New Wildfire Starts Near Los Angeles A dangerous wildfire has started in the Bel Air area of Los Angeles, California, as firefighters battle three other fires across Southern California. The latest wildfire reached the side of the busy Interstate 405

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

初到美国,去医院看病令人发怵,不仅不熟悉这里的规章制度,语言也是问题,医学上的词语也让人颇感陌生。 一次,我患尿路感染,去看医生,想要个处方,医生不给,还说:I have no cultu

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Drought 干旱 A drought is a long period of water shortage. 干旱是指长期的水资源短缺。 If we have no rainfall for a long time, we can face drought. 如果我们所在的地区长时间不下雨,我们就会面临干旱。 During a dro

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1. A wildfire in Arizona is now the State's third largest ever. Officials say the blaze covers about 287 square miles and is expected to grow larger. Some 1,300 firefighters, some from as far away as New York, are working the wildfire. 2. Authorities

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(100) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2011(六月)

1. Former Texas Rick Perry has entered the Republican presidential race in a re-do of his failed 2012 bid. His entry brings the number of major candidates vying for the GOP prize to 11 so far. 2. Delaware residents gathered at the state capitol to pa

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: This past wildfire season, there were unprecedented amounts of wildfire smoke in communities across western Montana. Instead of just issuing warnings, public health agencies tried something new - actually making the air cle

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: California is marking one of the most destructive fire seasons in its history. The Mendocino Complex Fire alone is the largest wildfire ever recorded in California and has currently consumed close to 400,000 acres. Across the sta

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The wildfire in the US state of Arizona that killed 19 firefighters over the weekend remains uncontained. It has now grown into 13 square miles. At least 50 homes have been destroyed and 2-hundred more are being threatened in the city of Yarnell, tha

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Good afternoon I'm Naamua Delaney at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Pope Benedict XVI continues his tour around the US today. He held mass at Nationals Park the new baseball stadium in Washington. And e

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A fire truck rolled up at Rock Spring Ranch near Bend with sirens blaring Saturday and the wedding party was told to evacuate, The Oregonian reported. 图片1 据当地日报《俄勒冈人》报道,周六,一辆救火车鸣笛冲进本德市附近

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TORONTO, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The huge wildfire burning out of control around the Canadian oilsands town of Fort McMurray has approached some major oilsands facilities in the city's north, forcing more workers to flee for safety two weeks after a massi

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MADRID, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- A wildfire in the Central Spanish province of Leon has charred over 8,000 hectares of land, local media reported on Tuesday. The president of the Castilla and Leon regional government Juan Vicente Herrera said the fire tha

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今天我们要学的词是confess。 Confess, 是承认的意思。He confessed to the murder, 他承认杀人。 I confess to knowing nothing about cooking, 我承认自己对烹调一窍不通。 加州南部野火的调查发现,其中一起是由

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1. The Denver Post reports that authorities are investigating whether a fire pit sparked the devastating ten-square-mile wildfire near Boulder. The wildfire that began Labor Day has cost nearly seven million dollars to fight and destroyed 169 homes.

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英语学习笔记: spread v. 散布,增长,范围幅度 a huge spread 一顿大餐 middle-aged spread 啤酒肚 the spread of nuclear weapons 核武器的增长 spread it on thick 夸大 spread oneself too thin 同时做太多的事,导致无法

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A Canadian official delegation visited the oil sands boomtown of Fort McMurray Monday. It was led by Alberta Premier Rachel Notley. She toured the area devastated by wildfires, praised first responders for their efforts, and vowed to rebuild lost str

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China's Consulate-General in Canada's Calgary has confirmed that no Chinese have been wounded or killed in the raging wildfire in west Canada. Consulate-general Wang Xinping says about 100 Chinese nationals have been evacuated from nearby areas. Wang

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Just a high school kid with a strong arm From throwing them rocks at an old barn Got a full-ride shot, gonna be a star No, it don't take much Now he's got that old town facing All the dreams that they quit chasing Rusty chains are breaking No, it don

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Bear responsible for the Alaska wildfire 棕熊造成阿拉斯加大火 (Alaska,Reuters)Brown bears pawing through garbage at a landfill in Alaska touched off a four-acres wildfire,officials reported. (路透社阿拉斯加电)根据官方报道

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MORI ROTHMAN: Battalion chief Mike Brown has been fighting fires in California for 26 years. But he's never seen a fire quite like the Blue Cut Fire in southern California's San Bernardino county, 60 miles east of Los Angeles. MIKE BROWN: It was like

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