AS IT IS 2014-06-18 Railroad Safety a Concern in Northern US 美国北部的铁路安全存在隐患 North Dakota is the second largest oil-producing American state, after Texas. Companies remove about one million barrels of crude, unprocessed, oil f

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Scientists Aim to Freeze DNA Before Creatures Die Off 科学家旨在在生物灭绝之前冻结其DNA Earth is in the middle of its sixth mass extinction. The last such event took place 66 million years ago, when an asteroid a huge space rock - hit

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AS IT IS 2015-06-04 Animals Dying in California Oil Spill 无数动物死于加州石油泄漏 Dead animals have been found along the coast of Central California almost every day for the past two weeks. On May 19, a pipeline broke, releasing thousand

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AS IT IS 2015-11-07 Nigerians Say Oil Company Left Spills Behind 尼日利亚村民称石油公司未能清理泄漏 Villagers in the Niger River Delta area of Nigeria say they live in unclean conditions because oil companies have not cleaned up spil

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Different combinations of sniffing in and out can be used to control a wheelchair. Reasearchers in Israel have developed an electronic controller that allows severely disabled people to control their wheelchairs or computers with a simple sniff of th

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美国天然气现在还不能帮助欧洲 As Russia continues to raise its natural gas prices to Ukraine, some people are looking to American gas as a way to ease Europe's energy dependence on Russia. But it's a solution that's still several years o

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The United Nations has warned an unprecedented acceleration of humanitarian crisis in Syria as the country has suffered more conflicts. The UN has also called for more funds from all governments to support the victims in Syria's civil war. The UN Hig

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When Steve Jobs stepped down as Apples chief executive last Wednesday the world knew that it was the end of an era. 上周三,乔布斯辞去苹果公司首席执行官一职,全世界都意识到一个时代终结了。 Since then, discussion of

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unit 552 加普通汽油(2) dialogue 英语情景对话 A:Fill it up with premium, please. A:请加满高级油。 B:Sure. Should I check your radiator? B:好的。要我检查一下散热器吗? 加油 A:No, that's OK. How much do I owe you? A:不用

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JUDY WOODRUFF:And we turn to the EPA's new regulations requiring cleaner gasoline. The Obama administration announced the proposed changes today. They would require two-thirds less sulfur in gasoline and a reduction in other emissions beginning in 20

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JUDY WOODRUFF:Next: how an oil spill near Little Rock, Ark., is casting a shadow over the proposed expansion of the Keystone pipeline. MAN:So that is a pipeline that has busted and has flooded the neighborhood. JUDY WOODRUFF:A local resident describe

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STEPHEN FEE: It was just after 2pm on December 30, 2013 when the calls began streaming in. Two trains had collided just half a mile outside Casselton, North Dakota, one loaded with grain, the other with crude oil. Volunteer fire chief Tim McLean head

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U.S. President Barack Obama is renewing his call for Congress to approve tax reform legislation known as the Buffett Rule. It is named after one of the world's richest men, investor Warren Buffett, who says it is not fair that he pays a lower tax tha

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Part 2. News Items. A. Keywords. fire, oil pipeline, fuel-loading area. Vocabulary. pipeline, leak, blast, rip, depot, litter, char, blaze, vandal, Lagos. You're going to hear a pair of news items on the same topic presented in special and standard E

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There are many places a young man can go for romantic advice--friends, family, and if the worst comes to the worst, the internet. 关于爱情,年轻人可以从很多地方得到建议朋友、家人,再不济也可借助互联网。 Now, desper

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There are many places a young man can go for romantic advicefriends, family, and if the worst comes to the worst, the Internet. Now, desperate bachelors are taking dating tips from a nine-year-old boy。 关于爱情,年轻人可以从很多地方得

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U.S. President Barack Obama is urging Congress to extend a law set to expire in July that would prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling. Obama said in his weekly Internet and radio address Saturday, In America, higher education cannot b

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But first: As President Trump nears his 100th day in office, White House correspondent John Yang begins our look at his accomplishments and setbacks, with a focus on the home front. For President Trump, today's tax announcement amounted to a campaign

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The Alaska Pipeline The Alaska pipeline starts at the frozen edge of the Arctic ocean. It stretches southward across the largest and northernmost state in the United States,ending at a remote ice free seaport village nearly 800 miles from where it be

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