Many people who have an accident and break their back, never walk again. Your spinal cord is inside your backbone. It sends messages to your brain. It is part of your nervous system which controls your movements. In New Zealand, we have about one new

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Houston Still Recovering from Hurricane Harvey The 2018 Atlantic hurricane season started two months ago, but many Texas families are still struggling to recover from the damage caused by a major storm last year. The storm, named Hurricane Harvey, hi

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Hurricane Sandys Impact: Still Reeling After One Year 飓风桑迪一年后 NEW YORK Its been one year since Hurricane Sandy struck the New York metropolitan area. Reconstruction is ongoing, but for many life is still very fragile. 纽约遭受飓风桑

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1. Heavy rain and hail force the cancellation of some relief flights to earthquake-stricken regions in Pakistan as survivors scuffle over badly needed food. 2. President Bush says lots of work remains

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美联社,新闻一分钟,mayor,city,speech,1. New Orleans mayor says large sections of the city will reopen next week, and the French Quarter the week after that. 2. In a prime-time speech from New Orleans, President Bush will outline a new fe

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美联社,新闻一分钟,hurricane,Katrina,New Orleans,1. The latest aftermath from hurricane Katrina, Louisiana's governor urges people to abandon the flooded city of New Orleans. 2. With oil around $70 a barrel, the US government is tapping its petroleu

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1. Prosecutors are drop ping charges against John Karr in the 1996 slaying of beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey. DNA evidence failed to connect Karr to the crime scene . 2. Ernesto is now barely a tropical

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1. A cruise ship carrying more than 1,000 Americans left Beirut this morning enroute to Cyprus. It's the first mass U.S. evacuation from Lebanon since Israeli airstrikes began last week. Roughly 8,000

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1. American journalist Jill Carroll's captors are threatening to kill her on Feb. 26th, if the US military doesn’t release all Iraqi women from prison. Carroll, a freelance reporter for the Christia

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1. This White House report finds poor planning and lack of leadership led to widespread failures in dealing with Hurricane Katrina. The Department of Homeland Security says it's taking steps to prepar

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1. A bomb explodes in one of the busiest commercial centers in Turkey's capital Ankara, killing at least 6 and wounding dozens more. Police are investigating the type of explosive used in the blast. 2. In the forecast, a busy hurricane season. NOAA

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Volunteer 志愿者 After hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, 在卡特里娜飓风袭击新奥尔良之后, thousands of volunteers visited the city to help victims of the hurricane. 数千名志愿者前往该市帮助飓风的受灾者。 Volunte

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1. Hurricane Bill is gaining strength in the Atlantic. It is now a Category 2 storm. It's expected to become a major hurricane packing winds over 110 miles per hour over the next couple of days. The hurricane will likely steer clear of Florida which

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1. Hurricane Isaac is fixed near the Southeast Louisiana coast. The national hurricane center says the category one storm is forecast to drift over the coast for the next day or two before heading inland. 2. New Jersey governor Chris Christie is labe

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This is AP News Minute. Columbian voters rejected a peace deal with FARC rebels by a razor-thin margin in a national referendum Sunday. Final results show that 50.2% opposed the accord with FARC while 49.8% favored it. Paris police are investigating

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This is AP News Minute. Donald Trump says he raised 5.6 million dollars for veterans during a January fundraiser in protest of a Fox News debate. He also named the charities that received the money. The presumptive Republican nominee had been under p

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1. Authorities in central Texas say more rains could hamper the efforts to search for eight people who went missing during a storm and flooding in recent days. More rain is expected Thursday night, and it could shift debris field and complicate effor

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The African-American media and entertainment community in Washington, DC is raising funds for relief efforts in Haiti. Radio stations are asking listeners to donate, and a popular music club held a benefit featuring local artists performing hip hop,

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Thanks for being here, and there was a party last night. Oh, yeah, a House party. In Washington, literally, a House party. Democrats, theyve invited the Republicans, but the Republicans didn't really want to party with them last night. The health car

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1. Senator John McCain takes to the stage in St.Paul, Minnesota tonight, accepting the Republican Party nomination for president. He is expected to discuss his military service and differences with Democratic rival Barack Obama. 2. The Atlantic Coas

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