Ancient People in South Africa Unharmed by Volcanic Eruption About 74,000 years ago, the Mount Toba volcano erupted on what is now the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The eruption caused a worldwide environmental disaster. It may have destroyed ancient

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Hawaii Passes Bill to Ban Sun Care Products That Harm Coral This is Whats Trending Today Lawmakers in the American state of Hawaii have passed a bill banning sunscreens that can harm coral reefs. If the states governor signs the bill, Hawaii would be

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On June 8th, much of the world observes United Nations World Oceans Day. The idea is to remind people how important the world's oceans are to all life on Earth, to celebrate their beauty, and to bring attention to the impact human activity has on the

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(257) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2017年(6月)

Bush Criticized on Middle East Policy Paula Wolfson White House 12 Aug 2001 19:45 UTC The Bush administration is rejecting 1)criticism of its Middle East policy. Some Arab leaders say the Bush adminis

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GOP presidential nominee John McCain visited a small town outside Milwaukee today and promised to take his White House campaign to small towns throughout America. NPR's Scott Horsley reports. John McCain's first campaign stop after the GOP conventio

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Over the past Spring Festival, I got involved in a family dispute. Right before I got home, four satellite channels of CCTV were added to the 14 channels we had already had. In prime time at night, they all had interesting shows. Therefore, the five

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1. Israel has deployed two batteries of its Iron Dome rocket defense system to the north of the country after Israeli warplanes struck the Syrian capital. A senior Israeli official says the airstrikes were targeting a shipment of precision guided mis

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Doug Johnson. VOICE TWO: Hammerhead sharks in the waters surrounding the small Pacific island of Malpelo, a Colombian wildlife sanctuary and a popular area for divers And I'm Faith La

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AS IT IS 2014-07-10 Plastics Blamed for Harm to Sea Environment 塑料对海洋环境造成严重危害 A new report says plastics are responsible for $13 billion in damage to the oceans and the undersea environment. The findings were announced recen

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Foreign Diplomats and U.S. Officials Clean a Florida Beach 外交官在佛罗里达海滩捡垃圾 Last Friday was an unusual day for several diplomats in the U.S. state of Florida. The U.S. Department of State gathered consular officers from Africa,

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AS IT IS 2016-07-15 Ocean Swallowing West African Coastline 海洋吞没西非海岸线 Water, the saying goes, will find its way. And so it seems to be the case in West Africa. Rising sea levels and erosion along the coast are threatening the homes

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AS IT IS 2016-05-07 Vietnam Bans Unsafe Seafood in Central Provinces 越南禁止死海鲜的加工与销售 Vietnamese officials have banned the processing or selling of dead seafood washed ashore or caught in an area along the countrys central coas

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Coastal town of Carrefour, 15 km west of capital, has received little assistance from foreign aid groups or the government Barry Newhouse | Carrefour, Haiti 25 January 2010 A family in the destroyed town of Carrefour, Haiti sits amid the charred rubb

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But it's a long program, 不过它真的是一部很长的节目, so some watched part of it, like the Prime Minister. 所以有些人只看了其中一部分,比如咱的首相大人, Some watched a little bit more. 还有的呢,看得稍微久

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注释: blast [blB:st] n. 爆炸 North Korea 北朝鲜,亚洲国家。 victim [5viktim] n. 受害人 Red Cross 红十字会 devastate [5devEsteit] vt. 毁坏 Ryongchon 龙川,位于朝鲜西北部。

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Topic1 When will 4G bring profit to China Mobile? You may or may not be a 4G user, but you must have heard of this: China Mobile will take your house away if you forget to turn off your 4G service for a night. Of course it is a rumour because China M

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Off the coast of Boston, scientists scan the horizon for something largehumpback whales. In the busy waters of the Stellwagen Bank, National Marine Sanctuary, whales must navigate around submerged fishing gear. And on the surface, collisions to the s

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JUDY WOODRUFF: In the Philippines, speed may have saved lives. The massive typhoon that ripped across that country moved at about 25 miles per hour, so fast, it decreased the impact of rain and landslides, which can be a major cause of deaths. We beg

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SYDNEY, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The Oscar-winning Hollywood star Cate Blanchett has come unstuck with her fellow Australians after fronting a television commercial supporting a controversial new tax scheme in her native country. While the federal governme

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Workers at a nuclear plant in Japan are battling to prevent a meltdown in one of the reactors, following the massive earthquake that struck the north-east part of the country on Friday. The latest government figures figures put the death toll from th

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