Zimbabwes long-time leader Robert Mugabe was sworn in for another term as president today despite an international outcry about the legitimacy of his election. Marwick Khumalo headed a team of election observers from the Pan-African Parliament who m

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 2008年NPR美国国家公共电台六月

24 Fire and Firefighters GLOSSARY smoke the smelly gray or black air that appears when something is burning;the dark gas that comes from a fire * It was really rude when Boyce blew smoke in his fathers face. story a floor or level in a building * Thi

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There was a time before our ancestors smashed flint and steel together, 很久以前,我们的祖先还未将燧石和铁器互击, when they felt the cold lack of fire in their lives. 他们因生活缺乏火而时感寒冷。 But anthropologist

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the heart is a bloom shoots up through the stony ground there's no room no space to rent in this town you're out of luck and the reason that you had to care the traffic is stuck and you're not moving

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Bringing you todays commercial-free headlines from around the globe, this is CNN Student News. Hi, everyone, I am Carl Azuz, getting things started on this Tuesday, April 19th. We've been talking about some of the economic debates involving President

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公司主管开会,执行总裁Rick说: Rick: The Board of Directors has come to a decision. Our company will take an image hit, and it's going to be very expensive, but it seems we have no other choice but to start a recall. Samantha, would you

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UNIT 36 NATURE( Ⅲ ) DISASTERS Lesson 71 Part Ⅰ UNIT 36 NATURE( Ⅲ ) DISASTERS Lesson 71 Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises Spot Dictation: Fire Fire can help people in many ____. But it can also be ve

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Now Your Turn Task 1 SAMPLE DIALOG Josh: Maggie, Ive just read a fire destroyed much of the forest on Day Mountain in Hong Kong the other day. Maggie: Ive heard that too. The local government sent firefighters and even helicopters to try to put out t

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THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. On Thursday, I traveled to California to visit communities ravaged by wildfires. I walked with a married couple through the charred remains of their home. I met with emergency responders. I talked with displaced families

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Parts of New Zealand have had an unusually hot, dry summer so far. In the North Island, the east coast and central areas have had temperatures in the low 30s or high 20s. This is the same for most of the South Island, except for the West Coast. The W

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Some state lawmakers are pushing to ban(1) potentially(2) cancer-causing(3) chemicals from children's products and sofas. The two flame retardant(4) chemicals are known as TCEP and TDCCP and are found in car seats, strollers(5), changing pads(6), oth

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AS IT IS 2016-08-12 Indonesia Prepares for Another Dangerous Fire Season 印度尼西亚准备应对新的火灾季 Last year, some of the biggest fires in recent history burned through parts of Indonesia. The fires sent huge clouds of smoke across I

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AS IT IS 2015-10-31 Rain Helps Ease Smoke from Indonesian Fires 雨水有助缓解印尼火灾浓烟 Forest fires continue to burn in several parts of Indonesia. A brief rain storm helped break up smoke from some of the fires on Wednesday. The govern

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以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。 一、泛听建议: 1、完整听一遍,掌握大意。 2、继续听,特

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Topics: Ask an American Firefighter inmates; catastrophe versus calamity versus disaster; cant hardly wait versus can hardly wait; so that Words: adrenaline rush to fight fires rocky terrain sandy terrain anywhere between gear flood search-and-rescue

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VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Faith Lapidus with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Red Adair. He was famous for putting out dangerous oil well fires around the world. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Red Adair P

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Alan Silverman | Hollywood 04 January 2010 Jason Reitman, writer-director of the 2007 hit Juno, teams up with screen star George Clooney for a bittersweet comedy about a traveling business executive and his job of firing people at companies caught in

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今天我们要学的词pledge。 Pledge, 是许诺,保证的意思。阿根廷第一夫人克里斯蒂娜.费尔南德斯.德.基什内尔成为阿根廷第一位民选女总统。She pledged to fight poverty and extend growth, 她保证要打击贫

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I can use my stick to get some purchase on the rope. 我可以用这根棍子来做绳索的支点 And once you've got a turn around the stick, 先把它在木棍上缠一圈 you can then just twist it,and it will lock on itself. 接着一拧 它们就

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MORI ROTHMAN: Battalion chief Mike Brown has been fighting fires in California for 26 years. But he's never seen a fire quite like the Blue Cut Fire in southern California's San Bernardino county, 60 miles east of Los Angeles. MIKE BROWN: It was like

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