VOA标准英语2012--Drought Taking Toll on Midwest Corn Producers

Drought Taking Toll on Midwest Corn Producers One of those farmers, Alan Bowers Junior, can see and hear the profits from his corn disintegrating. The corn stalks on his field near Du Bois Illinois are so dry and brittle, they break up just by touchi

VOA标准英语2011--Death Toll From US Tornados Rises to at

Death Toll From US Tornados Rises to at Least 292 U.S. authorities say the number of people killed in a series of tornadoes and thunderstorms across the southern United States has risen to at least 292, making it the country's deadliest tornado outbr

科学美国人60秒 SSS Toll-Free Number Stems Human–Wildlife Conflicts

I have now worked in seven states across India, and weve looked at human-wildlife interactions, particularly human-wildlife conflict ranging from crop loss, livestock predation, human death, human injury and property damage. Krithi Karanth, a Wildlif

VOA标准英语2009年-Swine Flu Death Toll in India Increases

In India, five more people have died of swine flu, taking the death toll from the HIN1 virus to six. Image of H1N1 influenza virus The city of Pune reported its third death due to the H1N1 virus on Monday, when a 35-year-old doctor of traditional me

Israel intensifies airstrikes on Gaza, Palestinian death toll hits 110

GAZA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Three more Palestinians were killed late on Monday night in the ongoing Israeli warplanes airstrikes on various targets in the Gaza Strip, raising the death toll since the start of the Israeli attack to 110 Palestinians, med

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 28 September 2007 The U.N. refugee agency says the death toll continues to mount among Somalis and Ethiopians who put their lives in the hands of smugglers ferrying them to Yemen across the Gulf of Aden. The UNHCR reports at le

VOA标准英语2012--Rising Death Toll in Syria Prompts Calls for Western Intervention

Rising Death Toll in Syria Prompts Calls for Western Intervention The violence in Syria continues to escalate and the death toll mounts. The Syrian military is now using helicopter gunships and tanks to shell civilian areas, while armed rebels have i

VOA标准英语2012--Mounting Syrian Death Toll Prompts Intervention Calls in US

Mounting Syrian Death Toll Prompts Intervention Calls in US The near-daily slaughter in Syria is provoking widespread condemnation of the Assad government. For months, Republican Senator John McCain has pressed the Obama administration to consider ai

VOA标准英语2012--Record Drought Takes Toll on Texas Cattle

Record Drought Takes Toll on Texas Cattle Rancher Marc Scott once ran three times this many cows on his pastures, but when he saw drought coming last year, he began to sell them off. Probably between 60 and 70 percent of my herd is what I sold off, s

VOA标准英语2012--Israel-Gaza Volleys Take Civilian Toll

Israel-Gaza Volleys Take Civilian Toll The rocket hit in the early morning, destroying three apartments in this town 30 kilometers northeast of Gaza. Three people were killed and seven others were wounded, including a small girl. Neighbor Abraham Her

VOA标准英语2012--Wind Turbines Take Steep Toll On Birds And Bats

Wind Turbines Take Steep Toll On Birds And Bats Estimates by the Department of Energy indicate that in the United States alone, there will be more than 100,000 wind turbines by 2030. John Anderson is policy director at the American Wind Energy Associ

VOA标准英语2011--Asia Floods Take Heavy Toll on Local Eco

Asia Floods Take Heavy Toll on Local Economies Floodwaters in central Thailand have inundated industrial parks and manufacturing centers, adding to the mounting economic costs of the disaster. Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos are also continuing to tally t

VOA标准英语2010年-UN: Toll of Dead and Wounded Soaring i

The United Nations refugee agency expressed alarm at the further deterioration of the situation in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The UNHCR reported that fighting between the transitional government and al-Shabab militia over the past two weeks has t

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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: How much would you be willing to pay to avoid bad traffic on your commute - $10, $20, $40? Forty dollars is what a tollway in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., charged for a short time last week. Not surprisingly, people

China sets highway toll-free dates during Spring Festival

BEIJING, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese drivers rushing home for family reunions during the upcoming Spring Festival will find it a pleasant journey this year as the country's highways will operate toll-free during the holiday. The Ministry of Transport

VOA标准英语2009年-Indonesia Quake Death Toll Rises, Scores S

The death toll from an earthquake in Indonesia has reached 57 with scores injured and missing. Casualty figures could increase. Rescuers search for victims after an earthquake-triggered landslide hit a village in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, 03 Se

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By Brian Padden Jakarta 01 October 2009 Western Indonesia was rattled by another severe earthquake a day after a quake trapped thousands of people under collapsed buildings. The death toll has risen to at least 530, and is expected to rise. Official

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NEW BATAAN, Philippines, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Philippines President Benigno Aquino III on Friday ordered a probe into the high casualties of Typhoon Bopha (local name Pablo) as the death toll rose to almost 500 in southern Philippines. The Philippine p

学个词Learn a Word 第1576-death-toll

今天我们要学的词是 death toll. Death toll是死亡人数。美国德州的达拉斯县西尼罗病毒肆虐，Texas officials say the statewide death toll so far is 17. 德克萨斯州官员说，全州目前已有17人死于这种病毒。I