First up today, from Florida to Louisiana, the watch was on for Isaac. Early Sunday, this was listed as a tropical storm with wind speeds up to 65m/h. But forecasters were saying Isaac could strengthen to a hurricane today, and thats when it was expe

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2012年(八)月

007 The Unwise Hans In the countryside, there lived three brothers. The first and second brothers were very wise. But the third was not very wise. People called him unwise Hans. All three of the brothers wanted to marry the princess. The princess had

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Asian Bacteria Threatens Florida Orange Trees 亚洲细菌威胁到佛罗里达橘子树 Florida's citrus fruit industry is facing a serious threat from a bacteria carried by an Asian insect. The widespread infestation again highlights the danger of

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2014年(八月)

A: The air conditioning is not working! We need to call a handyman before we start to fry in here! B: Dan is on top of that. I think they are also getting the handyman to fix the bathroom toilet that keeps clogging up. A: That would be convenient. Th

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M: So what's wrong with the drain? W: It's clogged and water won't go down. M: Let me take a look. You know why? It's clogged with hair. No wonder water won't go down. W: Well, I guess people who lived here before didn't clean the bathtub. M: Youre

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Lesson 38 Losing Control 失控 Words: clinic n. 门诊所 clinical adj. 临床的 clip vt. 修剪 clockwise adj. 顺时针方向的 clog vt. 阻碍;堵塞,阻塞 clumsy adj. 笨拙的,愚笨的 cluster n. 簇,串,群;vt. 丛生;聚焦 clutch n./v. 抓紧,紧握 clutter n. 混乱

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7 投诉 3句英文任你选 The pillow cases are stained. 枕头套上有污渍。 The watet closet is clogged and when I flushed it, it overflowed! 抽水马桶堵住了。我一冲水,水就冒出来。 Get me your manager! 把你们的经理给我

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A routine is a habit, often one that gives us comfort, or some sort of benefit. We say in English that we are 'creatures of habit'. Humans like to have a routine, a familiar way of living. I've noticed that even my children have developed their own r

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US Jellyfish Land on Asian Dinner Tables Jellyfish are lovely creatures to behold underwater, as their gelatinous, tentacled bodies undulate in the currents. They are also a nuisance and a hazard. They can sting swimmers and clog fishing nets. But, a

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(三月)

Reducing saturated fat in diet alone isn't enough, study says Art Chimes | Washington, DC 25 March 2010 People who eat more polyunsaturated fats have been found to have a lower risk of heart disease. Related Links-PLoS Medicine article If you're taki

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Smart Turkeys 'Pop' When They're Cooked Youve heard of smart phones, but what about smart turkeys? First of all, its a myth that turkeys are so dumb that they actually drown if they look upward with their beaks open during a rainstorm. In the wild, t

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Iraqis Debate Impact of War For many, the day Iraqis -- aided by U.S. troops -- toppled the statue marked the the end of a brutal dictatorship and the beginning of a new hope. Today the square is bedecked with campaign posters for this month's local

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尼日利亚开创平民垃圾回收模式 Adeyemi Okuwoga is on the hunt for trash.Neighbors bring out bags of plastic and aluminum waste.He weighs them and carts them off, free of charge. 阿德耶米奥库沃加正在寻找垃圾。邻居拿出成袋

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Early Monday morning, a longtime New York City livery driver named Douglas Schifter posted an emotional 1,700-word note on Facebook. He said, companies do not care how they abuse us just so the executives get their bonuses. Due to

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As I walked outside yesterday to throw the garbage in the dumpster, the evening sky caught my eye. There was a spread of small clouds that were lit up by the sun, beautiful and pink. An English saying came to mind: Red sky at night, shepherd's deligh

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By Challiss McDonough Beirut 18 July 2006 Western nations are moving to evacuate thousands of their citizens from Lebanon as Israel's air strikes there intensify. The airport and seaports have been closed after being repeatedly bombed, and most of t

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By Meredith Buel Rawalpindi 15 February 2008 Voters in Pakistan go to the polls Monday in one of the most crucial elections in the South Asian nation's 60-year history. The elections to four provincial assemblies and the lower house of Parliament com

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Computers are great tools, but they can also be mystifying. Sometimes a program will just stop working correctly for no apparent reason. It could just be a random glitch that can be solved by restarting the machine. But sometimes the solution is not

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Britain Is an Island 不列颠是一个岛 After six days of being grounded aeroplanes have been given the all-clear to fly in British airspace again. The UK has effectively been a no-fly zone since last Thursday when a huge cloud of volcanic ash was

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A Pain in the Ear 耳痛是一种常见病,耳痛为常见症状,常因耳部疾病引起(原发性或耳源性耳痛),也可因耳部邻近器官或其他器官疾病所致(继发性或反射性耳痛)。耳痛的严重程度与病变的

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