每日一词【617】lifeline：救生索，生命线

今天我们要学的词是lifeline。 Lifeline, 的意思是救生索，生命线。 The local soup kitchens are a real lifeline for the poor, 当地的救济厨房简直就是穷人的一条生命线。 The Bush administration offered a new lifelin

CNN 2009-01-05

I'm Asieh Namdar at the CNN.com Newsroom in Atlanta. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Hamas sources say Israeli forces have killed 3 senior members of Hamas' military wing. Israeli Prime minister Ehud Olmert says the objectives ar

NPR 2008-05-13

In China, state media report upwards of 10,000 people were killed in Monday's powerful earthquake. The quake struck in mid-afternoon when schools and offices were full. NPR's Laura Sydell reports from Shanghai. In some areas of Sichuan Province, eig

NPR 2009-01-09

Key Arab nations and western powers have reportedly reached an agreement in principle on a UN resolution will impose a cease-fire in Gaza. That News comes as Palestinian officials say the bodies of 35 people were found beneath rubble in a battle zon

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-08-10

1. Divers find two more bodies where a highway bridge collapsed in Minneapolis, bringing the death toll to seven with six still missing. Investigators say design flaws in steel plates holding the bridge together may be to blame for the disaster. 2. C

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-02-28

1. A big jolt on Wall Street this afternoon. At one point, the Dow Jones industrials plummeted more than 500 points, joining a global market plunge sparked by concerns of cooling U.S. and Chinese economies. 2. A suicide bomber attacked the entrance

Iraq Marks Anniversary of Islamic State Defeat

Iraq has celebrated the anniversary of its costly victory over the Islamic State group. The government declared victory last December after a three-year war that killed tens of thousands of Iraqis and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes. Th

节奏布鲁斯:Jamillions - Say Goodbye

don't you think of me any more and all of the time we shared it just don't feel the same any more and life without you is not fair feels like I walked out of the heaven and everything collapsed now I can't get back to you so how can we make this righ

AP 2011-04-20

1. The confirmed death toll from wild storms in North Carolina has risen to more than 20. In Bladen County alone, 82 homes were damaged and 25 destroyed. At least 43 people died in three days of tornadoes from Oklahoma to Virginia. 2. New work rules

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-07

1. At least one person is dead and seven people have been pulled alive from a collapsed five-story residential building in Mumbai. The National Disaster Response Force says up to 90 people could be trapped in the building. 2. An American described as

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-10-05

This is AP news minute. 1. Mexico's Colima volcano increased its activity on Friday, forcing the evacuation of several nearby communities. Dramatic time-elapsed video captured part of the eruption. Authorities say the activity posed a threat to surro

VOA慢速英语2014 致命台风袭击菲律宾后,转向中国

AS IT IS 2014-07-18 Deadly Typhoon Hits Philippines, Heads Toward China 致命台风袭击菲律宾后,转向中国 The powerful ocean storm Typhoon Rammasun is heading toward China after killing 38 people in the northern Philippines. Philippine offi

VOA慢速英语2015 尼泊尔再次发生强地震,40多人死亡

AS IT IS 2015-05-13 Another Major Quake Hits Nepal, More Than 40 Dead 尼泊尔再次发生强地震,40多人死亡 A strong earthquake struck eastern Nepal on Tuesday. More than 40 people were killed. Nepal's home ministry says more than 1,100 other

VOA慢速英语--强烈地震陆续袭击日本和厄瓜多尔

AS IT IS 2016-04-18 Strong Earthquakes Strike Ecuador, Japan 强烈地震陆续袭击日本和厄瓜多尔 A powerful earthquake struck Ecuador Saturday, killing at least 235 people and injuring more than 1,500. The earthquake in the South American c

巴基斯坦被困人员利用手机求助

AS IT IS 2015-11-06 Pakistan Victims Call for Help from Rubble Using Mobile Phones 巴基斯坦被困人员利用手机求助 Workers at a collapsed Pakistani factory begged for rescue and called for help on mobile phones Thursday. One of the trapped

VOA标准英语2010年-Haiti Buries Thousands of Its Dead in

Soon after the earthquake struck, and the search for the living had begun in Haiti, there were bodies, thousands and thousands of dead bodies. Then the burials began, not ordinary burials with traditional rituals and grief, but burials in mass graves

VOA标准英语2010年-Honeybees Still Disappearing in the US

Honeybees, which are very important to agriculture, continue to disappear at alarming rates in the United States. And the cause of this disappearance is still elusive. While at least one recent study seems to point to pesticides as the problem, the U

VOA标准英语2010年-Now You See It, Now You Don't

Perhaps you've seen or heard of David Copperfield and other illusionists who seem to make entire buildings disappear right before your eyes. Well, some people in St. Louis, Missouri - and in other U.S. cities as well - are going them one better. They

英语听力：自然百科 智利大地震

Little Emilia may not know it, but she played a role in the fateful circumstances that saved her family and relatives from serious injury and possibly much worse. It was her baptism that brought the family together in this picturesque region of Chile

新西兰英语 619 Earthquake Inquiry

First listen to September 15th 2011 to hear about the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Canterbury Earthquakes. The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Canterbury Earthquakes started hearings today to find out why the CTV building collapsed. CTV