World Wetlands Day (WWD) occurs on the 2nd of February each year. It marks the date of the signing of the International Convention on Wetlands in 1971 in Ramsar, Iran. WWD started in 1997. It aims to raise awareness of the value of wetlands around th

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THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. At the stroke of midnight tonight, a vital intelligence law that is helping protect our nation will expire. Congress had the power to prevent this from happening, but chose not to. The Senate passed a good bill that woul

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Today has been warm and sunny throughout the whole country. This is a reminder that in New Zealand we have to be careful to protect ourselves from the harmful UV rays from the sun. The earth is closer to the sun during the southern summer than during

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061 The Swans' Nest A long long time ago, there were swans. The swans flew to the plains. They were called 'Lombard'. Another group of swans flew to Byzantium, and they flocked to the Emperor's crown to protect it. The swans were just like a shield t

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Different workers wear different clothes to work. A lifeguard wears a swim suit. Many workers have uniforms. Workers at Burger Hut wear black shirts. The managers wear black shirts, too. The managers also wear ties. Mechanics and painters wear covera

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《I'm not a girl not yet a woman》是小甜甜布兰妮在2001年的作品,同时也是她的电影处女作《十字路口(Crossroads)》当中的一首主题曲。那时的她还未满20岁,处在事业上升期的她正极力摆脱青涩的

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The word concussion evokes a fear these days more so than it ever has, and I know this personally. 脑震荡一词从未引起过如此之大的恐慌,我自己也患过脑震荡, I played 10 years of football, was struck in the head thousands of

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AS IT IS 2015-08-27 Philippines Looking at 'Ecotourism Zone' in South China Sea 菲律宾试图在南海开辟生态旅游区 The Philippines has launched a campaign to push for an ecotourism zone in the middle of the Spratly Islands in the South Chi

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Bush Vows to Punish US Terror Attack Plotters Deborah Tate Washington 11 Sep 2001 19:01 UTC President Bush has sought to reassure the nation and the world that the United States has taken steps to pro

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英文歌词: I sit and wait Does an angel contemplate my fate And do they know The places where we go When we're grey and old 'cos I have been told That salvation lets their wings unfold So when I'm lying in my bed Thoughts running through my head And

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EXPLORATIONS - The Evolution of Spacesuits STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And Im Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about the special clothes astronauts wear that protect them while they

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AS IT IS 2014-07-21 UN Warns on Digital Spying 联合国对电子间谍发出警告 A new United Nations report warns that widespread electronic spying threatens peoples right to privacy. The report says this spying happens often instead of rarely. N

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AS IT IS 2015-06-09 Conference Urges Protection of Wetlands Hundreds of millions of people around the world depend on wetlands for their livelihoods, such as fishing or farming. However, since 1900, experts say 64 percent of wetlands have disappeared

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为候鸟营造一片家园 The skies of North America today provide the backdrop for celebrating a century of conservation of one group of Earth's most treasured animals: migratory birds. On August 16, 1916, the United States and Great Britain (on b

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Warning signs 警告标志 This is the machine hall. Do you notice that sign over there - the red circle with a diagonal line through it? It means you mustnt smoke here. A blue circle shows something is compulsory - so that sign over there means you

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I think that there are two forces on Earth you never want to be fighting. One is Mother Nature, the other is love. 语音讲解 单词发音 forces /fɔːsɪz/ 什么时候发音要加/ɪ/? 凡是以s、z、x、ch、sh结尾的词,在该词语末尾加

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So the shorthand is five parents of four children in three states. 五位父母,生了四个孩子,生活在三个不同的州。 And there are people who think that the existence of my family somehow undermines or weakens or damages their family

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Australian sea lions are lending a hand or maybe a flipper in the establishment of South Australia's marine parks. And along the way the national geographic Crittercam captured a never before seen act of predation,a sea lion capturing and eating a

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Blood Is Thicker Than Water In the 1960s, biologist William Hamilton became interested in the caterpillars of the cinnabar moth. Most caterpillars are heavily camouflaged to protect them from hungry birds. The cinnabar is an exception. Its covered wi

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READING: Radio stations in France have been protesting against a possible new government rule. DJs were already unhappy with a 30-year-old system that requires them to make sure that 40 per cent of the songs they play are in French. Now the governmen

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