Beijing will launch a pilot program to equip schools and kindergartens with air filtration devices. Smog has been a significant issue in the Chinese capital this winter. I was coughing just now, I always wear mask, from school to home. The air is cho

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(108) / 评论(0) 分类 2017CRI中国国际广播电台

Violet was trying to focus through the viewfinder. But Benny kept moving the canvas that covered the statue. Look! he cried. He grabbed a corner of the canvas and pulled. Violet nearly dropped her camera. Standing on the granite base was a stepladder

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 55 The Mystery of the Secret M

Carrie Bell was in a hurry. I wish I didnt have to go to town with Sandy, she told the Alden children. Id much rather poke around the secret room this morning. I guess Ill have to wait a bit, she said with a sigh. Imagine! A whole roomful of treasure

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A new report from the Ministry of Environmental Protection has revealed Beijing is at the center of China's worst area for air quality. CRI's Lucy Du has more. Reporter: The new report says in 74 Chinese cities, the average air quality readings only

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 世界各地新闻集锦

在今天我们要讲的两个习惯用语里,关键的一个字就是走路的

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It was chilly outside. Natalie had asked Sonny to come pick her up. She wanted to give him his bimonthly haircut at his place. He said hed be right over. She always cut his hair in the bathroom, so he closed the bathroom window completely. She didnt

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By Cynthia Kirk ENVIRONMENT REPORT -March 22, 2002: Air Pollution/Lung Cancer This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. Researchers have completed a major study on the health effects of air

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 健康与环境

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Next week is the one hundredth anniversary of the Paris Air Show, the biggest in the world. It takes place every two years, and organizers say even with the economic downturn they expect a full house. Airb

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Global Air Pollution Threat Grows A lot of attention is being paid to greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. But scientists warn that other pollutants may make it harder to breathe in some places in years to come. By the year 205

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The jet age of passenger travel began when the de Havilland Comet airliner took flight in Britain in 1949. Now, the only complete de Havilland Comet to survive in the Western Hemisphere is being restored in Everett, Washington. Taking flight It was b

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US Budget Impasse Could Affect Air Travel Flying in and out of U.S. airports could become a challenge, with delays on the ground and in the air. The disruptions could begin when automatic government spending cuts hit the nation's aviation sector in A

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Climb Every Mountain, Rocky Mountain High, Night On Bald Mountain - music and mountains have long been linked in the public imagination. Critic Bob Mondello says a documentary called Mountain finds a new sort of purity in the con

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Officials of north China's Jing-Jin-Ji region, involving Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei Province, have pledged a joint effort to combat air pollution. Yin Hailin, deputy mayor of Tianjin Municipality, stresses the importance of working together. The Jin

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Heavy smog shrouded Beijing on Wednesday October 19, and a yellow alert, the third-highest warning level, was issued by the environmental authorities on Tuesday, the Legal Daily reported. The yellow alert means the Air Quality Index will exceed 200 f

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It had been another hot spring day. By ten oclock in the evening, it had only cooled down to 87 degrees, according to Larry's thermometer in the living room. He rarely looked at his thermometer because he usually didn't care what the exact temperatur

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I have an appointment with my hairdresser today. It has been too long since I had my hair cut. My bangs were too long, I had split ends and my roots were showing. I was a mess! I arrived for my appointment and I told the receptionist that I was there

发表于:2019-01-28 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

Every year when summer comes around They stretch a banner 'cross the main street in town You can feel somethin's happenin' in the air Well, from Carol's house up on Telegraph Hill You can see the lights going up out in Soldiers Field Getting ready,

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(144) / 评论(0) 分类 美国乡村音乐

Joel: Hey, Tom, when you were in Thailand, did you, were you good at bargaining? You know how you have to haggle to get the price lower. Tom: Once I got started it was OK, but, oh, getting started was so difficult. Joel: What do you mean? Tom: I just

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英语对话1000个

Todd: So, Tres, can I ask you some questions about your hair? Tres: Sure, go ahead. Todd: So you have dreadlocks. How long have you had dreadlocks? Tres: I've had dreadlocks ever since I was in high school, so I would say over ten years. Todd: And ho

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今天我们要学的词是affair。 Affair, 是有风流韵事的意思。An extramarital affair, 就是一段婚外情。美国纽约的前州长斯皮策因为招妓丑闻刚下台,继任的州长佩特森就召开记者会,主动交待自己几

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