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

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 听遍美国

AS IT IS 2016-05-24 Mount Everest Claims 3 More Climbers Three people died over the weekend climbing Mount Everest and two others are missing. A 43-year-old Indian climber died as he was helped down the summit, or peak of the mountain, said Wangchu S

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AS IT IS 2014-05-01 New York's Sherpas Mourn Everest Avalanche Victims 纽约的夏尔巴人哀悼珠穆朗玛峰雪崩的遇难者 Hello. Im Jim Tedder in Washington. Lets do it again. It is time to learn and improve your American English. Today we

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(WA-MM) Not long ago, some of you may have read about a team of mountain-climbing scientists who helped to recalculate the elevation of the highest mountain in the world: Mt. Everest. Of course, the elevation of Mt. Everest was determined many years

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Sixty years ago today, two men reached the summit of Mt Everest, the highest mountain in the world. They were the first people to do this and return alive. The men were New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay from Nepal. They were part of a B

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Three months ago, Mt Tongariro erupted, sending a cloud of ash into the sky. Today the same thing happened and it happened suddenly, without any early signs or noise. Again it sent a cloud of ash into the sky, about 5000m high. Listen to August 8th 2

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After spending her life at the bottom of the heap, Malavath Poorna has finally come out on top. 玛拉瓦普尔纳自出生起就生活在珠峰山脚下,现在她终于站在了山顶上。 The 13-year-old girl from India has become the youngest f

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(171) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

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 Phil Mercer Sydney 11 January 2008 Legendary adventurer Edmund Hillary has died at the age of 88. The New Zealander was the first man to climb the world's tallest mountain, Mount Everest. From Sydney, Phil Mercer reports. Edmund Hillary made histo

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Joe DeCapua 23 March 2010 There are many, many reasons why we need to focus on (water) as an integral part of our livelihood as human beings and the livelihood of our brothers and sisters around the world. Monday was World Water Day, an annual event

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英语语法和句法中也会形成词的类型。每个词都会被归为八类中的一类,这里我们要讲的就是英语中八类最常见的词性。 具体的词还会有更进一步的分类,比如always(总是), sometimes(有时), ofte

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Last night Mt Hutt skifield was closed and about 1300 skiers had to spend the night on the floor of the lodge on the mountain. There is no sleeping accommodation on the mountain. Yesterday morning, the ski field opened as usual to skiers but by aroun

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The height of a swathe of the Himalayas has dropped by around one metre as a result of the devastating Nepal earthquake, scientists say. 科学家指出,在尼泊尔大地震后,喜马拉雅山脉下降了大约1米。 But they add that the drop

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By Paul Sisco 07 December 2007 The Mount Washington observatory in (the northeastern U.S. state of) New Hampshire is a non-profit, scientific and educational institution with a mission to advance understanding of the Earth's climate systems. It also

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Two buildings burnt to the ground early yesterday morning at Whakapapa Ski field which is on Mt Ruapehu. People who were staying in huts on the mountain woke around 1am Saturday morning to see a red sky. Some thought that Mt Ruapehu was erupting agai

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When Helen Clark left Parliament, the Labour Party announced there would be a by-election in Mt Albert to find a replacement MP. Russell Norman, co-leader of the Green Party, and John Boscawen of the ACT Party both want to be the MP for Mt Albert. Th

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A Nepalese mountaineer who has climbed Mount Everest more times than any other climber, is leading a new expedition to clean up trash left behind on the world's tallest peak. The Sherpa named Apa and a team of climbers and guides left for Everest Wed

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模仿文本: But first, in May this year, 27-year-old Raha Moharrak became the first Saudi woman and the youngest Arab to reach the summit of Everest. She comes from a society where women aren't allow to drive and need the permission of a male gua

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As expected, David Shearer of the Labour Party, won the Mt Albert by-election yesterday. He received 63% of the vote. This was 12,615 votes. Melissa Lee of the National Party received only 3,426, the Green Party candidate received 2,418 while the ACT

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The South Ridge on Aoraki Mt Cook has been re-named Hillary Ridge. This is to honour Sir Edmund Hillary who was in the group of four climbers who were first to climb along that ridge to the top the mountain in 1948. It took them 7 hours. Aoraki Mt Co

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