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8 Volcanic Eruption In north-west Cameroon in August 1986， there was a volcanic eruption which devastated the area． At least 1，200 people were killed and many were left seriously ill with burns and respiratory infections． Nobody could escape b

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Since early times, people have been fascinated with the idea of life existing somewhere else besides earth. Until recently, scientists believed that life on other planets was just a hopeful dream. But now they are beginning to locate places where lif

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Lesson19 The Dead Sea Throughout history people all over the world have gone to special places where mineral-rich hot springs flow from beneath the earth@s surface. Countries with much volcanic activity such as Japan have many such hot springs and ha

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Britain finally has a new prime minister. Conservative leader David Cameron has taken over the job after Gordon Brown resigned a very short time ago. Mr. Brown stepped down after power-sharing talks with the Liberal Democrats collapsed. The Conservat

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-06-13

Virgin will resume limited services from Melbourne, Tasmania and New Zealand in about half an hours time with Qantas is expected to recommence its flights from 10:00 this morning. Jetstar also hopes to get some of its planes back in the air this morn

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-26)

1. The Coast Guard says an oil platform that suffered a massive explosion two days ago has sunk in the Gulf of Mexico. It's been burning since the explosion. And officials say it went down this afternoon. Meantime, the search continues for 11 workers

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-23)

1. Limited flights are resuming at certain airports in Europe, five days after a volcanic ash cloud forced planes to remain on the ground. Only a few flights are being allowed in and out of France today. And European officials say it will take severa

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This is AP News Minute. Police say a man traded gunfire with the officers in a lobby of the Trump National Golf Course in Doral, Florida. The suspect was shot and taken into custody. One officer was injured. North Korean state-run media showed video

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Air traffic over much of Europe came to a halt for six days because of the huge cloud of ash from a volcano in Iceland. Now the economic costs are still being counted as airlines try to get everyone t

CNN 美国有线新闻 2014-09-20

Iceland is where we began today's commercial-free show. I am Carl Azuz. Welcome to CNN Student News.Volcanologists are people who study all things volcanic. They've been keeping a close eye on a rural area of Eastern Iceland because it's been a hotsp

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Iceland Airwaves is a super hip, long weekend music festival that dominates the festival scene each year. Its been around since 1999 and the name comes from its first location an airplane hangar. Part of what makes this festival so special is the unt

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V. Lets Talk Script A natural disaster is the consequence of a hazardous event, occurring when human activities are affected by adverse natural phenomena such as flood, drought, hailstorm, heat wave, forest fore, hurricanes or typhoons, tornado, tsun

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The next day, March 20, it stopped snowing. 第二天，3月20日，风雪停了。 The cold was a little more brisk. 天气比较寒冷一些， The thermometer marked -2 degrees centigrade. 温度表是零下二度。 The mist had cleared, and on t

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Plateaus 高原 A huge flat area on the ground is called field. 地面上的大块平地叫做平原。 Then what is a huge high flat area? It is a plateau. 那大块的平坦高地又是什么？高原。 A plateau can be made by various activities.

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-20)

A drifting volcanic ash flew from Iceland is keeping nearly 2/3 of Europe's commercial flights grounded.It's expensive.The industry is estimated that the volcano was costing the airlines at least 200 million dollars a day. The Security and Exchange C

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Officials in Hawaii say 35 buildings, including at least 26 homes, have been destroyed in the latest eruption of the Kilauea volcano. New fissures have formed in the ground, and though volcanic activity in these cracks slow down yesterday, scientists

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Today a new geo-thermal power station was opened in Kawerau, in the eastern Bay of Plenty. Geo means earth and therm means heat. The power station uses hot steam from the earth. Like the geo-thermal power station at Wairakei, which opened in the 1950

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The idea of plate tectonics explains volcanoes as well as earthquakes. Many of the world's volcanoes are found at the edges of plates, where geologic activity is intense. The large number of volcanoes around the Pacific plate has earned the name Ring

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We keep pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and the earth keeps warming. Climate scientists have predicted that the consequences of unchecked warming could result in everything from catastrophic flooding to larger and more deadly hurricanes. S