VOA慢速英语2011--Remembering the Gulf Oil Spill, One Year

IN THE NEWS - Remembering the Gulf Oil Spill, One Year Later This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 Last year on April twentieth the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig exploded in flames in the Gu

Eztalk美语【41】Essential oil 精油

Billy: So what did you get? Jennifer: It's all in the bag. Billy: What's this? Essential oil? Wow! This stuff is expensive. Jennifer: I need that to relax. I'm going to put a few drops in my bath water. Billy: How is oil supposed to make you relax? J

365个英语简短小故事- 26. A Clean Toilet Bowl

Mildreds sister called. She was going to drop by. And whenever she visited, she usually made at least one trip to the bathroom. That meant one thingMildred needed to clean her toilet bowl. This was the household chore that she hated the most. It was

365个英语简短小故事-149. The Toilet Tank (2)

Henry went out to the front of the apartment building and turned off the main water valve. No one was home in the building except Stanley, so Henry didnt have to warn the neighbors about the shutoff. Back in the bathroom, Henry flushed the toilet. Th

365个英语简短小故事-148. The Toilet Tank (1)

Stanley had just finished brushing his teeth. He noticed water flowing into the toilet bowl. That's strange, he thought. The water continued to seep into the bowl. Stanley lifted the toilet tank top. The tank was half full, but the water was slowly r

原版英语小短文 159. The Oil Spill

Millions of gallons of oil were pouring into the gulf. A pipeline had broken. The drilling platform had burned and sunk. Workers had died. The oil flowed freely from the broken pipe. It was a mile beneath the ocean surface. The oil company tried to s

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台七月-Water Becoming More Precious Than Oil in

While one of the most pressing political and social issues facing the Arab world rarely makes headlines, it is an issue that some political analysts believe could lead to the next great confrontation in the region. Rapidly expanding Arab populations

2006年VOA标准英语-Deepwater Oil Discovery Flows from Advances in

By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 20 September 2006 watch Deepwater Oil Super computers, mathematical formulas, and advances in imaging all played a part in a much-publicized recent oil discovery beneath the Gulf of Mexico. ----- Consider the idea of dri

2007年VOA标准英语-High Prices, Demand Lead to New Oil Extraction

By Mil Arcega Washington 25 May 2007 Technology and high gasoline prices are helping to coax hard-to-extract oil from California's oil fields. Production at some of the state's older oil fields is expected to dry up in about 25 years, but Chevron say

VOA标准英语2010年-Gulf of Mexico Oil Well Remains Shut A

U.S. officials say a cap on a damaged oil well in the Gulf of Mexico appears to have a small leak, but they say there are no plans to remove the cap from the well. Engineers are carefully studying the well for any evidence of problems. Engineers spot

VOA标准英语2010年-Despite the Oil Spill, Louisiana Rice

When rainfall is plentiful, rice grows into lush plants above the shallow water in which it's planted. Since Louisiana leads the United States in the production of rice, a lot of people wonder whether the oil that has spread into the state's marshes

VOA标准英语2009-German Rights Group Says Oil Company Spoilin

By Alan Boswell Nairobi 16 November 2009 A German human rights group reports an oil company in southern Sudan is contaminating drinking water. The group warns that if left unchecked the pollution could lead to an ecological catastrophe in one of the

VOA标准英语2014--Niger Delta Communities Pressure Shell on 2011 Oil Spill

Niger Delta Communities Pressure Shell on 2011 Oil Spill YOUBEBE, NIGERIA Local leaders in the Niger Delta want to unite competing communities to pressure Shell Petroleum to pay billions of dollars in reparations and clean up of fishing areas they sa

美国习惯用语:530 a stick-in-the-mud

我们今天要讲的两个习惯用语其中的关键词是mud。大家也许知道mud是泥浆。今天要学的第一个习惯用语是： a stick-in-the-mud。 Stick这个词在这儿显然是名词，名词stick最普通的意思是棍棒。 棍棒

美国国家公共电台 NPR Researchers Test Hotter, Faster And Cleaner Way To Fight Oil Spills

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico seven years ago showed just how hard it is to combat a massive oil spill. Cleaning oil from water is a challenge, especially on the open sea. Now the federal government is backing research on

环球英语 — 37： The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Voice 1 Thank you for joining us for todays Spotlight. Im Joshua Leo. Voice 2 And Im Sara DeKoster. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 The tow

美国国家公共电台 NPR Gulf Oyster Reefs Are Hurting. Now There's Help From Oil Spill Aid Money

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Oyster harvests along the Gulf Coast have been in decline for decades now. Actually, this year, Alabama canceled its season because there were so few oysters. NPR's Greg Allen reports that help may be on the way thanks to millions

VOA标准英语2010年-Divers Find Oil Under Surface; BP Cont

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirms that some of the oil escaping from that ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico is staying beneath the surface, raising new environmental concerns about the disaster. BP says there is no

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Jack looked over the edge of the riverbankAnnie had fallen info a pool of mud near the waterThe thick black mud Was up to her chest. I Slipped she said. It feels like quick sand.Jack threw down his pack and got on his knees. Be careful, said Annie. D

音乐咖啡厅:Lights - Oil And Water

Gone when you get stuck Sleeping when you wake up Lover on the other coast Off to the races Headed other places Chasing a familiar ghost No one said it would be this hard How could I know? Why do we always get so far Before we let go? And we separate