News & Reports 2010-08-14

Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This Edition Fresh torrential rains bring landslides to more areas in China, as rescue teams comb through the devastated Zhouqu County in the country's northwest. Flood victims in

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-09-24

1. The UK will remain united. Thats the message Scottish voters gave as a record number took to the polls Thursday. In the end 55% of Scotts voted to stay part of the UK. Prime Minister David Cameron reassured hell follow through on promises to give

【轻松英文阅读】拯救潜水员

Five Japanese scuba divers have miraculously been found alive three days after they went missing off the coast of Bali. Local fishermen discovered the divers clinging to a coral reef. The five women divers were almost 20 kilometers from where they an

马尼拉发生火灾至少75人丧生

Manila Fire Kills at Least 75 Kristina Luz Manila 18 Aug 2001 05:09 UTC A six-story hotel, which is located in a busy northern district of Manila, went up in 1)flames at dawn Saturday. The 2)death tol

2007年VOA标准英语-Heavy Rains Kill 99 People in Bangladesh

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 12 June 2007 In Bangladesh, rescue and relief operations are underway in the port city of Chittagong, where torrential rains have killed nearly 100 people. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi on the havoc caused by two

CNN 2010-08-10

In the heartland of Pakistan, they fought to save their livelihood. In the village of Chachran Sharif, people depend on livestock for a living. So when rising floodwaters buried part of their village, they packed their animals on boats and headed acr

AP 2011-10-21

1. President Barack Obama is breaking up his jobs bill into bite-sized pieces for Senate Republicans. Beginning a three-day bus tour in North Carolina, Obama pushed for Congressional approval of parts of his $447 billion jobs plan. 2. Federal investi

AP 2011-08-05

1. The Senate is expected to approve a higher debt ceiling limit and more than $2 trillion in spending cuts over the next decade. That's the deal that cleared the House Monday. The bill then goes on to the president for his signature. 2. An autopsy i

VOA标准英语2009-Deficient Rains in India Raise Worries About

In India, stalled monsoon rains are expected to revive soon. But there are concerns the shortfall in monsoon rains so far could adversely impact crop production. Indian women harvest tea leaves at a plantation in Kondoli, some 17 km from Nagaon in t

美国国家公共电台 NPR Monsoon Rains Could Devastate Rohingya Camps

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The story of the Rohingya Muslims is complicated and gets more so every day. Evidence keeps emerging that Myanmar has used a campaign of terror to drive hundreds of thousands of Rohingya across the border into refugee camps in Bang

英语听力：自然百科 大迁徙 Great Migrations—4

Only the fit and the lucky will inherit the relay race of their lives. It is a race that is increasingly endangered like many of the world's great migrations. Climate change disrupts weather patterns and exploding human populations encroach on their

英语听力：Wild China 美丽中国：彩云之南-7

Four months of daily rainstorms sustain luxuriant vegetation. The arrival of the monsoon awakens one of the forest's most extraordinary moisture-loving inhabitants. The crocodile newt is one of the most unusual of the many amphibian species found her

VOA标准英语2010年-Humanitarian Fears Rise as Rains are P

The Britain-based charity ActionAid says heavy rains are hampering operations to evacuate people in Pakistan caught in the worst floods in 80 years. The death toll has reached 1,500 and an estimated three-million people have been affected. Airlie Tay

英语听力：Wild China 美丽中国：彩云之南-15

But there was a problem for the rubber growers. While Yunnans unique natural forests can survive on the valley slopes which stretch to the north, just one severe frost will kill off these delicate rubber trees. So Yunnans terrain puts a limit on how

与美国小学生一起学英文第12册 第20期:季风

Monsoon 季风 If it rains a lot in one season, the area may be influenced by monsoons. 如果一个季节下很多雨，那么该地区可能受季风的影响。 A monsoon is a seasonal wind which brings heavy rain. 季风是一种季节性的风，它

VOA双语新闻：印度降雨不足可能影响农业生产

In India, stalled monsoon rains are expected to revive soon. But there are concerns the shortfall in monsoon rains so far could adversely impact crop production. 在印度，季风雨的降雨量严重不足可能给粮食生产带来不利影响。

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-02-22

A low pressure trough is generating showers and storms over central and southeastern Queensland. The monsoon trough over the tropics is producing thunder and showers. They'll be heaviest over the Gulf. Looking around the country now. Heavy rains and

India Facing First Drought in Three Years

India is facing its first drought in three years, with this year's monsoon rains down by nearly 20 percent. In a report issued late Thursday, the Indian Meteorological Department said more than half of India has received deficient rainfall between Ju

2015年CRI New Round of Torrential Rains to Hit Hunan

Forecasters are warning of another round of torrential rains in the central Chinese province of Hunan over the coming days. Luo Yijun, deputy director of Hunan's Flood Control Office, says a number of cities in the province should be prepared for mor

印度热浪死亡人数增至2207

The death toll of the heat wave spreading across India has risen to over 22-hundered. Local meteorological officials report that a high temperature of 47.1 degrees Celsius has been recorded at the country's central state. Professor at Allahabad Unive