听遍美国之空难性新闻[4]:20th Anniversary of Mt. St. Helens Eruption Twenty years ago a massive(1) blast(2) sideways from Mount St. Helens vaporized(3) forests in five thousand degree heat, flattened(4) hundreds of miles of timberland, and killed 57

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With all the snows still around the Cougar Rock Campgrounds, there were no visitors inside. But we did find a group of park rangers and some Japanese businessmen celebrating the opening of a new campground toilet. So what's the big deal? Well, this i

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Artist Pieces Life Back Together After Katrina Six years ago, on August 29, Hurricane Katrina devastated communities along the Gulf of Mexico. Images of New Orleans spread around the world, but east of the Louisiana border, much of the Mississippi co

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CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR: An erupting volcano in Indonesia has already forced the evacuation of 30,000 people. Authorities say 100,000 more need to get out of the danger zone. That's our first story on CNN 10 this Wednesday. Before Mount Agung on the

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C- Christopher Tietjens V- Valentine Wannop V: Where are you? C: ♪D'ye ken John Peel far, far away... With his hounds and his horn in the morning...♪ V: We're nearly home. I found a milestone, we're just above Mountby. You can go on now. C: Walk

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62 合理的饮食和适当的锻炼能够降低糖尿病发病率;华盛顿故乡植树造林 SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - September 4, 2001: DigestStaff VOICE ONE: This is Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And thi

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By Trish Anderton Jakarta 25 October 2007 A volcano on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has erupted, spewing a column of smoke and ash high into the air. But, officials say the activity at Mount Soputan does not present a threat to people living nea

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By Paul Sisco Washington 25 May 2007 Americans have a new real-life, adventure hero to talk about -- a California teen who has climbed the world's highest peaks with her father. VOA's Paul Sisco introduces us to her. Sir Edmund Hillary made the first

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By Heda Bayron Bangkok 22 May 2008 Malaysia's ruling party has been thrown into turmoil after former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad abruptly resigned from the United Malays National Organization. Political analysts say the move was aimed at weakenin

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The Mount Vernon Estate in the southern U.S. state of Virginia is one of the most beloved historical landmarks in the United States. Every year, about one million people visit the home of America's first president, George Washington, who led the coun

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By Zulima Palacio Washington 13 September 2007 Today, at the George Washington distillery, finished wiskey drips into a bucket like it did 200 years ago George Washington was not just a Revolutionary War general and the first president of the United

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Topics: Mount Rushmore, Indian summer, to cut to the chase, to jaywalk, current vs. present, to prove someone wrong Words: mount monument to carve Indian summer dog days (of summer) humidity severe heat wave to harvest harvest moon crops horizon opti

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Have you ever been roped into a project that you didn't plan, or necessarily want? To be roped into something, is to be caught up, or carried along by someone else's idea. It's like being involved because you are forced to, or you feel obliged. Well,

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The annual Islamic pilgrimage known as the Hajj officially gets under way Saturday in Saudi Arabia. Saudi officials are working to avoid any repeat of the tragedies that have befallen the Hajj in years past. Muslim pilgrims pray around the Kaaba at

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The Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington, Virginia and the Famous Photograph that Inspired It From VOA Learning English, welcome to This Is America. I'm Steve Ember. Visitors to Washington, DC know about such tourist attractions as the Lincoln and Jefferso

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 07 October 2007 In Niger, civil society and government officials are increasing pressure on the president to negotiate with rebels to end a months-long deadly uprising in the north. Phuong Tran has more from VOA's West African bu

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In Nepal, 18 people were killed when a small passenger plane crashed in the east of the country. Most of the victims were German tourists. Anjana Pasricha reports for VOA from New Delhi. Yeti Airlines' plane burns as people stand around it at Lukla

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今天我们要学的词是rename. Rename 动词,意思是重新命名。The Obama administration will rename Alaska's Mount Mckinley, North America's highest peak, to Denali. 美国政府将把北美最高峰麦金利山改名为德纳里峰。The

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Topics: Movies - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; Mount Rushmore; threat versus menace versus peril; using should with have to; role reversal Words: loosely based on outlaw to flee sculpture to carve granite to draw to depict from the waist up to

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Alexander Ⅲ of Macedon 亚历山大大帝 One day King Philip ( King of Macedon ) bought a fine horse called Bucephalus. He was a noble animal, and the king paid a very high price for him. But he was wild and savage, and no man could mount him, or

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