音标:[lə'ɡu:nz] ;
n. 污水池( lagoon的复数形式 ); 潟湖; (大湖或江河附近的)小而浅的淡水湖; 温泉形成的池塘
n. a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral

CARL AZUZ: It's not unusual to see flooding in Venice, Italy this time of year. The city of lagoons and canals is often overwhelmed by water between October and December but it is unusual to see flooding like this. A low pressure weather system has b

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(144) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2018年11月

Nigerias Wecyclers Work for Reusable Future in Lagos 尼日利亚拉各斯垃圾回收再用项目 LAGOS The streets and lagoons of Africa's largest city - Lagos, Nigeria - are often clogged with trash, almost none of which gets recycled. One company

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In Rio de Janeiro Brazil, where the mountains meet the beach, with six million residents and more than a million tourists a year, a cleanup of the beaches from past years is now a major issue. Until recently, the beach was a place for Cariocas, as R

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By Ruth Reader Washington, DC 13 February 2008 There is growing concern around the world over illnesses caused by new antibiotic-resistant bacteria, or so-called superbugs, and the decreasing effectiveness of antibiotics to treat infections. Earlier

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By Sarah Simpson Lagos 13 April 2007 Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, is preparing to go to the polls for the first in a series of crucial elections. First up are elections on Saturday for state governors. In the commercial capital of Lagos ca

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AS IT IS 2015-08-08 Beirut Residents Fight for Dalieh Coastline 贝鲁特居民争取Dalieh海岸线 Beiruts waterfront area of Dalieh is one of the few public stretches of coastline in Lebanon. But that could soon change. This past May, developers c

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Lynn Henning samples water for pollution from the large livestock farms near her home in rural Michigan. Lynn Henning samples the waters for pollution from the large livestock farms near her home in rural Michigan. But it's not her job. I have no che

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Right in the path of Hurricane Florence, there's an area where pigs far outnumber people. A big worry is the state of hundreds of open-air lagoons filled with manure. Torrential rain could cause them to overflow. Here's NPR's Dan C

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: In North Carolina, most of the rain has ended, but flooding continues. Much of the area where Florence dumped the most rainfall is covered with farms - chicken farms, sweet potato farms, hog farms - and the damage to those farms

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A recent report released by the Ministry of Environmental Protection shows China has seen over 560 pollution accidents between 2008 and 2011, averaging one in every two and half days. The Ministry urges local environmental departments to update their

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In Rio de Janeiro Brazil, where the mountains meet the beach, with six million residents and more than a million tourists a year, a cleanup of the beaches from past years is now a major issue. Until recently, the beach was a place for Cariocas, as Ri

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Ever since man first began setting out for new lands by small boats heading over unknown horizons, he's been searching for among other things, paradise. And paradise in the Tuamotus, a small archipelago in the Pacific about 200 miles northeast of Tah

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Martin, The United States speaker The one country I would most like to visit would have to be New Zealand. Mnay reasons, the number one being it looks like an absolutely gorgeous country, especially having seen Lord of the Rings and that is one of my

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HAVANA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The Cuban Parliament on Saturday approved the bill for a new Marine, Fluvial and Lacustrine Sailing Law, the State-run news agency Prensa Latina reported. Cuban Transport Minister Cesar Arocha said at a parliament session t

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Sharks Rule the Reef's Underwater Food Chain Predators like wolves affect their ecosystems by eating their prey. But a more subtle impact involves fear. Predators also terrify prey species. And when, for example, elk are hiding, they don't spend as m

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The world's wetlands, threatened by development, dehydration and climate change, could release a planet-warming carbon bomb if they are destroyed, ecological scientists said. Wetlands contain 771 billion tons of greenhouse gases, one-fifth of all the

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Many of the traditional wooden house boats that were a big draw for Indian and foreign tourists on the palm-fringed inland lagoons in Kerala are standing idle during the peak season. 这里的很多传统木制船屋曾经让印度内外的游客深深

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actus reus
Aldea del Cano
all hollow
aminooxy
amphistomatous
audio-frequency generator
back-in
bapsi
bavaria (bayern)
Black-Chinned
brimfullness
cast one's shadow before
check out
cliparts
compressed air clamp
computer-managed instruction (cmi)
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electronically tined pulsator
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