Average Weight of American Men Increased 7 Kilograms in 20 Years 美国男性平均体重二十年里增加七公斤 American men weigh about seven kilograms more now, on average, than they did 20 years ago. 美国男性的体重与20年前相比平均

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(八)月

美国工人要求增加最低工资 LOS ANGELESLos Angeles is about to become the largest American city to raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour, an increase to be phased in over five years. The wage is more than twice the current minimum rate requi

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今天我们要学的词是tipping point。 Tipping point, 是指变化一触即发的临界点。 Experts warned that a bankruptcy of one of Detroit's Big Three could create a 'tipping point' that will bring the entire industry to a halt, 专家警告

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

Paris police have arrested a man on the terrorism watch list after his car was found near the Notre Dame Cathedral with seven gas cylinders inside. 巴黎警方日前逮捕了恐怖主义观察名单上的一名男子,他的车停在圣母院大教堂

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Now the latest on a human smuggling case in Texas that has left at least 10 people dead after they were packed into a sweltering tractor-trailer. And again to John Yang. The truck driver, James Bradley, was charged in federal court today with knowing

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安全对危险 安全类词汇 security 安全 reassuring 安心可靠的 safe 安全 reliable 可靠的 salutary 有意的 useful 有用的 tranquil 安静的,稳定的 antidote 解毒剂 insurance 保险不安全类,危险类词汇 vulnerabili

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Study the following graph carefully and write an essay in which you should 1) analyze the graph, and 2) give your comments on the trend. In recent years there has been a dramatic rise in the cell phones, which are now essential to millions of people

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You may believe me, when I assure you in the most solemn manner that, so far from seeking this employment, I have used every effort in my power to avoid it, notonlyfrommyunwillingness to part with you and the family, but from a consciousness of its

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Beijing's pollution crisis appears to have spawned a new fashion trend with dozens of residents seen walking the smog-ridden streets wearing playfully designed face masks. 北京雾霾危机似乎促使了一个新时尚潮流的产生,现在随处可

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This is the top of the waterfall,and that's the way we're gonna be going down. 这是瀑布的顶端 要从这里下去 Man, am I cold now.The danger of being wet and cold is losing the sensation in your hands and in your feet. 我现在冷得要命 又

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On June 4th, a volcano in southern Chile erupted, sending volcanic ash into the air. The large particles of ash soon dropped to the ground but the small particles were carried, high in the air, by the westerly wind to Australia and New Zealand. This

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We have absolutely nothing to compare it to. 我们绝对没有任何东西可以用来与它比较。 The biggest blast in recent times was that of Krakatau in Indonesia in August 1883, 近代最大的一次是1883年8月印度尼西亚的喀拉喀托

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Eighty million tons of rock, moving at more than one hundred miles an hour, just fell off the mountain, 8000万吨岩石以每小时160公里的速度从山上崩塌下来, traveling with such force and momentum that the leading edge of the landsli

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The ash fall from the last Yellowstone eruption covered all or parts of nineteen western states (plus parts of Canada and Mexico), 上一次黄石火山爆发所喷出的火山灰,铺满了西部19个州的全部地区或部分地区(加上加拿大

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Such plumes are not all that rare. 这样的热柱并不少见。 There are about thirty active ones on the Earth at the moment, and they are responsible for many of the world's best known islands and island chains, 眼下,地球上大约有30处活热

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Imagine a pile of TNT about the size of Rhode Island and reaching eight miles into the sky, to about the height of the highest cirrus clouds, 想像一下,有一堆TNT,面积相当于英国的一个郡,伸向13公里高的天空,达到了最高

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15 Dangerous Beauty 第十五章 美丽而危险 In the 1960s, while studying the volcanic history of Yellowstone National Park, 20世纪60年代,美国地质勘测局的鲍勃克里斯琴森在研究黄石国家公园火山史的时候, Bob Chri

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Likewise a fish is technically fast when it bears a waif, or any other recognized symbol of possession; so long as the party wailing it plainly evince their ability at any time to take it alongside, as well as their intention so to do. 同样地,顾名

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Hello, I'm Justin Grain with?the?BBC News. The French Prime Minister has warned that European society could be totally destabilized if it tried to take in every refugee who arrived on the continent. In a BBC interview, Manuel Valls said the migration

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Jay: I don't like watching the game with people who don't know the game. People talk. Manny: You talk at my football games. Jay: For one thing, it's called soccer. Your team scored two goals all season. I'm not taking a big risk. How much of this did

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