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美国国家公共电台 NPR Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters Clean Up As Deadline Looms

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Protesters in North Dakota face a deadline today. They've been opposing an oil pipeline. The Army Corps of Engineers told them to clear out by this afternoon. After a push from President Trump, the Dakota Access pipeline could no

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Tougher Laws On Pipeline Protests Face Test In Louisiana

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: After massive demonstrations over the Dakota Access Pipeline, a number of states made it harder to protest oil and gas pipelines. The state of Louisiana is making its first arrests under these tougher laws as protesters try to st

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今天我们要学的词是taper off。 Taper off, 是逐步减弱，逐步停止的意思。The number of tourists in the beach area tapered off after the peak season, 旅游旺季结束后，到海边来玩的游客慢慢减少了。Sales are expec

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Obama Orders Faster Review for Oil Pipeline Projects

President Barack Obama has ordered steps to speed up the expansion of oil pipeline projects in the United States, including a portion of the planned Keystone pipeline. The president spoke as he concluded a two-day trip to Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio and

Sudan Oil Talks Fail; Pipeline Shutdown Looms

Sudan and South Sudan have failed to resolve a dispute over oil revenues, less than 24 hours before the south is due to halt crude production and close its pipeline to the sea. Failure to settle the dispute could have grave implications for the econo

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I felt involuntarily reassured in his presence, and this boded well for our interview. 我看见这个人在面前，心中自然而然地觉得很安定，我预料我们的会谈将很顺利。 Whether this individual was thirty-five or fifty years

英语听书《白鲸记》第192期

On one side stood a long, low, shelf-like table covered with cracked glass cases, filled with dusty rarities gathered from this wide world's remotest nooks. 堂屋的一边,摆有一只又低又长的.架子似的桌子,上面尽是许多破裂的玻璃

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Their relationship tapered off by the fall of 1984, 到1984年秋季，他们的关系逐渐转淡， when Egan made it clear that she was still far too young to think of getting married. 伊根明确表示她现在太年轻了，谈婚论嫁还为时过