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44.Obtaining Fresh water from icebergs The concept of obtaining fresh water from icebergs that are towed to populated areas and arid regions of the world was once treated as a joke more appropriate to cartoons than real life. But now it is being con
北京奥运28大项 参与,竞争,分享,进步 Flatwater 皮划艇静水 英文原文 The aim of a Flatwater Racing competition is for people to race each other in kayaks and canoes over a clearly defined unobstructed course in the shortest possible time according to
Idiom: Like a fish out of water ( uncomfortable ) Hit the book: Dream of As well as Goal Be proud of Big night Coach
A new study suggests that dark markings on the planet Mars represent sand not water. Research in 2015 had suggested that lines on some Martian hills were evidence of water. Yet American scientists now say these lines appear more like dry, steep flows
298 mln more rural Chinese to have safe drinking water by 2015 BEIJING, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- About 298 million more rural residents in China are hopefully to have access to safe drinking water by 2015, according to a water resources official Monday. R
By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 27 September 2007 Recent outbreaks of cholera in parts of Iraq highlight the need for basic services like clean water.Development projects in much of the country have been delayed because of the deteriorating security situ
Water Crisis in US City a 'Disaster, Not Just an Emergency' Civil rights activists, politicians and residents are calling the contamination of drinking water in an urban U.S. city a disaster, not just an emergency. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder recen
Severe Drought, Wildfires Threaten Water Resources This is Valles Caldera. Actually, it's the giant mouth of a dormant super volcano that last erupted 40,000 years ago. In the millennia since then, the terrain developed high-elevation forests, of abu
Todd: So, Al, we're going to talk about water. How much water do you drink every day? Al: I guess about three liters, so six of those 500 millileter, five or six of those 500 millileter bottles. Todd: Yeah, that's a lot. That's about what I drink. Ye
In A Drying Climate, Colorado's 'Water Cop' Patrols For Water Thieves DAVID GREENE, HOST: It was a hot, dry summer this year in the American Southwest. In farming communities in the Four Corners region where Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico sha
This far he has held us Through the waters as they crash against This far he is with us he is for us Through the stormy depths I will soar on wings like eagles O god you've carried me This far this far There is power victory Hope for the broken heart
BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) -- The number of people in China's rural areas who lack access to safe drinking water has reduced by 221 million from 2004 to 2010, the vice minister of the country's National Development and Reform Commission said on Wednes
HONG KONG, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong fishing vessel Kai Fung No. 2 reached Hong Kong water on Tuesday evening. A spokesperson for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said Chief Executive CY Leung and HKSAR government ar
NANCHANG, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Tap water for 60,000 people was cut off Monday due to the pollution of a water source in east China's Jiangxi Province, government sources said. Around 10 a.m. Monday, an oily substance was seen floating near a water int
China has full picture of coastal water resources BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- China on Friday officially concluded an eight-year-long national marine survey, giving the country a true picture of its coastal water resources. Launched by the State Oce
BEIJING, Oct. 21 (Xinhuanet) -- A team of European researchers announced that they have found vast water vapor out of our solar system, according to a study in the U.S. journal Science Friday. Using Herschel Space Observatory, a European Space Agency
今天要学的习惯用语是muddy the water,muddy是由mud发展而来的词。 这里的muddy是动词,意思是弄得浑浊。muddy the water从字面意思来看就是在水里搅起泥浆,使水浑浊。 其实这个习惯用语对中国听
Bottled water, including mineral and purified water, has become part of our lives. But now there is a wide variety of conceptual bottled water on the market that is extremely expensive, such as glacier water and bamboo charcoal water. Almost all of t
1. To hold water 站得住脚,说得通 按字面解释,To hold water当然可以说是不让水漏出来。但是,它还可以引申为指某人的论点、借口、理由站得住脚。美国人经常说:That excuse simply doesn't hold wate