First up today on CNN student news. JJ's restaurant, Kansas City Missouri, closed early on Tuesday. People there smelled a strong gas odor, about an hour later, this is what JJ's looked like. An explosion ripped the roof off, the whole place burst in

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2013年(二)月

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Many people think the search for cleaner energy leads only to renewable resources like sun, wind and water. But it also leads to a fossil fuel. Natural gas is considered the cleanest of the fossil fu

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The Underhill Farm in Somerset, England, is the picture of rural tranquility. But the lush green pastures disguise the fact that farms like this are contributing to global warming. That's because just one cow can produce up to 500 liters of methane

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Global Warming and Ozone 全球变暖和臭氧 Could the coming century bring a new threat to the ozone layer? Discover one scientist's model of the effect of global warming and greenhouse gases on ozone -- on today's Earth and Sky. DB: This is Earth and S

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Aqua Technology 水资源监测科技 A new weather-monitoring satellite has been 30 years in the making, and some researchers think it's worth the wait. We'll speak with a scientist about the Aqua satellite -- on today's Earth and Sky. DB: This is Earth a

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California Seeks China's Help in Going Green From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. California Governor Jerry Brown wants to increase partnerships between his state and China. The governor traveled to China last week to seek Chines

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Global Air Pollution Threat Grows A lot of attention is being paid to greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. But scientists warn that other pollutants may make it harder to breathe in some places in years to come. By the year 205

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Livestock production is growing faster than the capacity of nations to safely and responsibly manage it, according to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization. In the latest edition of its flagship report, The State of Food and Agricultu

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Ben Carter Powdered material called dry water, could provide a new way to store carbon dioxide in an effort to fight global warming. Dry water looks a lot like fine white sand, which isn't surprising since what makes it dry is that each tiny water dr

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Adam Frank usually has his head in the sky. He's an astrophysicist. It's an occupational hazard. Right now, though, he is dazzled by the universe of green right here on Earth. ADAM FRANK, BYLINE: Now that we're well past the star

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Livestock is a major source of greenhouse gases around the world. Scientists have been trying to find ways to reduce emissions from cows, and they think they might have found a solution in the ocean. NPR's Merrit Kennedy explains.

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Dialogue 1 Jingjing:Mark, have you heard about the new cellular meat? 京晶:马克,你听说过最新研制的细胞肉吗? Mark:Huh? Is that some kind of mobile phone? 马克:什么? 那是某种新手机吗? Jingjing:No, it's a technology used t

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The Underhill Farm in Somerset, England, is the picture of rural tranquility. But the lush green pastures disguise the fact that farms like this are contributing to global warming. That's because just one cow can produce up to 500 liters of methane g

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There's no doubt that a stream of giant bubbles could theoretically have sunk the U.S.S.'Cyclops'. Whether the bubbles were there or not, that's not for us to say. But I'll leave that up to the oceanographers. But could methane gas also explain the d

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The forestry industry in New Zealand is in trouble. Forestry has always been one of our major export industries but in recent years, it has been declining. Nineteen sawmills closed this year, two in the last month. New plantings of trees reached the

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Prices for petrol, electricity, and gas for cooking went up today to pay for the greenhouse gas they put into the atmosphere. Petrol went up 3 cents a litre to $1.79 a litre for unleaded petrol. Electricity and gas prices went up 3.3%. This is becaus

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Time again for our Website of the Week, when we showcase interesting and innovative online destinations. The world of physics has changed a lot since I went to school. More powerful particle accelerators atom smashers, they used to call them have all

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Voice 1 Thank you for joining us for todays Spotlight. Im Rebekah Schipper. Voice 2 And Im Joshua Leo. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Sib

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Don: Ya?l, I was reading this mystery novel last night, and in it this guy goes missing and then--lo and behold--a week later they find his body floating in a nearby lake. I don't get it--I have a hard enough time staying afloat for ten minutes, and

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Today, the Minister for Climate Change, Nick Smith, introduced an ETS Emissions Trading Scheme bill into Parliament. This will change the ETS that the Labour government passed. Dr Smith said that it was important not to be too tough on industry becau

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