By Gary Garriott Broadcast: September 8, 2003 This is Robert Covent with the VOA Special English Development Report. Bridges are an important part of transportation systems. They make it possible to t

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Construction is now getting underway on a 1.3-kilometer long bridge, which will connect a Chinese border town in Heilongjiang with a Russian community on the other side of the Heilong, or Black Dragon River which divides the two countries. The joint

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It was a beautiful summer day in New York City. It was a day made for walking. John was standing at an intersection near the Brooklyn Bridge. He had driven over the bridge before. But he had never walked over the bridge. He started walking uphill on

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The pedestrian path and the bike path gradually rose above the cars. John looked down at the cars. He was walking east, toward Brooklyn. The eastbound cars below were moving quickly. But the westbound cars, coming into NYC, were creeping along. There

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India has opened its longest bridge in the countrys northeast to strengthen its defenses close to a disputed border with China. The bridge is one of several projects whose construction has been sped up to make it easier for troops and artillery to tr

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Lesson 17: The longest suspension bridge in the world 世界上最长的吊桥 Listen to the tape then answer the question below. 听录音,然后回答以下问题。 How is the bridge supported? Verrazano, an Italian about whom little is known, sa

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Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen (left) inspects the construction site of the China-Maldives Friendship Bridge in December 2016. [Photo:Sasac.gov.cn] All the 35 piles designed to support the China-Maldives Friendship Bridge in the Maldivian capital

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The rotation construction of two sections of a giant super-tonnage bridge on the Shantou-Kunshan highway in China's Guangdong Province has been completed on Friday morning. The two sections of the bridge also span across the Beijing-Guangzhou high-sp

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Charlie looked at the Empire State Building. It was only 16 blocks south. Then he looked at the East River. He saw two bridges in the distance. Which bridges are those, he wondered. He unfolded the view map. It was actually a panoramic photo taken fr

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An eight-lane steel bridge on interstate 35 collapsed during evening rush hour. Dozens of cars plummeted 60 feet into the Mississippi River. Ten people died, and more than 50 were seriously injured. The bridge was being repaired because it was found

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What kind of mystery is it, Mrs. McGregor? asked six-year-old Benny. The youngest Alden couldnt keep still. He was bouncing up and down with excitement in the backseat of the family van. Mrs. McGregor, who was sitting up front beside Grandfather Alde

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歌词如下: London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down. London bridge is falling down, my fair lady. Build it up with iron bars, iron and bars, iron and bars. Build it up with iron bars, my fair lady. Iron bars will bend and break,

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歌词如下: London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down. London bridge is falling down, my fair lady. Build it up with iron bars, iron and bars, iron and bars. Build it up with iron bars, my fair lady. Iron bars will bend and break,

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086 A Single-log Bridge There were two goat villages in the woods. The goats from the upper village and those from the lower village disliked one another. One day, a goat from the upper village and that from the lower village came across each other o

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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce Our story today is called, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. It was written by Ambrose Bierce. The occurrence, or event, in our story takes place during the Civil War of the eighteen sixties betwee

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A video showing Chinese engineers using a drone to install cables in a bridge construction project has proved popular on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, reports the People's Daily. The Chishui River Mega Bridge under construction sits over a river va

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A Chinese Language contest for middle and high schoolers worldwide is now in full swing in Chongqing. As CRI's Su Yi reports, this year's event has drawn some 200 students from 43 countries. The Chinese Bridge competition is a collection of four Chin

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Chinese language students are competing in a worldwide Chinese-proficiency contest that culminates with finals in China. They will come from all over the world, even as far as Zimbabwe. CCTV's correspondent heads to the Confucius Institute there and

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The bridge will be suspended across Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon in scenic Zhangjiajie National Park in central China's Hunan Province. When completed, project engineers say the bridge will be 300 meters above ground and 430 meters in length. The bridge

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