Movie Recalls The 33 Trapped in a Chilean Gold Mine A new movie, The 33, tells about the famous 2010 mining accident in Chile. The 100-year-old San Jose copper and gold mine collapsed over the heads of 33 mine workers. The collapse left the miners 70

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

The cargo ship captain rescued from Somali pirates Easter Sunday is back home in Vermont. Captain Richard Phillips' plane landed in Burlington late this afternoon. After a brief reunion with his family, Phillips spoke to the media for the first time

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 2009年NPR美国国家公共电台4月

Directions: Study the following graph carefully and write an essay in which you should 1) analyze the graph, and 2) give your comments on the trend. In recent years there has been a dramatic rise in the cell phones, which are now essential to mi

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语作文

Oh,it's unprecedented. Three nuclear facilities in two states threatened by fire and water ,a massive wind-driven wildfire just miles from the Los Alamos lab in New Mexico, and floodwaters creeping up on two nuclear stations in Nebraska. Now, my next

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2011年(七)月

Idiom: On the ball 形容做事效率高 Hit the book: Appliance Category Hazardous Component Render Discard Peripheral Landfill Dispose Dump

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味青春英语

词条 含义 近义 harvest v. 收获,收割 gather, reap haste n. 匆忙,急忙;草率 hurry hasten vt. 加速 accelerate , quicken chaste adj. 贞洁的,朴素的 hatch vt. 孵化 breed, em

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(125) / 评论(0) 分类 王玉梅托福词汇配套MP3

So while the thought of paying taxes can make some of us groan, it's unavoidable, and an integral part of being an American. This is part of being a member of this society. You have an obligation -- it's a price you're paying for living in this socie

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 国家地理2007年

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is troublesome contractions. Guest writer Bonnie Trenga writes, This episodes about contractions. Or would it be better to say, This episode is about contractions? While were in the neighborhood, well talk about some

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is able to breathe on her own, but doctors says theyre keeping her on a breathing tube to protect her airway, and they have cut back her sedation. Giffords is the only one of the 14 survivors of Saturdays shoo

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台1月

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. California swears in its 39th governor today, Democrat Jerry Brown. I take this obligation freely. Without any mental reservation. Without any mental reservation. or Really! No mental reservation. Brown

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台1月

A travel ban was imposed on New York and its suburbs Saturday, with authorities effectively shutting down America's most populous city as a massive snowstorm pummeling the eastern United States gathered pace. New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo impo

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- The amount of space junks floating in Earth's orbit has reached a critical level, warned scientists. The future space missions may become too dangerous to fly for a risk of colliding with space junks, said a report rel

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Smoking is a big problem in China, the world's largest tobacco consumer, and now the World Health Organization (WHO) wants tobacco warning labels to be more vivid. Experts said China's text warnings, such as Smoking is ha

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Is it necessary to forbid smoking? Give your reasons. People have smoked tobacco for thousands of years. Cigarette smoking can be hazardous to a persons health. But to forbid smoking merely for that reason, to my mind, is beyond question. First, ciga

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 雅思英语

Writing Home with Ease 方便地写家信 Dear Parent(s), Date: 亲爱的爸爸妈妈,日期: I am too busy to write, but this checklist covers most of the topics of interest to both of us. 我太忙了,没时间给你们写信。不过下面的清

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 英语小达人

MOSCOW, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Russia and the United States had halted a bilateral nuclear safety project, which Washington had been financing for decades, local media reported Tuesday. All joint works in the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, also k

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

LANZHOU, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Northwest China's Gansu Province, home to the country's earliest nuclear base, plans to draft a new law on radioactive pollution control this year, the local government said Saturday. Lawmakers in the landlocked province

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Study the following graph carefully and write an essay in which you should 1) analyze the graph, and 2) give your comments on the trend. In recent years there has been a dramatic rise in the cell phones, which are now essential to millions of people

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语作文

BEIJING Wu Yiling, a 15-year-old student with a love of hamburgers and Hello Kitty, celebrated when she heard that her school was canceling classes for three days because of air pollution. Finally, she would be able to stay up late watching her favor

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(106) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Beijing's pollution crisis appears to have spawned a new fashion trend with dozens of residents seen walking the smog-ridden streets wearing playfully designed face masks. 北京雾霾危机似乎促使了一个新时尚潮流的产生,现在随处可

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间