In this series of lectures about the history of weather forecasting, I’ll start by examining its early history – that’ll be the subject of today’s talk. OK, so we’ll start by going back thousands of years. Most ancient cultures had weather gods, and weather catastrophes, such as fl...
对应原文:The Chinese also recognised weather patterns, and by 300 BC, astronomers had developed a calendar which divided the year into 24festivals, each associated with a different weather phenomenon. 答案解析:calendar提示大家答案即将到来,空前词a number of与24同义替换,根据修饰关系确定festivals为正确...
考满分 ielts C14 - Test 2 - Section4 - The history of weather forecasting 结束训练 PART A PART B 00:00 00:00 第一段 - 1041.0 秒 第1句 - 12.4 秒 第2句 - 18.2 秒 第3句 - 10.0 秒 第4句 - 9.3 秒 第5句 - 10.3 秒 第6句 - 16.0 秒 第7句 - 20.0 秒 第8句 - 18.1 秒 ...
The history of weather forecasting Ancient cultures · many cultures believed that floods and other disasters were involved in the creation of the world · many cultures invented31and other ceremonies to make the weather gods friendly · people needed to observe and interpret the sky to ensure thei...
When we think about famous figures in the history of science, the name of Charles Darwin often comes up. Sam Darwin is most famous for his theory ofevolution, the idea that animals change and adapt in response to their environment. In the 1830s he visited the Galapagos, a string of islan...
History of weather forecasting Early methods Almanacs connected the weather with the positions of different, 1 at particular times. Invention of weather instruments A huygrometer showed levels of 2 (Nicholas Cusa 1450) Temperature variations first measured by a thermometer containing 3 (Golileo Galilei...
The History of Modern American Dance The birth of modern American dance occurred in the first years of the twentieth dancer Hanya Holm embraced the changing times by including modern dance in century. And, perhaps unusually for academics, dance historians hold mainstream musicals on the Broadway ...
Also on the subject of history, you can go and see the old mill which has recently been renovated and put back into use. Turn left before you come to the bridge. Then go straight on and then take the first turning on the right. This leads straight there + Next is the “Mill”, th...
000 people were on the beach and a large group of lifesavers were about to start a surf race when three freak waves hit the beach, sweeping hundreds of people out to sea. Lifesavers rescued 300 people. The largest mass rescue in the history of surf bathing, it confirmed the place of ...
When we think about famous figures in the history of science, the name of Charles Darwin often comes up. Sam Darwin is most famous for his theory ofevolution, the idea that animals change and adapt in response to their environment. In the 1830s he visited the Galapagos, a string of islan...