Dima: Hi, welcome to this edition of 6 Minute English with me, Dima Kostenko Kate: and me, Kate Colin. I am going to be your language guide over the next 6 minutes, and we're talking about a protest by an Indian tribe whose historical land - the Niya

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Qantas is promising to cooperate with an investigation into its safety practices. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority is stepping up surveillance of Qantas operations and conducting a detailed review of its procedures. It follows two separate inciden

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By Nancy Palus Dakar 31 March 2008 Union leaders in Guinea urged workers not to go on strike Monday, the day unions had set as a deadline for resolving disputes that sparked protests early this year. But while a strike has been averted for now, right

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New Documentary Explores Aluminum's 'Dark Side' Aluminum is everywhere, including in products that make us feel better, safer and cleaner. Like antacids, sunscreen and antiperspirants. But Austrian filmmaker Bert Ehgartner says theres another side to

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bauxite, ['b?:ksait] n 铝土矿(铝的基本矿石) 【记】1)Baux是法国地名,xite=site场所。Baux因产铝而知名。 2)baux读:宝库,xite场所。产铝的宝库

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The aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point near Invercargill opened in 1971. It had a contract to buy cheap electricity, generated by hydro-electricity from Lake Manapouri which is not far away. Now in 2013, 13% of all electricity generated in New Zealand,

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Mondo Bongo史密斯夫妇主题曲 演唱者:JoeStrummer 这是电影《史密斯夫妇》(Mr. Mrs. Smith)中的插曲,是由朋克代表班霸乐队TheClath的创作核心JoeStrummer带来的南美摇摆拉丁曲风的《Mondo Bongo》,电影中

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barbed adj.有倒钩的,讽剌的 barbarous adj.野蛮的,残暴的 barbarity n.残忍,残暴 barbecue n.烤肉架,烤肉 barge n.平底货船,驳船 bark v.狗吠,n 树皮 barn n.谷仓 barometer n.气压

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 24 January 2007 While talks sputter to end Guinea's deadly two-week nationwide strike, the country's main export industry is starting to feel the effects. Guinea is the world's largest exporter of bauxite, the raw material used

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AS IT IS 2014-09-12 Ebola Fears Affect Asian Rice Export The growing number of Ebola cases in Africa is having an effect on farmers, exporters and shipping companies in Asia. The rice industry in Thailand is among the first to be severely affected. A

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Voters in Guinea-Bissau go to the polls Sunday to choose a new president. Economic growth and security dominate politics in one of the world's poorest countries. Gabu's schools are rundown In the eastern city, Gabu, an old man pushes a wheelbarrow o

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Yusufu Koma, a mining diver, is seen before he dives down in a river on the outskirts of the town of Bo, Sierra Leone, 8 Apr 2006 Two years after Sierra Leone signed up to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, the government has submitte

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India has put on hold a multi-billion dollar expansion of an aluminum plant by a British-based company. The government said it based its decision on environmental concerns. The government will also decide next week on the fate of a proposed steel pla

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An official in Hungary says a toxic sludge spill, which has killed four people, has reached the edge of Europe's second longest river, the Danube. Officials say the sludge has reached the Danube, one of Europe's longest rivers. An official also told

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Cameroon's new mineral research center will begin operations this year. South Korean mining researchers are making trips to Cameroon to determine the overall cost of the facility, to be located in the capital, Yaounde. They say the center will cost s

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The WTO and China Hands slapped 世贸组织与中国的交锋 A ruling with ramifications 裁决之意,一石多鸟 Jul 7th 2011 | from the print edition WHEN China joined the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in late 2001, its share of world exports

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Chinese cargo ships have been caught up in Indonesias mineral ore export ban, which has just gone into effect. Many Chinese companies rushed to complete the required customs procedures before the date to ship raw ore to China, but more than twenty sh

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By Steve Herman Goa, India 07 February 2008 Mining, along with tourism, forms the economic backbone of India's seaside state of Goa. Environmental concerns recently halted much of the iron ore extraction, but the way has been now cleared for resumpti

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The importance of Guinea to China is clear. 几内亚对中国的重要性显而易见。 The authorities in Beijing have promised the government a $20bn loantwice the country's GDPto be paid to Guinea in instalments over 20 years, 北京当局承诺为

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In the small village of Lasanayah, Mamadou Kalissa looks out over his ancestral home. 在Lasanayah的一个小村庄里,马马杜卡利萨朝着自己的老家看去。 Last year it was farmland but now bauxite mining has turned it into a Martian l

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