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At six A.M. the next morning, it was early, but it wasnt bright the way Oz had expected. Jessie woke up first, as she often did. The room looked strangedim and more quiet than usual. She tiptoed to the window. Snow! she whispered, forgetting that eve

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-10-21

Let's first take a check of the markets. And stocks have been modestly higher this morning. There was a good rise when the markets open but now the All Ords and the ASX 200 are on the up around one-fifth of a per cent. Tabcorp is leading the way afte

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-09-03

The Prime Minister will announce a new funding model for schools today. It's aimed at lifting Australia's falling education levels. The plan will give a basic grant to every student, whether public or private, with top ups for special needs. The chan

美国国家公共电台 NPR Kentucky Lawmakers Limit Black Lung Claims Reviews Despite Epidemic

KORVA COLEMAN, HOST: We've been covering a surge in black lung cases across Appalachia. That's the disease that destroys the lungs of coal miners like Mackie Branham. MACKIE BRANHAM: I'm in bad shape, man. I mean, I can no longer provide for my famil

新西兰英语 394 Pike River Coal Mine Inquest

An inquest is a court which tries to find out the cause of death after an accident or violent death. A coroner is the judge in this court. Yesterday, the chief coroner held an inquest in Greymouth to find out the cause of death in the Pike River Mine

儿童英语读物 迈克的谜案 Mike's Mystery Chapter 2 遇见老朋友

CHAPTER 2 An Old Friend The ranch belonged to the four Alden children. So, of course, they wanted to see how it had changed since last summer when uranium had been found. Benny said, I suppose Grandfather had to get hundreds of miners to work in the

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-02-20

1. Rubble trapped men working illegally in an abandoned mine in South Africa on Sunday. Some miners appeared reluctant to emerge for fears they will be arrested. Authorities still arent sure how many miners were left. Rescue vehicles and equipment re

2007年VOA标准英语-Siberian Town In Mourning Following Coal Mine D

By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 23 March 2007 watch Mining Disaster report Many people in the Russian region of Kemerovo are in mourning. On Monday (March 19th), a massive methane explosion tore apart the Ulyanovskaya mine in Siberia, killing at least 108 pe

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Gold Miners Join Lawsuit in South Africa Over Lung Disease 黄金矿工加入诉讼在南非过肺病 JOHANNESBURG / MASERU Five of South Africa's largest gold mining companies recently announced they will create a working group to deal with the issu

VOA常速英语2007-South Africa Workers Emerge Slowly From Depths o

By Peta Thornycroft 04 October 2007 More than 3,000 gold miners trapped for hours in a South African gold mine, since Wednesday were mostly safe and back above ground by night fall Thursday. Peta Thornycroft has more for VOA News. The accident happen

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-09-24

A closely-watched measure shows that Chinese manufacturing defied expectations by expanding in the past month. The HSBC manufacturing PMI rose to 50.5 despite analyst predictions it will fall to the breakeven level of 50. The index provided a boost f

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-12-09

Good morning, everyone. Concerns over the global mining industry continue to grow after shares in one of the worlds biggest miners Anglo American fell by more than 10% overnight after the company announced a major restructuring plans. Now Anglo Ameri

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This is one of the larger galleries spaces down here in the mines. A lot of them are far more restricted than this. Because the reservation is so incredible, weve still got a whole series of their antelopes peaks, the tools they were using down here

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One of the things that I had on the calendar this month was the bilingual night at my children's school. It is held a few times a year, to inform parents about progress being made with the school's dual language program. Tonight was the first meeting

新西兰英语 373 The future of coal mining

At the moment, workers at the Pike River Coal mine are using a jet machine to pump CO2 into the mine to put out the fire. Then they will put a cover over the entrance. When the mine is cool and all poisonous gases have gone, rescuers will enter the m

CCTV9英语新闻：土耳其矿难最新 煤矿爆炸事故目前已致274人遇难

Turkish officials reported at least 274 miners have been reported dead after a coal mine explosion and fire in the western town of Soma. According to the mining company nearly 450 miners were rescued. Earlier reports said 120 workers are believed to

VOA标准英语2008年-Ukraine Mine Blast Traps 37 Workers

By Stefan Bos Budapest 08 June 2008 At least 37 miners in Ukraine were trapped underground following a powerful explosion during maintenance work at a coal mine in the eastern city of Donetsk. Officials say the blast destroyed the main shaft of the

新西兰英语 387 Pike River Coal Mine will be closed

The police said today that the Pike River Coal Mine will be closed and sealed perhaps forever and the bodies of the 29 miners will never be recovered. This is bad news for the families of those men. The reason for closing the mine is that it is too d

新西兰英语 349 New Zealand technology

Many of us have been watching on TV the amazing rescue of the 33 Chilean miners. However, we may be surprised to learn that a New Zealand inventor designed a medical belt that the miners have all been wearing. They wear the belt around their waist an

学个词Learn a Word 第1360期　struggle with

今天我们要学的词是struggle with。 To struggle with someone or something, 意思是与某人或某种情况斗争。美国的服装零售公司Gap宣布，准备大幅度增加在中国的分店。 Struggling with sluggish sales in the U.S.,