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Fred: Is it crowded in Beijing? Fred: 北京拥挤吗? Kate: Yes, its really crowded. Kate: 是的，十分拥挤。 Fred: Is it too crowded? Fred: 是太拥挤了吗？ Kate: Yes, its so crowded, sometimes its difficult to get on the metro. Kate: 是的，有时挤的你都上

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9. We should hold together and overcome difficulies caused by the natural disaster. 我们应该团结一致，克服自然灾害造成的困难。 还能这样说： We should unit as one and concentrate efforts on the natural disaster. We ought to

情景会话口袋书人际篇36:谈论自然灾害(1)

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CNN 2010-09-11

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 August 2007 The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is appealing for $5.5 million to head-off a potential health crisis in flood-stricken North Korea. The Swiss agency reports North Korea's healt

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By Greg Flakus Council Bluffs, Iowa 20 June 2008 Surging water is moving down the Mississippi river devastating towns and farmland along the way. The river has topped close to a dozen levees flooding towns in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri and resident

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VOA标准英语2011--Thai PM Invokes Natural Disaster Law as Floods Reach Bangkok

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By Pearse Lynch Nairobi 07 August 2006 Ethiopia and Eritrea Rescuers are continuing to search for survivors, after flash floods on Saturday in eastern Ethiopia killed at least 200 people and left some 300 others missing. Ethiopia's Disaster Preventi

China assists Laos in post-flood reconstruction

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China issues emergency response to Shanxi flood

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Good morning everyone. Two opinion polls show voters have now turned against the Abbot government following budget welfare cuts and tax raises. The prime minister says approval rating has fallen dramatically. And opposition leader Bill Shorten has no

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