常春藤生活英语【67】A Co-Worker's Bad Habits　

Dialogue A Burt is in Kate's cubicle1. Burt: Kate, can I ask youHey, what's wrong? Kate: Don't you hear that? Burt: Hear what? I don't hear anything. Kate: That loud drumming2 sound! It's Bob! He is so bothersome. I hate sitting behind him. Burt: I t

用Mp3背六级单词055

spill inadequate poll stern stability litter commend industrious establish dazzle frequency tower detain periodical appreciable verse cylinder prick glitter yeast kinetic luminous accommodate propagate

石油泄漏致尼日利亚的新生儿死亡率翻倍

Nigeria Oil Spills Double Risk of Infant Mortality, Research Shows Babies are much more likely to die in their first few weeks of life if their mothers live close to the site of an oil spill, according to new research. Scientists studied data on infa

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-12-20

Theres been an outpouring of grief on the streets of Pyongyang to the news of the death of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il. World leaders have reacted cautiously to his death and the country's neighbours remain on alert. There's widespread uncertain

美联社一分钟新闻 2008-07-26

1. New home sales fell in June for the seventh time in the past eight months, but the drop was less than expected.That's raising faint hopes that the nation's severe housing recession could be approaching a bottom. 2. A Qantas jumbo jet made an emer

VOA标准英语2010年-Officials Warn of Ecological Disaster

Italian environmental officials are warning of an ecological disaster in Italy caused by an oil spill flowing down the Po River. They say water and bird species are at risk, as well as a fertile agricultural area. The say the oill spill has already c

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标准英语2010年-BP, Obama Public Approval Ratings Fall

BP stock continues to suffer, having plunged to a 13-year low, even as the company tries to rescue its damaged reputation amid the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico with a $50 million public relations campaign. But most crisis management expert

VOA标准英语2010年-Despite the Oil Spill, Louisiana Rice

When rainfall is plentiful, rice grows into lush plants above the shallow water in which it's planted. Since Louisiana leads the United States in the production of rice, a lot of people wonder whether the oil that has spread into the state's marshes

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-Scientists Measure Fish Populations Be

Scientists race against time to train people to de-oil birds Nathan King | Dauphin Island, Alabama 19 May 2010 As oil from that major spill in the Gulf of Mexico reaches land, scientists are in a race against time. Just off the Alabama coast, on Daup

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-Hungarian Toxic Sludge Nears Danube

An official in Hungary says a toxic sludge spill, which has killed four people, has reached the edge of Europe's second longest river, the Danube. Officials say the sludge has reached the Danube, one of Europe's longest rivers. An official also told

英语PK台 第184期:让孩子爱上动手科学(2)

Section 2： And so this is how we work. I let the imaginations of my students run wild. And my job is to try to collect the best of each kid's idea and try to combine it into something that hopefully would work. What was really cool about this proje

VOA标准英语2010年-Both Old and New Cutting-Edge Technolo

Since the April 20 explosion and fire that sank the BP Deepwater Horizon off-shore oil rig, about 800,000 liters of crude oil a day have been spewing from the broken well into the Gulf of Mexico. The massive spill is threatening marine life, commerci

学个词Learn a Word 第733期 turf war

今天我们要学的词是turf war。 Turf是地盘的意思，turf war地盘之争，势力范围之争。。墨西哥联邦部队拘捕了十名市长和另外十八名官员，因为他们涉嫌保护贩毒集团。In Mexico, turf wars between dr

VOA标准英语2010年-Louisiana Fishermen Return to Check fo

The U.S. Coast Guard has confirmed the first deposits of oil from the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico have hit the shores of the southern state of Louisiana. The oil spill has local fishermen worried about possible contamination of their fishing

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

英语PK台 第711期:《老友记》900句(60)

地点：中央公园咖啡馆 人物：瑞秋，特里，某客人 事件：逃婚后的瑞秋想要经济独立，于是向特里预支工资过感恩节。 Rachel: Terry, I, I, I know that I haven't worked here very long, but I was wondering, do y

学个词Learn a Word 第1016期 sit well with

今天我们要学的词是sit well with。 To sit well with someone, 意思是被某人接受。输给湖人后，波士顿凯尔特人队教练里弗斯可能会离任。 The idea of Coach Rivers leaving doesn't sit well with his players, 里弗斯教