Chinese soldiers used anti-tank weapons to blast away rocks and mud, holding back waters in an earthquake-formed lake that threatens more than 1 million people living downstream. Soldiers fired at rocks to dislodge enough debris to speed the drainag

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(166) / 评论(0) 分类 国家地理2008年

The earthquake that struck near Mexico City Tuesday came exactly 32 years after an 8.0 magnitude quake hit the area. The 1985 earthquake killed nearly 10,000 people. Mexican officials say more than 200 people are confirmed dead following Tuesdays qua

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(243) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(九)月

今天我们要学的词是recycling。 Recycling, 意思是回收。随着近年来人们环保意识的加强, Recycling has come a long way, 废物回收也取得了显著进展。 为了庆祝星期四的世界地球日四十周年, There wil

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

Three weeks after the earthquake in China's Sichuan province displaced five million people, a few hundred thousand have had to move again - out of the way of a dammed river that poses a flood risk. Many of the quake's survivors are anxious to get bac

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By Daniel Schearf Beijing 10 June 2008 China has said a massive lake formed by China's Sichuan earthquake is halfway drained and now poses less of a threat. China says it has won a decisive victory in its battle to drain the lake; drainage efforts b

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By Daniel Schearf Beijing 07 June 2008 Chinese workers have started draining a massive, unstable lake formed by the Sichuan earthquake. Chinese officials say the water level is still rising but the threat of the lake bursting has been eased. Daniel

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Chinese soldiers used anti-tank weapons to blast away rocks and mud, holding back waters in an earthquake-formed lake that threatens more than 1 million people living downstream. Soldiers fired at rocks to dislodge enough debris to speed the drainage

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文本: Naisha: Mistress, we followed Illidan's _(1)_ due east as you asked, but these strange islands do not appear on any of our maps. Maiev: I suspected as much. These islands must have been formed only recently. Naisha: What makes you say that?

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文本: I can't believe everybody else is gone, and we're stuck here doing this. Eew, this has a really toxic plastic smell. Give me that. Max, are you huffing a ketchup bottle? Mmhmm. I'm hoping it kills the brain cells that'll remember I'm stuck

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今天我们要学的词是blast。 Blast, 做为动词,有强烈批评的意思。 Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick blasted Arizona's new immigration law, 麻萨诸塞州州长帕特里克对亚利桑那州新出炉的移民法提出强烈谴责

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A powerful earthquake has struck southeastern Turkey, killing at least 138. The quake, measuring 7.2, has caused buildings to collapse in the remote and poor region and there are growing fears of of a high casualty toll. A major rescue operation is u

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

By Jamila Trindle Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China 06 June 2008 Three weeks after the earthquake in China's Sichuan province displaced five million people, a few hundred thousand have had to move again - out of the way of a dammed river that poses

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Mil Arcega March 11, 2011 - The worst quake to strike Japan in 140 years sent shock waves through financial(金融) markets around the world. The 8.9 magnitude earthquake(地震) struck toward the end of the Asian trading session, sending Japan's

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

JAKARTA, Sept.30 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with magnitude of 7. 4 rocked Papua, in easternmost(最东部) of Indonesia, on Thursday, potential(可能性) for tsunami, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency reported. The quake struck at 00:10 a.m.

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Japans devastating 8.9-magnitude earthquake last Friday was so powerful that experts say it slightly increased the Earths rotation(旋转) speed, making the day a fraction of a second shorter. U.S. space agency scientist Richard Gross said the qu

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The young, the lovely, pass away, 美丽倏然凋零, Ne'er to be seen again; 不曾再度相遇, Earth's fairest flowers too soon decay, 花落人亡永相隔, Its blasted trees remain. 徒留空枝牵挂。 Full oft, we see the brightest thin

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如何地道表达喝醉了 喝醉了除了I'm drunk还能怎么说?下面就教你一些地道表达。 【形容微醺】 -I'm a little tipsy. 我有点醉了。 tipsy 微醉的 步伐不稳 -I was a bit buzzed. 我当时有点醉醺醺的。 buz

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Language Points 1. Travel to 4 places that none of your friends have been to, and travel like a local instead of a tourist. 去四个你朋友都没去过的陌生地方旅行,要体验当地生活而不仅仅是去观光。 2. Read 5 books you can

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KUNMING, June 25 (Xinhua) -- At least four people have been killed and over 100 others injured after an earthquake hit a mountainous area in southwest China on Sunday, local authorities said on Monday. The magnitude-5.7 quake, which struck the border

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

雾霾 haze; 烟雾 smog; 空气污染指数 air pollution index; 橙色预警 orange alert; 悬浮颗粒物 airborne particulate matter; 可吸入颗粒物 inhalable particle; 有毒物质 toxic substance; 空气质量检测 air quality monitoring; 实

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