2014-05-26

【Aiden in English】

        Nobody in the 21^st Century knows precisely what an 18^th-century town looked like, just as an 18^th-century villager couldn't picture what a woolly mammoth would look like. Even the 18^th-century villager knew that woolly mammoths were large, and we know that people were more majestic than our current fashion sense at the time. All we needed to do was go on a little scavenger hunt to find clues about the past and piec

2014-05-25

【Aiden in English】

        America is one of the greatest countries in the world. It has one of the world's most civilized cultures and advanced technologies. It's hard to believe it started as a small village in the middle of a small forest in present-day Virginia.

        In the early 17^th century, the people of Jamestown were very different from those of today. Many cared only about making money. Most male villagers went out to fi

2014-05-24

【Aiden in English】

        Thomas Jefferson had numerous outstanding accomplishments throughout his lifetime, including commissioning the Lewis and Clark Expedition after the Louisiana Purchase, writing the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, establishing the University of Virginia, and serving as an ambassador to France, among others. One of his most grandiose and spectacular, as many visitors would ap

2012-05-27

        也许源于家有小儿初长成，我们一向对堡礁地理风貌情有独钟，凡是涉及到生物圈保护区、海洋自然保护区、珊瑚生态保护区，都在我们的严密关注之下。

        曾几何时，全家老少不辞辛苦，从墨西哥尤卡坦“富饶之地”(Yucatán)半岛顶端的孔托伊“低矮的庇护所”岛(Isla Contoy)横扫洪都拉斯“深度”海湾群岛省附近号称世界第二大堡礁群──中美洲生物走廊(Mesoamerican Biological Corridor)，甚至连远在天涯海角世界最绝最长的澳大利亚大堡礁一刻也未从我们旅

2012-05-26

        从我们逗留的船锚客栈阳台上向外张望，辛科提格“水对岸的美地”(Chincoteague)湾近在眼前。离开房门，顺着栈桥朝水边方向走去，不出30米/0.2英哩远，我们立刻置身于蓝天之下碧水之上。

        辛科提格湾南北长约300公里/186英哩，介于阿萨蒂格“激流”国家海滨和马里兰“心爱之地”州东南和弗吉尼亚“圣洁王后”州东部内陆交界地带之间，恰好将辛科提格国家野生动物保护区团团围住。

        湾区生态丰富，大片沼泽地