Syrian Rebels Eye EU Oil Trade In his backyard north of the city of Idlib, Ahmed Abu Taleb and his friend use handpumps to transfer a barrel of crude oil into a tank. A fire burns in a pit dug below the tank. Then drip by drip, through a simple syste

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2013年(五月)

大家好,欢迎回来,我是Faith口语课堂-天天学课程的Faith老师。快快乐乐,轻轻松松学英语,每天积累,每日进步,准备好和我一起开始今天的英语之旅吗? 今天,我们专门介绍until的两个用法

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A few days later, Duke and Bo drove a few miles out of town where there were no electrical wires. They used fishing line to secure 50 balloons to the lawn chair. The chair was secured to the truck. They filled up all the balloons. The balloons were a

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Bo Jackson was sitting in his favorite chair, drinking a beer, and watching a football game. At halftime, a car commercial featured a few hundred helium balloons floating skyward. I could do that, Bo thought. I could strap a bunch of balloons to my l

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A new year with a new prospect: Jilin province in northeast China has approved the country's first ban on the production and sale of single use, non-biodegradable plastic shopping bags. The ban went into effect on the first day of the year. For me I'

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Ghana's coming oil boom brings with it questions of financial transparency and environmental protection. The government has just now put in place a regulatory structure to account for what could be $1 billion in annual revenue by the start of next y

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Remembering the Wild And Wonderful Maurice Sendak JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im June Simms. This week on our program, we play new music from Jack White And we remember the wildly creative

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By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 27 June 2007 After successful careers in the sportswear business, Doug and Kristine Tompkins set out with a passion to preserve the some of the world's last remaining wild places. Today they are among the largest landho

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By Chad Bouchard Mt. Merapi 25 May 2006 Interactive Diagram - Anatomy of a Volcano Indonesian authorities have ordered more than 20,000 people living on the slopes of Central Java's Mount Merapi to leave, fearing an imminent eruption, but many are r

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By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 23 March 2007 watch US Oil Security The U.S. Congress has held a hearing Thursday on how rising global demand for oil is affecting U.S. national security. Some lawmakers and energy experts say America's dependence on o

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A visitor looks at a collage of pictures of N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il and N. Korean soldiers near the border between the two Koreas, Paju, South Korea, 15 Feb 2010 Synchronized swimming displays, candy for children, and thousands of flower bouquet

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Vatican Prosecutor Denounces 'Deadly Culture of Silence' It is a scandal that has shaken the faith of Catholics around the world. And on Wednesday, the Vaticans top sex crimes prosecutor warned bishops they will be held accountable. We have the duty

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Lebanese Take Sides in Syrian Civil War Posters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad festoon this hilltop neighborhood overlooking Tripoli, Lebanons second largest city. This one reads: The Arab nation will not kneel as long as Bashar al-Assad is thei

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OPEC Sees Oil Demand Decline Again Demand for crude oil from OPEC countries is expected to decline again next year, as independent producers, especially the United States, increase their supplies. Times are gradually changing for OPEC, the Organizati

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 11 April 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross says the suffering of civilians in Iraq is worsening. In a new report called Civilians Without Protection: The Ever-Worsening Crisis in Iraq , the Red Cross focusses on

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恩雅的歌曲具有浓厚的爱尔兰凯尔特民族音乐的特点,旋律优美而深邃,超凡脱俗,神秘圣洁,给人以无限的遐想。她的声音,只有用天籁才能形容。 Wild Child 歌手:Enya 专辑:A Day Without Rain Wild Child Music: Eithne N赤 Bhraon芍in - Lyrics: Roma Ryan Ever clos

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By Barry Wood Washington 11 March 2006 Slobodan Milosevic (2000 file photo) Slobodan Milosevic, for 13 years the dictatorial leader of Serbia and later Yugoslavia, and the person most directly associa

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By Brian Padden Washington, DC 18 December 2006 watch Civil War report There has been much talk about whether the level of sectarian violence in Iraq has risen to the point where it should be called a civil war. Why is it important to make such a di

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 11 July 2006 Guantanamo detainees (file photo) The Bush administration for the first time has acknowledged that all detainees held by the U.S. military are subject to the protections under the Geneva Conventions. The Pen

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Chantelle: Attention! Arent you supposed to salute? Robert: Youre not my superior officer. Stop goofing around. Im busy. Chantelle: Youre packing already? You dont need to report to duty for two days. Are you afraid theyll think you went AWOL? Robert

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