[00:01.00]Module 2 Developing and Developed Countries [00:09.22]Vocabulary and Listening [00:11.93]Activity 3 Check the meaning of these words [00:16.06]Now listen to the conversation and tick the topics you hear. [02:34.36]Activity 4 Listen again ch

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(220) / 评论(0) 分类 外研社新标准高中英语必修(1-4)

The death toll from Tuesday's earthquake in southern Iran has risen to 37. At least 850-others have been injured in the earthquake. The magnitude-6.3 quake has been followed by over a dozen strong aftershocks. Most of those killed are in the city of

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Haitian schoolchildren, 05 Apr 2010 Children in Haiti are finally heading back to school, following the earthquake that struck the Caribbean nation on January 12. The Ministry of Education announced just last week that all schools had to reopen on Mo

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By Chad Bouchard Yogyakarta, Indonesia 24 October 2006 Nearly five months after a deadly earthquake struck Indonesia's Java Island, thousands of homeless survivors still struggle to rebuild their lives. Delays in the reconstruction effort and an ina

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By Chad Bouchard Yogyakarta, Indonesia 24 May 2007 One year after a massive earthquake struck Indonesia's Java island, thousands of people hit hardest by the disaster still struggle to rebuild their lives. As Chad Bouchard reports from Yogyakarta, ai

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Simulated Disasters Provide Earthquake Data The Rock Mechanics Laboratory is one of several specialized labs at Lamont-Dohertys Division of Seismology, Geology and Tectonophysics, now studying the subterranean dynamics of earthquakes. Research profes

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California Earthquake Swarm Rattle Nerves, Teaches Lesson Workers in Brawley repair quake damage, as scientists at the California Institute of Technology learn more about the network of fault-lines beneath the desert community. Since Sunday more than

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April 18, 1906, California's San Andreas Fault snaps, shaking San Francisco for nearly 60 terrifying seconds .When the trembling stops, the disaster is only beginning. Gas lines rupture, setting off massive fires, some 700 people die. Most of the cit

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Rescuers continue to pull people out of the rubble, alive, more than one week after a massive earthquake struck southwestern China's Sichuan Province. The latest government figures confirm more than 40,000 people have died and more than 247,000 peopl

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(116) / 评论(0) 分类 英语杂谈

The Canterbury earthquake on Sept 4th was unusual because no one was killed. It is the only city in the world which has experienced a 7.1 magnitude earthquake without any deaths. Part of the reason for this is our building code. New buildings have to

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

People sit in the Corail-Cesselesse camp for earthquake displaced people on outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti (file photo) Haiti is marking six months since the powerful earthquake that killed more than 220,000 people and left Port-au-Prince and sur

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(七)月

Today the hearings began into the February 22nd earthquake to find out why buildings collapsed and why so many people died. The hearings are like a court with a judge and two other people. Their job is to listen to experts and witnesses, and at the e

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

The Prime Minister announced today the name of new Governor-General. He is Lieutenant-General Jerry Mateparae. His job will start in August this year and last for five years. Jerry Mateparae began his career as a soldier in 1972 when he was 18 years

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Two schools have closed buildings because engineers said they would not be safe in an earthquake. Last Friday Golden Bay High School in Nelson closed one classroom block. It was built 60 years ago, before the 1973 earthquake standards for buildings.

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Daily life in Christchurch at the moment is difficult for thousands of people. To start with, about 50,000 people cannot go to work because the central business district the CBD is closed. Schools are closed so children are at home. Many people have

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

It is surprising that Christchurch is still having after-shocks. It is now 4 months since the 7.1 earthquake on Sept 4th. Just as Christchurch people were starting to think that after-shocks had finished, the day after Christmas gave everyone an unpl

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Chris Ryan, Chief Executive of the New Zealand Insurance Council, said today that Canterbury earthquake claims will probably be more than $3bn. This will be the biggest payout in New Zealands history for any natural disaster. The second biggest payou

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

The earthquake on Wednesday night surprisingly caused very little damage. It was a big earthquake, 7.8 on the Richter scale. This is the biggest earthquake recorded this year anywhere in the world. However, it was in a very isolated part of New Zeala

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Jamal: Did you feel that? Keisha: Was that an earthquake ? Jamal: Yes, I think so. Turn on the news. Newscaster: Reports are coming in about an earthquake that occurred at 4:35 p.m. in the downtown area. We spoke with a seismologist at the Earthquake

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

The Feb 22nd earthquake in Christchurch was 6.3 on the Richter scale yet it did much more damage than the 7.1 earthquake on Sept 4th 2010. There are several reasons for this but the main ones are the depth of the epi-centre and the distance from the

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