Weather Forecasters Call for Better Hurricane Prediction Tools 天气预报员呼吁更好的飓风预报系统 With the American Gulf Coast still reeling from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(145) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2005(下)--环境科学探索

CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR: There's a storm brewing out in the Pacific Ocean. It's big. It's powerful. It may be headed to the 50th U.S. state and it leads off today's edition of CNN 10. I'm Carl Azuz. It's good to have you watching. CNN10分钟新闻主

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(255) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2018年7月

Hurricane Maria Hit Puerto Ricos Giant Telescope Hurricane Maria severely damaged Puerto Ricos electricity and communications systems. Millions of people there are without power, water or food. 飓风玛利亚严重破坏了波多黎各的电力和通信

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(136) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(十)月

Goldsboro, North Carolina pretty much shut down as hurricane Florence moved in, but the Waffle House stayed open 24 hours a day, straight through the storm serving up comfort food as the storm wailed away outside. I know, yeah, Waffle House is always

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(九月)

You know, I think there is a certain measure of uncertainty that exists here and in the Gulf Coast as well. Uncertainty as to whether New Orleans will really come back to the way it was. And I'm alway

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2006年

After Hurricane Katrina, Robin Baudier moved back to New Orleans to be with her family. She believes the experience of living in a FEMA trailer and helping rebuild her parents' home is a blessing. From NPR News. This is weekend edition. Im Liane Han

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What remains of Hurricane Irma has moved inland. Last night, the storm had howled through Georgia, toward Alabama and Tennessee, and was expected to clip several other southern states. But its greatest toll on the U.S. was in Florida, where it made l

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2017年9月

President Bush Receives a Briefing on Hurricane Ike Damage THE PRESIDENT: So listen, I have come home to the great state under very difficult circumstances for the people who live down here. My first observation is that the state government and loca

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 美国总统每日发言

President Bush Receives Update on Hurricane Ike Response and Relief Efforts THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, Secretary Chertoff, for your briefing -- you just came back from Houston; Administrator Paulison. The briefing, of course, was on the dam

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在飓风弗洛伊德中漂流:“就像是眼睁睁地看着希望漂离而去” Adrift in Floyd:

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Contessa Brewer: Joining me to discuss how the damage from Katrina could affect the economy, from Washington is David Wessel, deputy bureau chief of the Wall Street Journal. David, nice to see you tod

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(134) / 评论(0) 分类 访谈录

飓风芭芭拉到达墨西哥南部 MEXICO CITY, May 29 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Hurricane Center reported Wednesday that Hurricane Barbara has reached the Pacific coast of Mexico's southern state of Chiapas. The category-one hurricane had maximum susta

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(130) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Asia 亚洲 Cyclones and climate change 飓风与气候变化 The new normal? 习以为常? Physics suggests that storms will get worse as the planet warms. But it is too early to tell if it is actually happening 物理学研究表明全球变暖将导

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

Hurricane Katrina 飓风卡特里娜 What is the name you hate the most? 你最深恶痛绝哪个名字? If you asked people in Louisiana this quesion. They will say Katrina. 如果你问路易斯安那州人这个问题,他们会说卡特里娜。

发表于:2019-01-10 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 与美国小学生一起学英文第7册

Hurricane 飓风 A hurricane is also called a tropical cyclone, typhoon, tropical storm and so on. 飓风也被称为热带气旋、台风、热带风暴等等。 A hurricane is a violent storm. 飓风就是猛烈的暴风雨。 It makes strong winds

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Todd: So, Alexandra you were talking about a hurricane. What hurricane were you talking about? Alexandra,你刚刚说到了飓风。你说的是哪场飓风? Alex: I was talking about Hurricane Andrew, and as I said before, it was a category 5 hu

发表于:2019-01-15 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 实战口语情景对话

An Atlantic hurricane often begins its life over the mountains in East Africa as an area of low pressure. It travels across the Sahara Desert, then moves out over warm ocean waters. Travelling with the trade winds and circles the globe just above and

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HARI SREENIVASAN: This week marked the second anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. And here in New York City, the recovery has been very uneven. It's something that photographer Nathan Kensiger has documented in a series of photo essays for the website, C

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(134) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

Rescue workers began a massive relief operation in Vanuatu on Sunday following a devastating cyclone that killed at least eight people, sent thousands into emergency shelters and disrupted communications in the Pacific island nation. A nine-member U.

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Todd: So Ivan, in America, in California we have earthquakes. Do you have any natural disasters in Houston? 托德:伊万,美国加州发生过地震。你在休斯敦经历过什么自然灾害吗? Ivan: Uh, it floods a lot and we get hurrican

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