A series of disasters has devastated parts of southern California, the largest wildfire in state history flared up in early December. It was named the Thomas Fire because it started near Thomas Aquinas College. It's been burned more than 281,000 acre

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2018年1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(128) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(十)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(106) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2006年

By definition, emergencies happen when we don't expect them and often when families are not together. Suddenly, you need to think about your kids at school or elderly parents across town. If phones don't work or some neighborhoods aren't accessible,

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 英语解说豆知识2010年

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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President Bush Participates in Briefing at Emergency Operations Center THE PRESIDENT: I'm going to make a quick statement. Then I want to come around and say thank you in person to you. First of all, Governor, thanks for having me down here. Phase o

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ACT6 天气与灾害 scene26 天气 It's a fine day today. 今天是个好天气。 How's the weather today? 今天天气如何? It's cloudy. 天阴阴的。 Is it going to rain today? 今天会下雨吗? I doubt it. 我想不会。 But I heard it mi

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 亲子英语

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(87) / 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

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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(119) / 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(75) / 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。

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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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AS IT IS 2016-05-19 200 Families Feared Buried in Sri Lanka Landslides 斯里兰卡山体滑坡 传200户活埋 More than 200 families are reported missing in central Sri Lanka after landslides. 斯里兰卡中部发生山体滑坡,超200余个家庭

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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

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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

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Reflection on Natural Disasters 1. 最近国内外灾害不断发生,这些灾害引起了我们对于自然所做的行为的再一次思考。 2. 你是如何看待自然灾害的? 3. 我们应该采取哪些措施来尽可能避免这些灾害和

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(134) / 评论(0) 分类 英语四级作文范文

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.

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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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