observatory n. 天文台 launch v. 发射 initiative adj. 自发的; 创始的 Nano craft n. 纳米飞行器 light beam n. 光束 significant adj. 重要的; 有意义的 push the boundaries 突破的极限 Greetings toeverybody in China from NYC. At

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Its time for these men to get ready for work, and work means hanging off a cliff at 10,000 feet. High in the Austrian Alps, these men are trying to rescue a historic weather station from the weather itself. It was a couple of years ago, we saw this

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By David McAlary The U.S. space agency, NASA, launched a satellite Saturday that scientists hope will help them locate the sources of mysterious gamma ray explosions, the brightest most energetic burs

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The American company Amazon.com is one of the biggest businesses in the United States and around the world. Now, the company is said to be negotiating with the government in Chile on a plan to reach for the stars. The Reuters news agency reports that

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New Warning System Might Have Saved Lives After Indonesian Earthquake Indonesia is recovering from a powerful earthquake and huge ocean waves that struck the island of Sulawesi on Friday. More than 800 people are reported dead. Some experts are wonde

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China's weather observatory has issued a blue alert for a cold wave in the coming two days that will sweep central and east China. The National Meteorological Center forecasts sharp temperature drops of up to 10 degrees Celsius and heavy wind to Inne

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IN THE NEWS - Will UN Peace Plan Work in Syria? 新闻报道 - 联合国和平计划在叙利亚是否能生效? This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 A ceasefire proposed by the United Nations

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AS IT IS 2015-10-08 Russia, Western Allies Clash Over Syria Bombing 俄罗斯与西方国家就空袭叙利亚起冲突 Russias defense minister says four Russian warships in the Caspian Sea launched rockets at Islamic State targets in Syria. Russia

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Others include water on the Moon, gene therapy Art Chimes | Washington 23 December 2009 The prestigious journal Science is out with its top 10 breakthroughs of 2009. They include developments in anthropology, astronomy, and biology. The breakthrough

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Hello, I'm Melissa Long here at the CNN Center in Atlanta, Thursday, Nov. 13th. Here a look at some of the stories happening Now In The News. The economy seems to be going from bad to worse. New figures show more than half a million of people filing

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2.WELCOME TO THE SOLAR SYSTEM 2.欢迎来到太阳系 Astronomers these days can do the most amazing things. If someone struck a match on the Moon, they could spot the flare. From the tiniest throbs and wobbles of distant stars they can infer the siz

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Typhoon Son-Tinh brings gales, rains to S China HAIKOU, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- More than 80,000 people in south China's Hainan Province have been relocated following the arrival of Typhoon Son-Tinh, which has brought gales and downpours to the region si

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David Reitze, executive director of the U.S.-based Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, also known as LIGO, made the announcement in Washington D.C. Ladies and gentlemen, we have detected gravitational waves, we did it! The gravitatio

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The Hong Kong Observatory has lowered the storm signal from No 8 to 3 this afternoon as Typhoon Utor started to move away from the city. 肆虐香港的台风尤特今天下午开始从香港撤离,气象局已经将风暴警报从8级降低到3级。

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SHANGHAI, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's commercial hub of Shanghai is rushing to relocate people in order to avoid risks presented by the approaching severe typhoon Haikui, authorities with the municipal flood control headquarters said Tuesday. It is es

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Cold sweeps N China, bringing rain, snow BEIJING, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- The cold current sweeping provinces and cities in north China on Saturday dropped temperatures and brought rainfall and snowfall, according to meteorological authorities. In the cap

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US Begins Troop Withdrawal From Syria The U.S.-led coalition in Syria is beginning to withdraw troops from the country. 以美国为首的盟军开始从叙利亚撤军。 A spokesman for the coalition said it has begun the process of our deliberate

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Typhoon Nesat has now made landfall in Wenchang city in Hainan province, prompting some 58,000 people to evacuate in eastern Hainan and fishing boats to return to harbor in Guangdong and Guangxi. The typhoon also forced a series of suspensions in pub

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Part 4. Language study and language appreciation. Listen to the following statements you have learned in the previous and present units. Pay special attention to the parts in bold part. Learn to appreciate and use the language. 1. to reduce the sprea

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Slipher was the first to notice this effect with light and to realize its potential importance for understanding the motions of the cosmos. Unfortunately no one much noticed him. The Lowell Observatory, as you will recall, was a bit of an oddity than

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