Study: Warming Waters to Cause More Major Hurricanes A new study predicts that warmer waters in the Atlantic Ocean will continue to increase the number of major hurricanes. 一项新研究预测,大西洋中较暖的水域将继续增加形成大型飓

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(十)月

By Alan Silverman Hollywood 29 October 2009 The life and tragic disappearance of pioneer aviator Amelia Earhart are dramatized in a new film starring two-time Oscar-winner Hilary Swank and directed by Indian-born Mira Nair. Here's a look at Amelia.

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(十月)

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发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 新概念英语第二册单词MP3

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: President Trump will sign an executive order tomorrow that aims to expand offshore drilling. The order will essentially try to undo actions taken by his predecessor, Barack Obama, that restricted drilling in the Arctic Pacific and

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President Bush's national security adviser says progress is being made on the political front in Iraq, despite the violence that continues in Najaf and elsewhere. Condoleezza Rice is urging patience. 布什总统的国家安全顾问赖斯说,尽管在

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2011年2月

Starting with the drought that's been going on. It's not one you might have heard of. The Atlantic hurricane drought it's been more than 10 years since a category three or stronger hurricane has made landfall in the Eastern U.S. or on the Gulf Coast.

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Everyone knows the story of the Titanic, the great ocean liner that struck an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic. Less widely known is the icebergs story: where did it come from, and how did it get in the way of the ship? Although the vas

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When Continents Collide: The History Of Our Planet It was one of the Earths momentous times. Continents collided. Volcanoes erupted. Ocean currents shifted. Species ran amok. Twenty million years ago, North and South America were arranged in nearly t

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The Nautilus's fishermen had some trouble getting a grip on this animal, which, thanks to the formation of its gill covers, 鹦鹉螺号船上的人费了好些劲才抓到这只动物。这只动物的鳃盖骨构造特殊, can protect its respira

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The spreading oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is contaminating nesting and feeding grounds for sea turtles. All six species in U.S. waters are listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Fragile species Barbara Schroeder, who

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By Ed Kowalski Washington 18 December 2006 The entertainment world has lost a pioneer and founder of one of the most-important record companies in music history. VOA's Ed Kowalski tells us more about the life and career of Ahmet Ertegun, who died in

发表于:2019-01-10 / 阅读(136) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(十二月)

By Margaret Besheer United Nations 25 March 2008 The United Nations held its first international day of remembrance Tuesday for victims of slavery and the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. As Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pointed out, slavery has not ended

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By Tendai Maphosa London 23 March 2007 Britain is commemorating the 200th anniversary of the passage of the law that abolished the trans-Atlantic slave trade March 25 1807. One of the most poignant of the events is Slave Britain, a photographic exhib

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Major Winter Storm Threatens Much of US 冬季风暴威胁美国 WASHINGTON A massive winter storm is threatening vast regions of the United States from the South and Midwest to the East Coast. For weeks, winter weather has pummeled the United States

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2015年(二月)

A Lifelong Secret: Can You Help This Ailing 94-Year-Old Man Make Amends? STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's Friday morning when we hear from StoryCorps. A couple of weeks ago, we told you about StoryCorps' Great Thanksgiving Listen, an effort to collect thous

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Blockson's computer model reveals that at the South Atlantic Anomaly, the magnetic field isn't just weaker than anywhere else on the planet. It's actually reversed polarity. There is a patch on the core in the South Atlantic where things are not poin

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As search crews continued to look for more bodies and wreckage from last week's Air France plane crash, the French carrier has decided to immediately replace suspect speed sensors with new ones on all its long-haul Airbus carriers. The speed sensors

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By Paula Wolfson Ljubljana, Slovenia 09 June 2008 U.S. President George Bush is in Slovenia for talks with the leaders of the European Union. VOA White House Correspondent Paula Wolfson reports from Ljubljana the agenda includes economic and securit

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U.S. President George Bush is in Slovenia for talks with the leaders of the European Union. The agenda includes economic and security matters. 美国总统布什正在斯洛文尼亚同欧盟领导人举行会谈。会谈的内容包括经济和安全议

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U.S. President George Bush is using the latest stop on his European trip to urge what he calls a new era in trans-Atlantic relations. Mr. Bush says the United States and Europe must now do more to help freedom flourish in the Middle East. 美国总统布

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