Scientists are predicting a 110-mile sheet of ice -- a chunk the size of the state of Delaware -- will break off Antarctica in the coming days or weeks. The cause is warming ocean waters, and the ice melt has implications for sea level rise well beyo

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈环境系列

1. overdose /ˈəʊvəˈdəʊs/ -- quantity of medicine beyond what is to be taken at one time or in a given period; too big a dose Do not take more of the medicine than the doctor ordered; an overdose may be dangerous. 服药不要超过医生所指示

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beat, [bi:t] v (心脏)悸动,搏动=pulsate=vibrate;搅拌 打; 敲; 连打; 连击 击败; 胜过; 优于 【音】打(拍子) 走出; 漫步前进; 挤入; 挤出 [俗]难倒; 使迷惑; 使吃惊; 锤薄; 敲平 欺骗, 瞒 搅拌 鼓

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For generations a battle waged in bathrooms to get them to brush their teeth. Here two brothers with two sets of impressive Nashas, no surprise with TV camera rolling, that technique is textbook. So we put them to the test. So you think you've done a

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Tsunami Responsible for Over One Million Lost Jobs 受海啸影响,超过一百万人失业 The International Labor Organization, reports more than one million people have lost their jobs in Indones

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College presidents on average earn $377,261 annually, or more than twice the average pay for CEOs, who take home about $176,840 on average each year, according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. 根据克利夫兰联邦储备银

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China has 731 million Internet users as of December 2016, roughly the size of Europe's population, according to a report released by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC). 据中国互联网络信息中心发布的一份报告显示,截

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The Fate of the Furious, or Fast 8, became the all-time top-grossing imported film in China on Saturday, with ticket sales of 2.44 billion yuan (around 350 million U.S. dollars) since its opening on April 14. The latest instalment in the Hollywood fi

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周二,《美人鱼》官方电影微博宣布,这部由香港导演周星驰执导的奇幻浪漫喜剧在中国大陆影院上映9天,票房已突破20亿(合3.07亿美元)。 The Mermaid, the latest fantasy rom-com from Hong Kong directo

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Transactions within China's online food delivery industry yielded 176.15 billion RMB($25.64 billion) in 2016, increasing 361 percent from 2015, according to a recent report from information consulting company BigData-Research. 据信息咨询公司比达

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今天我们要学的词是go through the roof。 Roof是房顶的意思。Go through the roof冲破房顶,意思就是超过了最高极限。The unemployment rate went through the roof, 失业率飞涨。Due to shortages, the price of wheat has g

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In this April 18, 2011 file photo, a woman at a job fair in New York talks to an employer. For the first time, American women have passed men in gaining advanced college degrees as well as bachelor's degrees, part of a trend that is helping redefine

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Police in Bangladesh have arrested the engineer who warned of cracks in an eight-story factory complex that collapsed last week(April 24), killing more than 500 people. Abdur Razzak Khan last week warned of cracks in the building a day before it

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All along, the Memphis Grizzlies could offer Mike Conley things that no other suitor could: 一直以来,孟菲斯灰熊队都能给康利其他追求者所不能媲美的条件: More money and security through a five-year deal; the chance to bui

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Cristiano Ronaldo's agent says the superstar rejected an offer from a Chinese Super League club that would have paid him over 100 million euros (105,581,500 dollars) per year. 克里斯蒂亚诺罗纳尔多的经纪人于日前表示,这位超级巨星

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China saw its population grow last year, along with an improved male-female ratio and the level of education, according to a survey from the National Bureau of Statistics that was released on last Wednesday. 据国家统计局上周三发布的调查显

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The majority owner of a Point Grey mansion that was sold earlier this year by Canaccord founder Peter Brown for a record $31.1 million is a student, property records show. 温哥华格雷岬区的一幢豪宅于今年早些时候被一位华裔学生以

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模仿文本: At the start of the year, they reported GDP growth of 7.8%, outstripping China. The country has long been ruled by a few elite families with corporations that dominate vast portions of the economy. Corruption is rife. But there is a g

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Some 95 percent of respondents to a survey support a smog subsidy for those who work outdoors, Worker's Daily reported. 根据工人日报报道,约95%的受访者表示支持向雾霾天从事户外作业的劳动者发放雾霾津贴。 The Trade

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Recently celebrated their ninth wedding anniversary, royal couple Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall is allegedly going to have a divorce by the Queen's order. Prince Charles was told by Queen Elizabeth to go ahead with the divorce a

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