As the floodshad put the telephone out of order, we could not find out how they were managing.From an attic... [查看全文]
One bad winter we watched the river creep up the lower meadows. All the cattle hadbeen moved into stalls an... [查看全文]
After a long period of rain the river may overflow its banks. This is a rare occurrenceas our climate seldo... [查看全文]
Sometimes we go upstream to a favourite backwater, sometimes we haveour party at the boathouse, which a prede... [查看全文]
We tell river all our secrets. We knowinstinctively, just as beekeepers with theirbees, that misfortune might ... [查看全文]
Our Neighbour, the River 河流,我们的邻居 The river which forms the eastern boundary ofour farm has always p... [查看全文]
If we were able to discover lowly forms oflife like bacteria on another planet, it would completely change o... [查看全文]
For most of the earth's history they havebeen the only form of life on our planet. As Earth-dwellers, we... [查看全文]
In the first instance, we would be looking for plant life, rather than 'little green men'.The life fo... [查看全文]
Even a telescope in orbit round the earth, like the verysuccessful Hubble telescope, would not be suitable be... [查看全文]