Three years ago, burning gray mud erupted from the earth, in the Sidoarjo region of the Indonesian island of Java. Since then, the mud volcano has forced 12,000 families to flee their homes. A drilling company is accused of triggering the eruption,

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(五月)

Syrian activists say a warplane has bombed a petrol station near the Turkish border, killing more than 50 people. Witnesses say a big crowd of people had been queuing for petrol when the attack occurred. A group of land owners is threatening to stop

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(35) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2012年

This is AP News Minute. US and North Korean officials are holding their most substantive meetings yet, ahead of the planned summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un. The President confirmed that a top North Korean official is heading to the US

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(116) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2018(五)月

Reporter: Well, thats kind of an interesting point, because one of the things you will hear out there is that some solution providers will tell you that HP doesnt have as many people on the street as some others to help them sell. But what youre real

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 世界500强CEO访谈

How can someone, hour after hour, day after day, year in and year out, tighten approximately the same nut to the same bolt and not go mad? That most working people do not, in fact, go mad is due in large measure to a phenomenon so common that it is f

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 双语有声阅读

An hour before midnight is worth two after or so my mother used to tell me as I sat down to breakfast after a particularly late night. But is it really true that sleep before 12 p.m. is twice as good for you as sleep after that hour? At the time, lik

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陈豪在北京的ABC美国公司工作。他在上班路上遇到了美国同事Amy。 (Office ambience) A:How was dinner last night? Didn't you go out with upper management to entertain some new clients? C:没错,我跟老板一起请新客户到

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 礼节美语

The State Department confirms that the United States and Libya are close to finishing a comprehensive deal to settle outstanding claims from Libyan-backed acts of terrorism in the 1980s. The U.S. Senate Thursday approved a key component of the deal.

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(八月)

The government of Senegal is angry over arrest warrants issued by a French judge against senior Senegalese officials in connection with a ferry disaster off the West African coast. Senegalese say the French judge acted outside his jurisdiction, but

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(十一月)

The China Insurance Regulatory Commission has said that compensation procedures have begun for Eastern Star victims, with the overall amount expected to exceed 92 million yuan. Preliminary investigation shows 340 insurance contracts live up to requir

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 cctv9英语新闻2015年

Malaysia Airlines says in a statement that its representatives have been in touch with the families of those onboard the missing MH370 flight to initiate an advance compensation payment process. It says this is to assist the family members in meeting

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 2014CRI中国国际广播电台

Topic1 Parents Who Lost Only Child Ask for CompensationOver 240 Chinese couples who have lost their only child vowed to appeal after the National Health and Family Planning Commission rejected their demand for compensation. In China, every year there

发表于:2019-01-21 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 英语角-圆桌会议

搬家公司 Moving Company 终于买房子了,现在要请搬家公司来帮忙搬家。在约定搬家过程中的确需要注意支付运费、损坏与赔偿等问题。 Listen Read Learn Benjamin: I've heard that you provide very good service, so when I need a mover, I call you guys first. Move

发表于:2019-01-21 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语大赢家

Parliament began again yesterday after the Christmas break. Two important matters made the news today from Parliament. The first matter was to put more money into the economy and provide jobs. The government is putting $500,000 in to economy for majo

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

China' Anhui, a province close to Shanghai, announced its latest property market policy guidance. The guidance calls off all existing market curbs. The province will provide better compensation of land for shanty town residents, and will halt new con

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 cctv9英语新闻2015年

Transpower yesterday got permission to build 185km of power lines from the Waikato River at Whakamaru near Lake Taupo, to Auckland. The lines will cross about 300 properties, mostly farms. Farmers have been protesting to stop these power lines for ma

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Over the past three months, TV news has shown the David Bain re-trial. This is his second trial. David has spent 13 years in prison for murdering five members of his family, his mother, father, two sisters and his brother in 1994. David Bain said tha

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

A new Code of Conduct became law this week. It tells real estate agents how they must behave when helping you to buy or sell a house. First they must now have a licence from a new government agency, at a cost of $500. If you want to sell your house,

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

The XT mobile network crashed on Wednesday last week. It took one day to fix the problem in the North Island but three days for the far south of the country. More than 200,000 people have Telecom XT in New Zealand. Between 70,000 and 80,000 people in

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Europe has been in the grip of an outbreak of E.coli, which has so far infected 2,400 people and killed 24. Most cases have been caused by contaminated food produce, although E.coli can spread from person to person. Daniel Bahr, the German health min

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