China reports fewer traffic violations, road accidents

BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- China reported a dramatic decline of traffic violations and road accidents in January, with deaths from running traffic lights and overspeeding falling. The death toll from running traffic lights and overspeeding fell 13.

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很多通过雅思口语考试的同学都知道，如果在雅思口语考试中能够适当的加入一些谚语，那么你的雅思口语肯定会加分不少。以下是小编是大家整理的20条精彩谚语，跟我一起来看看吧： So m

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-09-14

1. Hurricane Ike roared ashore early this morning, causing extensive damage in Southeast Texas and southern Louisiana. Thousands of homes and government buildings are flooded and several roads washed out. 2. The death toll from Friday's train collis

Hourly News updated 08:00 2011/10/30

Chinese premier expresses sympathy with Thai flood victims, announces more aid Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has called his Thai counterpart Yingluck Shinawatra to express sympathy with the flood victims of the Southeast Asian nation and provide fresh a

英闻天下——91 Turmoil in the Mideast

This past year has been the second-year of the so-called Arab Spring, with some countries, such as Egypt, seeing both moves forward and unrest. At the same time, the situation in Syria has made no noticeable progress, while the uncertainty in the Pal

CNN 2008-08-10

Hello, everyone, I'm Creshon Saunders at the CNN.com newsroom in Atlanta. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. The death toll is rising in South Ossetia. The Russian Foreign Ministry says at least 1500 people have died in Georgia. Rus

CNN 2008-08-04

Hello, I'm Cory Kessler at the CNN.com newsroom in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. A mountaineer at the K2 mountain base camp says 11 climbers have died in an accident. A Pakistani tour operator says the group was attempt

CNN 2008-09-10

From the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Reggie Aqui. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Hurricane Ike is still battering Cuba, it's approaching now the Gulf Coast. The National Hurricane Center says that Ike will likely gain strength as

PBS高端访谈:气候变化是否导致了飓风状况的恶化

And the Associated Press now confirms that the death toll from Harvey has risen to 12. But as we focus on Texas and Louisiana, nature is also taking a devastating toll elsewhere. Heavy monsoons are paralyzing Mumbai, India, right now. More than 1,200

PBS高端访谈:飓风玛丽亚袭击加勒比海地区

And now to Hurricane Maria. The confirmed death toll across the Caribbean rose to 19 today, nearly all of them on the island of Dominica. Reports also began coming in of widespread damage on Puerto Rico, after it took an all-day pounding on Wednesday

PBS高端访谈:伦敦公寓大火已造成严重伤亡

And now to the day's other major story. It is in London, where a fast-moving fire engulfed a high-rise apartment building. It killed at least 12 people and injured scores. We have a report from Dan Rivers of Independent Television News, and with a wa

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Between the autumn of 1918 and spring of the following year, 548,452 people died of the flu in America. 1918年秋天到次年春天，美国有54842人死于流感。 The toll in Britain was 220,000, with similar numbers dead in France and Germany. 英

Death Toll in Italian Cruise Ship Disaster Reaches Five

The number of those killed in the Italian cruise ship disaster has risen to five after search crews on Sunday discovered the bodies of two elderly men in the submerged section of the Costa Condordia. The huge vessel with more than 4,000 people on boa

Protests over Russian Elections Spread to More Cities

Russias ruling party won only half of the votes in elections on Sunday. But opponents say even that poor showing was boosted by widespread fraud. Now they are protesting. Protests against Sundays Duma elections are spreading across Russia. On Tuesday

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I woke up, pissed off today 今天醒来，一肚子气 And lately, everyone feels fake 最近感觉身旁的人们都虚伪得厉害 Somewhere, I lost a piece of me 内心深处 像是失魂一般/内心深处，若有所失 Smoking cigarettes on ba

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hothouse 温室 scale up 放大，增加 proponent 倡导者 despoil 掠夺 verdant 碧绿的 semi-arid半干旱的 rigour 严格，严苛 monsoon 大雨，雨季 compost 堆肥 toll 旅行费，代价 tractor 拖拉机

好听的英文歌曲：Somebody Told Me - the killers

Breaking my back just to know your name Seventeen tracks and I've had it with this game I'm breaking my back just to know your name But heaven aint close in a place like this Anything goes but don't blink you might miss 'Cos heaven aint close in a pl

英闻天下——168 Algeria: 37 Foreigners Dead in Hostage Crisis

Algeria says that a total of 37 foreigners and an Algerian died at a desert gas plant and five people are still missing after the four-day hostage-taking siege. American, British, French, Japanese, Norwegian, Filipino and Romanian workers were dead o

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In a feisty televised debate, the U.S. Democratic presidential contenders, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, have clashed on issues as diverse as Wall Street banks, gun control and the minimum wage. The debate comes five days before delegate-rich N

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Almost the only person who believed that something really bad might happen was Jack Hyde, a geology professor at a community college in Tacoma. 几乎只有一个人认为真的快出大问题了，他就是塔科马一所社区学院的地质学教授