EXPLORATIONS -January 23, 2002: National Highway System By Paul Thompson VOICE ONE: This is Sarah Long. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Several ye

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Oil giant BP has suffered another difficult day with shares plunging almost 7 percent on the London markets. The drop wiped out more than eight million dollars of value with the company. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will today try to sell his proposed s

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1. While campaigning in Indiana, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton again rejected calls to drop out of the race. In Pennsylvania, her rival Barack Obama took a harsh line about her claims of experience as First Lady. 2. British offic

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An eight-lane steel bridge on interstate 35 collapsed during evening rush hour. Dozens of cars plummeted 60 feet into the Mississippi River. Ten people died, and more than 50 were seriously injured. The bridge was being repaired because it was found

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美国是一个公路建设特别发达的国家, 各种道路网绵密分布深入美国的每个角落. 再加上美国地广人稀 (跟台湾比起来), 除了一些大众运输系统特别发达的大

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1. Authorities went door to door to search for victims after twister s rip ped through rural Texas overnight, killing at least 3 people. The tornadoes reduced dozens of homes to concrete slab s and le

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1. Sunday marked the 3rd anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. With dwindling public support, President Bush took to the road Monday giving a speech in Cleveland. He talked about the progress bein

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今天我们来给大家讲解一下新四级阅读理解题型的技巧攻略 第一凌波微步:新四级之快速阅读全解 I.是常规技术,不是特异功能 新四级阅读的最大变化,是新增了专门的快速阅读,对考生心理挑战最大。似乎对速度的要求突然间猛增,让人手足无措。其实不然。 阅读速度的提高

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This is AP news minute. 1. Officials in Texas released video covering the three-hour before Sandra Bland was found dead in her jail cell. Authorities say the 28 year-old hanged herself but prosecutors say it is too soon to tell and that case is ongoi

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As Cracks Widen In Washington State, Government Prepares For A Landslide DAVID GREENE, HOST: There is a potentially massive landslide that's looming over one of the main interstates in Washington state. The Northwest News Network's Anna King reports

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Topics: Route 66, playground games for children, on time versus in time, counting seconds using Mississippi, to knock yourself out Words: allergies a frog in your throat route interstate prosperous to get your kicks to celebrate to be it playground t

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If youre driving on an interstate highway, the only thing keeping you from going faster than the speed limit is your sense of civic duty, or perhaps that police car up ahead. Theres one speed limit, however, that most scientists agree nothing will ev

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Changin' lanes and talkin' on the phone Drivin' way too fast The interstate's jammed with gunners like me Afraid of comin' in last But somewhere in the race we run We're comin' undone Days go by I can feel them flyin' Like a hand out the window in th

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New Mexico police said seven people were killed following a Greyhound bus crash Thursday afternoon. Police said via Twitter that the majority of passengers were transported to area hospitals with varying degrees of injuries. They continue to gather i

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今天我们要学的词是dangling。Dangling形容词,意思是悬挂的、摇摆的。Dozens of people were left dangling high above the Rhine River when the wheels of a cable car came off their guiding line in Cologne, Germany. 在德国科隆,

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世界上跑得最快的是什么?答案是光速。它每秒能跑186,280英里。因为即使在太空中,光速也大致相同,所以光年也就用于描述不同星球之间的距离。记住了哦,光年是距离单位,不是时间单位

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