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发表于:2018-11-27 / 阅读(226) / 评论(0) 分类 情景英语口语100主题

Oxfam: Power, Water Shortages in Goma As fighting continues in the eastern DRC between government forces and M23 rebels, the humanitarian crisis is growing worse. Oxfam says its stepping up efforts to help about 80,000 people in and around Goma, the

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(十一月)

Sulawesi is an island of Indonesia whose northwest region was hit hard by an earthquake in Tsunami last week. In total, the disaster left at least 70,000 homeless, and it killed more than 1,400, though that number is expected to increase as rescuers

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2018年10月

Qantas has given the green light for flights to take off from London. Earlier this morning, passengers were stranded as flights were cancelled or delayed for more than ten hours because of a new threat from volcanic ash. Airlines are putting on extra

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Rwanda's 'Specialty Coffee' Under Attack by Stink Bugs Rwanda is gaining a worldwide reputation for its bourbon and other specialty coffee, a crop grown in the country's rich volcanic soils. Specialty coffee comprises almost one-third of Rwanda's agr

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(二月)

Pompeii Exhibit Tells Story of Roman-era Disaster 庞贝展览讲述罗马时代的灾难故事 LOS ANGELES One of the worst natural disasters in recorded history, the destruction of Pompeii by a volcano nearly 2,000 years ago, has often been the sub

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2014年(六月)

Gamma Ray Observatory to Open Soon in Mexico 墨西哥建造伽马射线天文台即将开放 American and Mexican scientists have completed construction of the world's largest gamma ray observatory, situated high in central Mexicos Sierra Negra Moun

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When The Biggest Earthquake Ever Recorded Hit Chile, It Rocked The World play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0003:30repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update yo

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CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR: An erupting volcano in Indonesia has already forced the evacuation of 30,000 people. Authorities say 100,000 more need to get out of the danger zone. That's our first story on CNN 10 this Wednesday. Before Mount Agung on the

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The surface of Mars is etched with ancient river valleys and lake basins. Which makes researchers think that liquid water once flowed on the Red Planet. But how? Today, Mars is too cold for much, if any, liquid water to exist. And 3.8 billion years a

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AZUZ: Three countries, including the United States, have warned people about traveling to part of the Philippines, a nation of thousands of volcanic islands located in Southeast Asia. The U.S. says it has credible information about a terrorist threat

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2017(八)月

By Michael Coren Jakarta 25 July 2006 Destroyed fishing boats are seen after a tsunami swept past the beach in Kebumen, Central Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, July 18, 2006 Beneath the veneer of modern Indonesia, ancient beliefs are strong. Some Indonesi

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By Arjun Kohli Nairobi 18 July 2007 Kenya and Tanzania have experienced seven earthquakes in the past five days. Arjun Kohli reports for VOA from Nairobi that the Kenyan government asks people remain calm and go about their daily business as usual. T

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宇航员们在夏威夷进行模拟火星训练 These Volunteers are living for eight months in terrain that looks much like the surface of Mars. Six people are isolated high atop Mauna Loa, a volcanic mountain on the Big Island of Hawaii in a make-

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2015年(七月)

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 13 September 2007 Relief efforts are underway on Indonesia's Sumatra Island after the country was hit by four powerful earthquakes and a succession of large aftershocks in less than 24 hours. The tremors toppled buildi

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Large Impacts May Cause Volcanic Eruptions巨大冲击引发火山喷发 Other rocky planets in our solar system show a common feature: within giant craters caused by impacts theres evidence of volcanic activity. Which made scientists wondercan big i

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年Scientific American(六)月

The canyon has power and attraction compelling the visitor to gaze into its depth. These few points to a time when rainfall here would be significantly greater and the river evermore able to cover its channel through the granite landscape. This volca

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By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 04 December 2007 Diamonds from Sierra Leone have fueled the country's gruesome civil war and enriched warlords. Now, the government and activists are trying to make sure the profits from Sierra Leone's post-conflict diamonds he

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十二月)

Data from the first flyby of the planet Mercury in January of 2008 by the spacecraft MESSENGER are reported in eleven papers this week in the journal Science. The findings reveal new details about the solar system's smallest planet 77 million kilome

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(七月)

Tortoise Not Seen for Over 110 Years Found on Galapagos Island A kind of tortoise not seen in more than 110 years has been found in the Galapagos Islands. 加拉帕戈斯群岛发现了一种110多年未见的乌龟。 A female from a species known a

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