ISLAMABAD, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- A total of 355 people have been killed and 619 others injured in the 7.7-maganitude earthquake that rocked southwest Pakistan's Balochistan province on Tuesday afternoon, according to a press briefing released by Pakis

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Earthquake fears on the west coast西海岸担心地震影响 Fingers crossed老天保佑 A row over a rickety viaduct一场关于山区高速路的争吵 AFTERSHOCKS from Japan rattled America's west coast last week, as consumers in California rushe

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

The magnitude-7 quake that jolted southwest China has badly affected the Giant Panda population in Ya'an. 中国庐山发生的7级地震使雅安大熊猫数量受到重创。 Ya'an is home to the Giant Panda. French natural historian, Armand David,

发表于:2019-01-05 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 CCTV9英语新闻2013年04月

关于地震的演讲稿 Now the most important and sad thing during the whole county is the earthquake happening in qinghai province yushu city. It is not long away from the Wenchuan earthquark , Haiti earthquark and all the scenes made us feel clos

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语演讲

AS IT IS 2016-04-16 Second Quake Hits Japan 日本再遭地震袭击 A second powerful earthquake struck southern Japan early Saturday. 周六清晨日本南部再次发生了强震。 The quake caused the Japan Meteorological Agency to give and then

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Science and Technology Seismology and tsunamis Making waves 科技 地震学与海啸 掀起新浪潮 A better tsunami-prediction system is now under development 更精准的海啸预测系统现已在开发中 GEOLOGISTS have long known that some ma

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Early this morning, one Japanese climber, Hideaki Nara, was rescued from Aoraki Mt Cook and the body of his climbing mate, Kiyoshi Ikenouchi, was taken down the mountain by helicopter. The two men were both experienced climbers and Mr Ikenouchi was a

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Last week, the ACC Chairman said that ACC needs to increase levies that we pay. ACC means Accident Compensation Corporation. It provides insurance to pay for health care if we have an accident. This is a No Fault insurance because we cannot sue a per

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Slideshow About 10,000 troops and 4,600 police were deployed to search for survivors following the powerful earthquake in Ecuador, with the official death toll rising to 233 on Sunday. 厄瓜多尔发生强烈地震后,该国投入1万军人和4600名

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

There may be some disruption to bus services in Auckland tomorrow as NZ Bus intends to lock out bus drivers. This is in response to a strike that the unions had organised. The unions want pay increases for their drivers who currently earn between $14

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智利8.2级地震致5人死 SANTIAGO, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Five people have died in a 8.2-magnitude earthquake that hit off Chilean northern coast Tuesday, according to Interior Minister Rodrigo Penailillo. According to the University of Chile Seismo

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

智利西北部发生5.3级地震 HONGKONG, March 24 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted 89km WNW of Iquique, Chile at 20:23:03 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 23.4 km, wa

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The Marine and Coastal Area Bill passed its third reading in Parliament today. Next the Governor-General has to sign it. Then it becomes the Marine and Coastal Act and is the law. The voting in Parliament was 63 to 56. The Maori Party joined the Nati

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

An 8.5 magnitude earthquake has hit Japan's Ogasawara islands on Saturday evening and then rattled most of the country. Koji Nakamura is an Official of the Japan Meteorological Agency, and offers an analysis of the quake. The epicenter of this earthq

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(35) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

ISLAMABAD, April 17 (Xinhua) -- At least 40 people were killed and over 300 others injured in a 7.9-magnitude earthquake that hit Pakistan on Tuesday afternoon, an official with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) told Xinhua on Wednesday.

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Last week, Shell celebrated the discovery of gas in New Zealand 40 years ago. In 1969, gas was discovered off the coast of Taranaki on the west coast of the North Island. At that time, it was one of the biggest gas discoveries in the world. Ten years

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

中大西洋海岭北部发生6.4级地震 Hong Kong, June 25 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale jolted northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge at June 24, 2013 22:04:13 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, wit

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Listen again to July 18th 2009 . The earthquake of July 16th caused only minor damage. One effect though, that scientists have learnt is that the southwest of the South Island has now moved 300mm closer to Australia. New Zealand, like Japan, sits on

发表于:2019-02-20 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Tomorrow afternoon, the Minister of Finance, Bill English, will read the Budget in Parliament. The Budget tells us how much money the government expects to have next year and how the government plans to spend it. The Prime Minister has already talked

发表于:2019-02-22 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Here are some facts about the earthquake which struck the Canterbury region on Saturday. It measured 7.1 on the Richter scale. At first we were told it was 7.4. That would mean nearly three times stronger. Each 0.2 means double the strength. On avera

发表于:2019-03-13 / 阅读(199) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语