Investors are lowering their earnings expectations and that's been helping to push stocks sharply lower today. Before the close, Dow was down 243 points at 13,103; NASDAQ was off 27 at 2,990; and SP 500 down 21 at 1,413; of course Apple cut some of i

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年NPR美国国家公共电台10月

04 Work-Related Injuries GLOSSARY seminar conference; workshop; a class where many people gather to learnabout and discuss a particular topic * Would you like to attend this seminar on direct sales techniques? work-related injury painful damage of pa

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The next morning, they all piled into the rental car and drove south to the main visitors center in the Everglades. I cant believe the runaround were getting, Grandfather said as he waved his pass at the ranger in the booth. First Melanie Harper says

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 66 The Panther Mystery

44 用来控制有害树种的昆虫 DATE=6-1-01 TITLE=ENVIRONMENT REPORT - Insects to Control Harmful Trees BYLINE=George Grow (Start at 1'01

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American Elec. Reliability Corp. explains why the nuclear plant shut down in Florida. A: As far as we know, Turkey Point is going through the normal procedures for a safe and controlled shutdown. That's what always happens with nuclear plants when t

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Extreme Weather Having Effects Worldwide 恶劣天气在全球产生影响 We expect uncomfortably hot temperatures in midsummer, even violent weather in certain areas. But this year, North America ha

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1. A passenger jet carrying at least 90 people has crashed near the main airport in Kyrgyzstan. At least 71 people were killed. The Boeing 737 was heading to Iran. An official says the crew reported a technical problem about ten minutes into the fli

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This is AP news minute. 1. Outgoing democratic national committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz canceled plans to gavel her party's national convention to order on Monday. The cancellation came just few hours before the scheduled opening. The F

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Everglades is a Wild World Unlike Any Other 湿地是野生世界不可替代的存在 From VOA Learning English, this is Science in the News. Im Faith Lapidus. And Im Shirley Griffith. This week, we tell about Everglades National Park in the America

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【俚语】 up-to-the-minute 最新的,最近的;直到现在的;最新式的 注意:再为大家补充一些相似短语。。。 any minute now 马上,很快,立刻 to the last minute 直至最后一分钟 to the minute 一分不差地,准

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The first hour passed. Although the Florida highway patrol said they were sending an officer, they never showed up. 一个小时过去了。虽然当时佛罗里达州高速路巡警说他们已经派人过来了,但我始终没等到他们。 AAA

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I love you, too, Bella. Try to be more careful when you walk, honey, I don't want to lose you. 我也爱你,贝拉。你走路的时候请更当心点,甜心,我不想失去你。 Edward's eyes stayed closed, but a wide grin flashed across his

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A daily parade winds through Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom theme park in Florida. Disney World is one Florida's largest employers and one of the reasons the state attracted nearly 12 million visitors in 2014. The tourism industry pumps more than

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Six days to go, and the candidates are trying toes navigate a presidential election map that's still shifting. That had Donald Trump trying today to nail down one must-win state, while Hillary Clinton tries to deny him another. DONALD

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The Florida Everglades are home to alligators, dozens of bird species, beautiful flowers and exotic plants. It's easy to see what attracts people to these places. But Florida's population growth, coupled with farms that require a never-ending supply

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Wk 50 (12 December 2001) Call For US Vote Recount Is RejectedThis Week in HistoryGeorge W. Bush becomes US president after the Supreme Court rejects a call for a vote recount. In 2001, the Supreme Court of the United States rejected a call for a reco

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Weekly Address: President Obama Establishes Bipartisan National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling 每周电视讲话:奥巴马总统成立两党联合的关于BP深海地平线(Deepwater Horizon)石油泄漏和

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OK, now I'll talk about my winter vacation. This winter vacation I spent two weeks in my hometown which is Daytona Beach, Florida. It was wonderful. The weather was warm every day. It was sunny every day and the temperature was almost 80 degrees. I v

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英语对话1000个

今天我们要学的词是stay put。 Stay put, 是留在原地的意思。虽然风暴古斯塔夫的风力已经减弱, Officials urged almost two million evacuees to stay put for another day, 但是有关官员还是敦促撤走的将近两百万

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

This is AP news minute. 1. Syria's military says at least 7 people were killed when the U.S launched dozens of Tomahawk missiles at a Syria military base. President Trump said the chemical attack on Syrian civilians this week was launched from that b

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