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今天我们要学的词是 grapple. grapple 的原意是扭打,搏斗,grapple with 就是设法应付,努力克服的意思。U.S. tech giants such as Facebook and Google in recent months have grappled with high-profile data breaches that have
Rescuers have been dealing mostly by hand in search of survivors buried under the debris in the city of Paulo. The National Search and Rescue agency says they desperately need heavy machinery to remove the rubble. 援救人员几乎都徒手搜寻埋在
This is the Indonesian city of Palu. Just days after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake and following tsunami turned much of it to rubble. Rescuers are marking the debris with Indonesian flags to signal two excavators where they think bodies are trapped belo
今天我们要学的词是maintenance. Maintenance 维修,养护。The U.S. Interior Department will hike fees at the most popular national parks to $35 a vehicle to raise funds for park maintenance. 美国内政部宣布,全美游客最多的国家
今天我们要学的词是wildlife.Wildlife 野生动物。Experts warn that prescription and over-the-counter drugs are polluting rivers and it is taking a toll on wildlife. 有关专家警告说,处方药和非处方药正在对河流造成污染,
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 20 July 2006 watch Middle East report At least 11 Israeli soldiers have been wounded in several clashes with Hezbollah militants on the Lebanese side of the Israel-Lebanon border. Hezbollah also continued firing rockets into
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 09 November 2007 Hospital workers and residents in the Somali capital Mogadishu say more than 40 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded since late Thursday in battles between Ethiopian troops and Islamist-led insurgen
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 25 December 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross says the humanitarian situation in Somalia continues to worsen. It says a year of relentless conflict and several natural disasters have taken a heavy toll on the po
1.President Barack Obama addresses a joint session at Congress tonight as he made a final push to overhauled America's health care system. Aides say the president's gona to answer some of the big questions raised by voters during the Summer of disco
Heavy Rains Bring Raging Floods - and a Debate This spring, so-called 100-year floods swamped many communities along the Mississippi River, America's largest commercial waterway. The flooding was so severe that the U.S. Corps of Engineers, which supe
Foreign Policy Weighs Heavy for Some US Voters Talk at a pro-Palestinian rally in downtown Manchester is not about the weather or the primary, but why President Barack Obama has not yet shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison. Hes been wanting to close G
By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 09 February 2008 Authorities in Pakistan say a suicide bomb attack at an election rally in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least25 people. From Islamabad, Ayaz Gul reports. Witnesses say that activists of a regional politica
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 22 April 2008 OPEC Secretary General Abdalla Salem el-Badri says the cartel plans to boost its oil production targets by five million barrels a day by 2012. He was speaking on the final day of the International Energy Foru
By Brian Wagner Miami 30 October 2007 Officials in Dominican Republic say at least 16 people have died in flash floods and mudslides caused by Tropical Storm Noel. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports the storm is continuing to drop heavy rains as it
By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 26 October 2007 Pro-Taliban militants in northwest Pakistan have clashed with paramilitary forces, a day after a deadly bomb attack on a troop transport truck in the area. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that a
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 27 December 2007 Indonesian rescue crews are searching for survivors of landslides on Indonesia's Java island. Officials say at least 120 people are dead or missing. Chad Bouchard reports from Jakarta. In the worst hit area,
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 21 April 2008 At least nine people have been found dead at a mosque in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Residents say the victims, a number of them clerics from the mosque, were killed by Ethiopian troops during a weekend of hea
By Nico Colombant Dakar 02 February 2008 Chadian rebels are facing off against army troops and President Idriss Deby in the capital N'Djamena, after a day of heavy fighting in which rebels closed in on the presidential palace. VOA's Nico Colombant re
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 11 October 2007 A renegade Congolese general who shattered a U.N.-mediated ceasefire earlier this week has performed a hasty turnaround, demanding a halt to the violence that has killed dozens of his men. Nick Wadhams has the
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 17 February 2008 United Nations aid agencies warn the onset of spring in Afghanistan is expected to bring severe flooding in many parts of the country. They say they are gearing up to help tens of thousands of Afghans survive t