Tuesday night, the Leeward Islands in the eastern Caribbean took another hit from an Atlantic Hurricane. This one is named Maria and it's powerful. And the 24 hours before it started lashing the islands of Martinique and Dominica, this hurricane had

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2017年9月

Low-Lying Areas of New York City Suffer Flooding Sounds of sump pumps fill the air in low-lying areas of New York City. Don, a water systems professional in Brooklyn, has been on the job, pumping out basements since before dawn. He says the worst flo

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(十月)

Goldsboro, North Carolina pretty much shut down as hurricane Florence moved in, but the Waffle House stayed open 24 hours a day, straight through the storm serving up comfort food as the storm wailed away outside. I know, yeah, Waffle House is always

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(九月)

Theyre flying higher on Broadway breaking box office records the mega hit show: Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark this morning. This hour we play with the web slingers also swing in the Times Square with a project theyve got to raise a little money. Its a

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 访谈录2012年

An emotional memorial service has been held for the 11 victims of this week's house fire near Brisbane. Thousands of people packed a local sports complex for the ceremony. Queensland's Premier Anna Bligh told the mourners every Queenslander shared th

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2011年

1. Big cities and small towns across the Northeast United States are preparing for the onslaught of a superstorm. Hurricane Sandy is threatening some 50 million people along the most heavily populated corridor in the United States. 2. Republican pres

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2012(十月)

This is AP News Minute. Florida Governor Rick Scott says there is devastation in the Keys and hopes everyone who stayed behind survived Irma. This comes after Scott flew over the area Monday and saw a lot of flood damage, overturned mobile homes and

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This is AP News Minute. Trump administration officials say they have no clear plan yet on how to reunite parents with children separated at the US-Mexico border. President Trump met with Republican lawmakers on Tuesday and expressed support for two i

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Back to a more trying time, Hurricane Harvey, which caused catastrophic flooding in Houston back in August. Now, people often try to console survivors of something like that by saying the damage was to things and things can be re

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Hurricane Gustav swept across the Louisiana coast on Monday, bringing torrential rains but doing far less damage than had been feared. VOA's Barry Wood rode out the Category 2 hurricane in New Orleans where he reports the concern now is flooding fro

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(九月)

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Cleanup is well underway in Florida and Texas and other places hard hit by the recent hurricanes. But long after the debris is cleared, there will still be mental health hurdles for the survivors, especially for those who are still

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LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: The Island of Vieques is part of Puerto Rico, but it is set apart, too, a short distance off the big island's eastern coast. Vieques is an isolated place known for its remote beaches and for the decades during which the U.S. N

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: This fall's governor's races include one in the largest swing state, Florida. The Democratic mayor of Tallahassee, Andrew Gillum, is facing former Republican Congressman Ron DeSantis. NPR's Greg Allen reports on a campaign waged

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Five days after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the U.S. Gulf of Mexico coast, residents of the flooded city of New Orleans are expressing anger and frustration at the slow pace of recovery. The mayor of the stricken city is demanding immediate action. 在美

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 Bilingual News

Saturns apparently peaceful appearance is due to a haze of high level ammonia in the upper atmosphere, by looking deep into Saturn in the infrared, using the planets own internal heat as a light source, Cassini has revealed the planets true nature. T

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2012年

I think the part that Lauras talked about that it has the year 48 on it, and the size of this plan and some other things, I think we may have found the DC3 that disappeared in 1948.That is my real hunch. And I really don't see many other options for

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More than three years after Hurricane Katrina caused massive damage in New Orleans, the city has less than half its pre-hurricane population and a crime rate higher than any other city in the nation. But, as VOA's Greg Flakus reports, citizens' grou

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(十二月)

今天我们要学的词是devastate。 Devastate, 是破坏的意思。8月29号是卡特里娜飓风来袭两周年的日子。媒体报导说,Two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, there is still much work t

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

1. President Barack Obama is praising House lawmakers for passing a health care overhaul bill. The president is calling Saturdays vote a (quote) courageous one. He says he is confident the Senate will do the same. 2. Officials at Fort Hood in Texas

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(123) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2009年(十一)月

今天我们要学的词是 landfall. Landfall 登陆。Tropical storm Ana weakened before making landfall in South Caroline on Sunday. 热带风暴安娜星期天在南卡罗来纳州登陆前风力有所减弱。The Unites States has passed the nin

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