VOA慢速英语2011--Remembering the Gulf Oil Spill, One Year

IN THE NEWS - Remembering the Gulf Oil Spill, One Year Later This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 Last year on April twentieth the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig exploded in flames in the Gu

国家地理:Wings Over The Gulf 波湾战机 - 7

The F-117 is a product of Lockheed's Advanced Development Projects group, which for decades has designed the most top-secret planes in the air force inventory, including the SR-71 Blackbird. In many ways, the Blackbird was the first stealth aircraft,

VOA慢速英语2011-IN THE NEWS - Gulf Oil Spill was Top Stor

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. At the end of each year, the Associated Press releases a list of the top ten news stories of the year. American editors and news directors are asked to vote for what they consider the top stories. This year

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - Oil Spill in US Gulf: Th

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Attention turned to Washington this week over the continuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. On Thursday, the chief executive officer of BP faced hours of intense questioning at a House of Representatives

VOA标准英语2010年-Fragile Indigenous Gulf Tribes Face Un

The native people of the Louisiana bayous are turning to other indigenous groups that have had to deal with oil industry disasters. Louisiana's Mississippi delta is home to several indigenous tribes that have been living on these bayous for thousands

VOA标准英语2010年-Test on Gulf Oil Well Underway After T

A workboat pulls boom into place alongside the Pacific Responder oil skimming vessel in the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana, 14 Jul 2010 BP has restarted a pressure test on a leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico to prepare for an effort

VOA标准英语2010年-Gulf Residents Affected by Oil Spill P

A man from the gulf coast region brings a sample of oil tainted water to a meeting with senators in Washington. Nearly 100 residents from America's Gulf Coast converged on Capitol Hill this week. They wanted to meet with their representatives and sen

VOA标准英语2010年-Obama Promises Gulf Coast Will 'Return

President Barack Obama meets with residents affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Gulfport, Mississippi, 14 Jun 2010 Meeting with residents and business owners, and accompanied by state and local officials, the president spent the day vis

VOA标准英语2010年-Beleaguered BP Boss Relinquishes Gulf

BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward, left, and BP Managing Director Bob Dudley, right, arrive with other BP executives at the White House in Washington, 16 Jun 2010 (file photo) Beleaguered BP boss Tony Hayward has handed over his Gulf of Mexico

VOA标准英语2010年-Gushing Oil Threatens Wildlife, Gulf E

The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster comes during spring spawning season, an especially bad time for aquatic life making them extraordinarily vulnerable to the toxic effects of the oil itself, says Doug Rader, chief oceans scientist for the Environmental

VOA标准英语2010年-Gulf Oil Spill Presents New Challenges

In southern Louisiana, idled fishermen whose fertile fish and shrimping grounds are closed due to that massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are scrambling for another kind of work. British Petroleum is recruiting local crews and boats for the clea

VOA标准英语2010年-Questions Linger Over Extent of Gulf S

There are no reliable estimates of exactly how much oil has leaked into the Gulf of Mexico since the April 20 explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil platform. The fatal disaster sank the rig and left its 1600-meter-deep well gushing plumes of cru

VOA标准英语2010年-US Gulf States, Energy Companies Appla

The Obama administration has lifted the moratorium on deepwater drilling for oil and natural gas in the Gulf of Mexico it imposed after an accident in the Gulf in April that killed 11 workers and led to the biggest oil spill in history. Reaction from

BP to create safety division after Gulf spill disaster

HOUSTON, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- British oil giant BP said Wednesday it will create a new safety division with sweeping（彻底的） powers to oversee and audit the company's operations around the world. In a news release issued Wednesday, incoming BP

VOA标准英语2010年-Gulf Oil Spill Threatens Fishermen's L

McAnespy brothers fear their way of life will not return Jeff Swicord | Port Sulphur, Louisiana 04 May 2010 Louis McAnespy is a third-generation commercial fishermen from Louisiana who fears he will lose his livelihood due to the fishing ban imposed

VOA标准英语2010年-More Oil Captured from Spill in Gulf o

The Obama administration says the effort to contain the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is making progress, with more oil captured each day. But oil continues to escape from the leaking well, and clean up will take years, and no one really kn

VOA标准英语2010年-In Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

John Lapper examines oyster for research by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Marine Fisheries and Louisiana State University Until the BP oil spill almost three months ago, the oyster industry in the Gulf of Mexico was the largest in the U.S,

VOA标准英语2010年-Obama On Third Visit to Gulf, Inspects

President Barack Obama makes a statement after being briefed on the BP oil spill relief efforts in the Gulf Coast region, Friday, June 4, 2010, at Louis Armstrong International New Orleans Airport in Kenner, La. Looking on is Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jin

VOA标准英语2010年-Obama Visits Oil Imperiled U.S. Gulf C

President Barack Obama is briefed by National Incident Commander U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen in Venice, La., as he visits the Gulf Coast region affected by the BP (British Petroleum) oil well spill, Sunday, May 2, 2010. President Bara

British military leader outlines closer engagement with Gulf, Arab, African nations

LONDON, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The professional head of the British military on Tuesday outlined a future for the country's armed forces that included a much-enhanced engagement with African, Gulf and Arabian peninsula states. Britain's Chief of the Def