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听遍美国之空难性新闻[3]:Big Storms in the Midwest Big Storms in the Midwest. Near blizzard(1) conditions in Colo-rado and Wyoming, big snows closed and brought down power lines for thousands. Power Company spokesman Steve Rolstead in Denver says, We
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 31 August 2007 The U.N. refugee agency is appealing for seven million dollars to fund the voluntary repatriation of 24,000 Mauritanian refugees from Senegal and Mali. The UNHCR, which is launching the appeal Friday, says this r
Up to 1,000 people are feared dead after a powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey. The 7.3 quake struck 19 kilometres north-east of the city of Van, which is close to the border with Iran. Forty-five people have been confirmed dead in just one town al
The United Nations is warning of a growing humanitarian crisis as tens of thousands of people try to flee the violence in Libya. The UN says the situation on the border with Tunisia is now in absolute chaos. About 2,000 people are crossing the border
And that the countrys east has been rocked by its biggest aftershock since Fridays devastating quake. This registered magnitude six. The official death toll from the disaster has climbed to about 3,000. Its of course likely to go well beyond 10,000 p
Leading our news this morning. An investigation has now been launched into the damaging leak of documents from the officer of Defence Minister David Johnston. Used cost planning the minister recently spent thousands of dollars of wining and dining in
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Despite mounting evidence and a stream of dire warnings, federal regulators and mining companies failed to protect coal miners from toxic dust. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: NPR and the PBS series Frontline spent more than a year lookin
With thousands of them huddled terrified, in the templeabove these foundations, she began to set light to it. They must have been ableto smell the scorch and smoke and fire coming towards them, as the whole oftheir spanking new imperial city burned d
Extreme ice melting led to thousands of walruses making an unusual gathering on the barrier island in Alaska. Biologists with the U.S. geological survey say the situation can be very dangerous, because walruses are easily startled and can't stampede.
The Sore Feet Song 走遍千山万水只为见你 演唱者:Ally Kerr Ally Kerr来自于苏格兰的Indie pop乐队,擅长温柔的吉他旋律与上口的苏格兰传统民谣式曲 英文歌词 I walked ten thousand miles, ten thousands miles t
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 29 December 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross has begun distributing essential items to more than 500 displaced families who have taken refuge in South Kivu in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Cong
今天我们要学的词是wake-up call。 Wake-up call, 叫人起床的电话,引伸为唤醒,警告。维吉尼亚理工大学去年发生校园枪杀惨案后,美国各大院校纷纷开始关注学生的心理健康。 The Virginia Tech tra
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 14 February 2008 The U.N. Children's Fund warns tens of thousands of children in Somalia could die unless international donors immediately provide the money needed to keep them alive. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva, U
Haitian Americans Unhappy With Haitian Government's Response To Earthquake Hundreds of thousands of people fled the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince after the city was devastated by an earthquake nearly one month ago. At least 35,000 headed north to
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 12 June 2008 Thousands of same-sex weddings are expected in California after June 16, the day the California Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriages takes effect. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan reports from Los Ang
今天我们要学的词是earmark。 Earmark, 一般是指经过美国国会批准的专用款项。 The Senate voted to keep thousands of earmarks in a spending bill on Tuesday, 参议院星期二投票决定保留支出议案中数千项专用开支
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 03 August 2007 The U.N. refugee agency reports between February and May, more than 400,000 civilians fled the Somali capital Mogadishu. This was sparked by heavy fighting between the Ethiopian-backed Transitional Federal Govern
Sabina Castelfranco | Rome, Italy 06 April 2010 About 25,000 people gather in front of the city's cathedral during a candlelight vigil remembering the 308 people killed in the earthquake that devastated the central Italian city of L'Aquila a year ago
The earthquake in southwestern China displaced five million people, and many families were separated, leaving parents and children still looking for their loved ones. In the chaos, there has been a special outpouring of concern for the thousands of c
Tropical cyclone Marcia is rapidly gaining strength as it heads for central Queensland as is expected to be a dangerous category five system when it crosses the coast early Friday morning.Communities from Mackay to the New South Wales border are on a