Well, the big question for most taxpayers, are we getting the most bang out of our buck? Our next guest says that the answer to that is a big fat costly no. Jeffrey Miron has some pretty impressive credentials. He's a visiting professor in the Depart

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2010年(一)月

AS IT IS 2014-08-29 Earthquake Strikes Near Icelandic Volcano 冰岛火山附近发生地震 Icelands Meteorological Office announced on Tuesday that the strongest earthquake in 10 days has struck the Bardarbunga volcano. The earthquake measured 5.7.

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年VOA慢速英语(八)月

Are You Lonesome Tonight Are you lonesome tonight? Do you miss me tonight? Are you sorry we drifted apart? Does your memory stray to a bright summer day when I kissed you and called you sweetheart? Do

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1. Crews in Turkey are working frantically to pull more survivors from the rubble of Sunday's earthquake. As many as 9 people including this two-week-old baby girl were rescued on Tuesday. 2. A US diplomatic official says Yemeni President Ali Abdulla

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(120) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2011(十月)

Lesson 77 Sh! Be quiet! Sue:Let's go into the store-room, Sandy. Sandy:All right, Sue. Sue: Where's your torch, Sandy? Sandy: Here it is. Sue: Look, Sandy! I can see a man standing beside that box! Sue: Turn on your torch, Sandy. Sandy: You're right

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CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: I'm Carl Azuz and this is CNN Student News! We are back from a long weekend and hope you enjoyed it. We're bringing you today's commercial-free headlines, so hang out with us for a few minutes. First Up: Rescue Eff

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2010年(一)月

Today, we are exploring the connection between your education and your community's economy. Thank you for spending part of your Thursday with CNN Student News. I'm Carl Azuz. Let's go. Massive devastation, severe loss of life, uncertainty about what

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2010年(一)月

DHAKA, April 24 (Xinhua) -- At least 50 people were killed and several hundreds injured after an eight-storey building on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka collapsed on Wednesday morning. At least 50 bodies have so far been recovered, Israfil Alam,

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Slideshow About 10,000 troops and 4,600 police were deployed to search for survivors following the powerful earthquake in Ecuador, with the official death toll rising to 233 on Sunday. 厄瓜多尔发生强烈地震后,该国投入1万军人和4600名

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Nepal's devastating earthquake was the disaster experts knew was coming. 尼泊尔遭遇的此次毁灭性地震是在地震专家预料之中。 Just a week ago, about 50 earthquake and social scientists from around the world came to Kathmandu, Nepa

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Chinas top political advisory body, the Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference, has concluded the First session of its 12th National Committee. 中国最高级别政治会议全国人民政治协商会议第12届一次会议已于昨日结束

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今天我们要学的词是standing。 Standing, 做为名词,有地位的意思。星期三是美国总统奥巴马就职一周年。一年前,他的民众支持率高达67%。可如今,The latest Gallup poll puts his standing at 50%, 最新盖洛

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NEW DELHI, March 16 (Xinhua) -- The Indian government has ordered food originating from(发源于) Japan to be tested for radiation in the wake of explosions at a Japanese nuclear plant following a devastating earthquake-tsunami last Friday, repo

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Chinese scientists are using animals to try to predict when an earthquake may strike, it's reported. 据报道,中国科学家正在尝试用动物预报地震。 Seismologists in Nanjing, the capital of eastern Jiangsu province, have set up seven

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

An 8.5 magnitude earthquake has hit Japan's Ogasawara islands on Saturday evening and then rattled most of the country. Koji Nakamura is an Official of the Japan Meteorological Agency, and offers an analysis of the quake. The epicenter of this earthq

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(38) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Throw a dog a bone, I\'ll take it if i have to Go real fast like there\'s somewhere we can get to What\'s the use of standing right there on the edge if there ain\'t nowhere to fall What\'s the use in hanging on to the phone If nobody might call ...

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ISLAMABAD, April 17 (Xinhua) -- At least 40 people were killed and over 300 others injured in a 7.9-magnitude earthquake that hit Pakistan on Tuesday afternoon, an official with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) told Xinhua on Wednesday.

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People near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince are taking tentative steps to get their lives back to normal, after the devastating earthquake on January 12. In Mirebalais new students have arrived and classes are expected to resume in a few days.

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(二月)

1.指某个或者是某些特定的人或事物,或者重复上文提过的人或事物; 2.用于指世界上独一无二的自然现象,或是放在表示方位等的名词前; 3.定冠词也可以同于单数名词前,表示某一类人或事

发表于:2019-02-26 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The humanitarian model has barely changed since the early 20th century. 人道主义的模型自从20世纪初期就几乎没有改变过 Its origins are firmly rooted in the analog age. 它的起源在模拟时代就根深蒂固了 And there is a ma

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