The talks are indeed underway to try to resolve the conflict in the Ivory Coast. The countrys President Laurent Gbagbo says his army is negotiating a ceasefire, but hed told French TV hes not ready to surrender. Early reports said he was in the brink

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2011年

Victoria and the South Australia are in front of another scrod today, Fire fighters are on higher alert as the temperatures expect to soar to around 40 degrees in some areas. One hundred fires have been burning across the Victoria and dozens of peopl

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Transit workers unions in the Sanfrancisco bay area say they will walk off their job at mid night after marathon bargaining session failed to produce a settlement in their 4 month long labour dispute.NPR's Risgan reports. Representatives for 2 unions

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Actor Jonah Hill grew up in the age of irony. For many young people in the '90s, it was cool not to care about anything. Those who did were mocked. One definition of nerd is just somebody who's really into something. In the world

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Chinese authorities are suggesting the environmental impact from the sinking of an Iranian oil tanker off China's east coast this week is likely to be minimal, despite the massive blaze which engulfed the Sanchi for over a week before it went down. T

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081 environment Words (toxic)waste (ari)pollution environment recycling protect acid rain pollutants ecology radiation extinction damage desertification over-fishing rainforest destruction overpopulation ozone layer Unleaded petrol Phrases Create tox

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Nolen: Welcome home, Amanda. I nearly didn't recognize youtoday, but that's the whole point,isn't it? Emily:Do you know howeasy it would be for me to crush your windpipe? Nolen: I don't think your fatherwould approve. Amanda...Oh... Your fathertrust

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Pre-Listening Vocabulary caffeine: a drug found in some plants, including coffee seeds and tea leaves pesticide: a substance that keeps insects or harmful materials away from a plant alert: awake and paying attention ward off: to keep away something

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These were manatees, which belong to the order Sirenia, like the dugong and Steller's sea cow. 这些海牛像海马和大海马一样,属于人鱼目。 Harmless and unaggressive, these fine animals were six to seven meters long and must have weig

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Part 4 Air Pollution 空气污染 Air is the ocean we breathe. Air supplies us with oxygen which is essential for our bodies to live. Air is 99.9% nitrogen, oxygen, water vapor and inert gases. Human activities ca n release substances into the air, some

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Lighter Drinks Avoid Heavy Head A study in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research finds that lighter colored spirits, such as vodka, may cause lesser hangovers than darker drinks, such as bourbon. Cynthia Graber reports Its the se

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Potomac Named Most Endangered River The Potomac River is seen by hundreds of thousands each day as it flows under bridges and past memorials. It is used for recreational activities, and provides drinking water for five million people. Before the Poto

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Don tropical from Don could bring so much needed rain to south Texas. But let's tell you a little bit about what's going on in Texas. The entire state, 99% of the state is in the level of drought right now. If you look at the bright red areas. That p

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Oversees now. As you know, we've been marking the anniversary of that devastating 9.0 earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan. One year ago this weekend, thousands of lives were lost. NBC's Ian Williams was one of the first western correspondents t

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1. Chaos at an Ohio high school. A gunman opened fire in the Cleveland school. At least five people including three teenagers were taken to the hospital. Police say the gunman is dead and appears to have shot himself. 2. Freight train cars carrying t

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Cavers Explore Mysterious Hidden Wonders Caves have a subconscious hold on our imaginations - for our ancestors, they were not just shelter from the elements but also symbols of the womb, gateways to the underworld, places of wonder and mystery. Not

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By Suzanne Presto New York 30 August 2007 FBI agents were called to a United Nation's building near the headquarters Thursday to remove vials of a possibly hazardous material found in weapons inspectors' offices. From VOA's United Nation's bureau, Su

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1. Secretary of State, John Kerry says the US and Russia are pleased with the progress in getting rid of Syrias chemical weapons. However, Kerry adds Syrian President Bashar Assad still has work to do. 2. As the US government shutdown enters its 7th

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Seoul Demonstrates Environmental Investments at Climate Change Conference 首尔气候变化会议展示环境投资与受益 The South Korean capital Seoul demonstrated some of its investments in technology at a climate change conference earlier thi

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MSF: Alarming Scope of Drug-Resistant TB A medical aid group says the spread of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis is much greater than previously thought. Doctors Without Borders calls the situation alarming. MDR-TB is a form of tuberculosis that doe

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