This is Whats Trending Today. Earthquakes are not uncommon in southern California. Citizens there know how to react and respond if the ground starts shaking. On Wednesday night, many of them received an email from the U.S. Geological Survey that warn

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(六)月

Lesson 42 Recording an earthquake 记录地震 First listen and then answer the following question. 听录音,然后回答以下问题。 What does a pen have to do to record on paper the vibrations generated by an earthquake? An earthquake comes li

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18 Experiencing an Earthquake GLOSSARY earthquake a short period of time when the ground shakes because ofgeological movements deep below the surface, often causing damage, injuries,and/or death * People living in southern California experience many

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Two years ago, Christchurch was hit by a major earthquake. Listen to September 4th 2010 to hear about this earthquake. Although there was damage and liquefaction, nobody was killed. It was the February 22nd 2011 earthquake which was so devastating. M

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A strong earthquake hit the Solomon Islands on Wednesday. It was 8.0 on the Richter scale and was followed 40 minutes later by a 7.0 earthquake. This was only 10km deep. There was a small tsunami about 1.5 metres high which killed some elderly people

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Today, we remembered the terrible earthquake in Christchurch two years ago. It killed 185 people and injured many more. Last years memorial service was held in Hagley Park, the place where so many people gathered, waiting for news after the earthquak

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Michelle felt the earthquake. It lasted for only five seconds. The whole house shook. She heard noise. The TV went off. The lights went off. She was scared. She had never felt an earthquake. It was very strong. It was as if a giant hand had shaken he

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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

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This was a very shallow earthquake, which means it would tend to be more destructive. Stuart Sipkin, USGS Tuesday's earthquake hit Haiti hard, with extensive damage and many casualties. Compared to the well-known seismic areas like the Pacific Rim, t

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(一月)

In its first estimate, the United Nations reports about 10 percent of the housing in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince has been destroyed, leaving some 300,000 people homeless. The UN says a full assessment of the damages inflicted by the powerful e

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: Planning for natural disasters involves dealing with a lot of uncertainty, but advances in artificial intelligence may allow computers to take some of the guesswork out of the planning process. NPR's science correspondent Joe Palca

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SANTIAGO, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- A strong earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale rocked Araucania region, south of Chile, on Sunday. There were no reports of casualties. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake occurred at 5:

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Rescuers are battling to reach survivors of the deadly new earthquake in Nepal that triggered landslides and brought down buildings. In Kathmandu, there is chaos in the streets after another major earthquake rocked Nepal. Just now a big quake came an

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Death toll in Guatemalan earthquake rises to 52 GUATEMALA CITY, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina on Thursday confirmed that the death toll of the 7.4- magnitude earthquake rose to 52, 22 people remain missing, and 1.2 million

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

As rescue operations accelerated to help victims of the earthquake in Haiti, correspondent Brian Wagner flew into Port-au-Prince Wednesday to begin covering the story for VOA. He did not have to travel far to give a detailed account of the devastatio

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A US Air Force photo shows tents on the edge of the runway at Port-au-Prince airport, providing shelter to US military personnel participating in the Haiti's relief effort, 15 Jan 2010 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will fly to Port-au-Princ

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China is frequently hit by earthquake. Now it's planning to build a national earthquake monitoring and warning system within five years to reduce casualties and economic losses. An official from the administration said while the system would not be a

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It is one year since that terrible earthquake and tsunami hit the North East coast of Japan, killing 19,000 people. Today people in Japan remembered this in silence at 2.46pm. New Zealanders also remembered this day. In Auckland the Japanese consul h

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It is six months today since the February earthquake which killed 181 people. The city of Christchurch has changed completely in that time. The central city is still closed while buildings are demolished. 370 buildings have been demolished so far. An

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Here are some facts about the earthquake which struck the Canterbury region on Saturday. It measured 7.1 on the Richter scale. At first we were told it was 7.4. That would mean nearly three times stronger. Each 0.2 means double the strength. On avera

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