Xu of Beijing saw a halo in the sky. He published a photo of the halo on his micro blog . Chen said the halo was small at first, then became larger, moved north, and disappeared several minutes later. -精选财经经济类资料- -最新财经经济资料-感谢阅读- 4 The experts at the Beijing UFO research organization held a meeting to discuss the UFO sighting. In their opinion, the halos are man-made. The military likely sent a missile into the sky. When its remains fell, people saw “halos”. 9、Dolphins are a lot like us ONE of the biggest differences between humans and other animals is humans use of tools . But scientists found that some dolphins use tools, too. According to researchers from Murdoch University, a group of dolphins in Australia made a new tool to catch fish. They hold a large conch shell in their -精选财经经济类资料- -最新财经经济资料-感谢阅读- 5 beaks and use it to shake fish into their mouths. Researchers first saw dolphins shaking conch shells at the surface of the ocean in 2007. At that time, they thought it was just a game or males giving gifts to females. Researchers took photos and studied them carefully. They finally found that this is a new fish-catching trick made by a clever group of dolphins. 10、Mini Noahs Ark IN the movie 2012, a huge ark saved people from a destroyed world. Now, a Japanese company has developed a “mini Noahs Ark” to help people in earthquakes and tsunamis . -精选财经经济类资料- -最新财经经济资料-感谢阅读- 6 The yellow capsule looks like a huge tennis ball rather than a ship. Its made of strong fiberglass . Company president and creator of the capsule, Shoji Tanaka, says it can hold four adults. And it has passed many crash tests. It has a small lookout window and breathing holes on top. It can also be used as a childrens toy. More than 27,000 Japanese people died or went missing in the big e