by Adam Freedman Todays topic: The Gulf oil spill--who pays? And now, your daily dose of legalese: This article does not create an attorney-client relationship with any reader. In other words, although I am a lawyer, Im not your lawyer. In fact, we b

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 法律英语 Legal Lad

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

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年VOA慢速英语(四)月

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Five years ago this August, Hurricane Katrina struck. Now, American states along the Gulf of Mexico are fearing a different kind of environmental disaster. Oil is flowing from a damaged well one thousand fi

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今天我们要讲的美国习惯用语是:spill the beans。 Spill是洒的意思,beans是豆子的意思。那spill the beans就是豆子洒了吧?其实,这个习惯用语真正的意思是泄漏秘密。 不久前,我家里人偷偷为我

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

By Lisa Bryant Abidjan 15 December 2007 More than a year after 500 tons of toxic waste from Europe were dumped illegally around the Ivory Coast's economic hub, Abidjan, roughly a fourth of the area poisoned by the spill has not yet been cleaned up. M

发表于:2019-01-10 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十二月)

Economics Report - Oil Spill in US Puts Attention on Pipelines, Waterways 经济报道 - 黄石河石油管道发生泄漏引发美国对水道和石油管道的关注 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(126) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年VOA慢速英语(七)月

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. American officials have suspended all fishing in parts of the Gulf of Mexico for at least ten days because of the huge oil spill. The restrictions will give scientists time to study the effects on s

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Kenneth R. Feinberg, who was recently appointed by President Barack Obama as the Independent Administrator of the Gulf Claims Facility for the $20 billion BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill compensation fund, speaks at the Economics Club in Washington, 1

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(七)月

The Gulf oil spill could lead to some serious public health problems, according to a new report released this week. As the environmental and economic disaster continues to unfold in the Gulf of Mexico following the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater

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BP is planning a new line of attack to contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico after efforts to plug the leak using mud and cement failed. The so called top kill procedure was declared a failure Saturday, prompting company officials to talk about

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(六)月

For the first time, all of the underwater video taken during the Gulf oil spill will be available, online, to the public. Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana is hoping those videos will help experts be better prepared for future disasters. O

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ENVIRONMENT REPORT – July 26, 2002: Galapagos Oil Spill By George Grow (Photo -noaa.gov) This is the VOA Special English Environment Report. Scientists say that as many as fifteen-thousand marine ig

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(135) / 评论(0) 分类 健康与环境

Voice 1 Thank you for joining us for todays Spotlight. Im Joshua Leo. Voice 2 And Im Sara DeKoster. 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 The tow

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我们给大家介绍过两个由bean这个字组成的习惯用语,它们是:Full of beans and not worth a hill of beans. Full of beans是指一个人精力充沛,not worth a hill of beans是一钱

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数量词词组 1)a bit 一点儿 2)a few (of) 一些(可数),几个 3)a little 一些(不可数) 4)a lot of (lots of) 许多 5)a piece of 一张(一片,块) 6)a cup of 一茶怀 7)a glass of 一玻璃杯 8)a pile of (piles and piles of) 一堆(一

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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

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(五)月

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

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(六)月

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,

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(七)月

NANNING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- An oil spill triggered by typhoon Kai-Tak in the south China city of Beihai has been cleaned up, according to a local official. Typhoon Kai-Tak, the 13th tropical storm of the year, has left one dead and two missing in Gu

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Almost one year after the disastrous(灾难性的 ) oil spill, scientists believe that the overall health of the Gulf of Mexico as nearly back to normal. However, the scientists restrain their optimism about natur

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