Tuesday night, the Leeward Islands in the eastern Caribbean took another hit from an Atlantic Hurricane. This one is named Maria and it's powerful. And the 24 hours before it started lashing the islands of Martinique and Dominica, this hurricane had

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2017年9月

The Lajas Valley in southwestern Puerto Rico is one of the island's richest agricultural areas, but the population of non-indigenous monkeys is running wild in this region, destroying farmers' crops, eating baby birds out of their nests, and general

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Hurricane Maria Hit Puerto Ricos Giant Telescope Hurricane Maria severely damaged Puerto Ricos electricity and communications systems. Millions of people there are without power, water or food. 飓风玛利亚严重破坏了波多黎各的电力和通信

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(130) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(十)月

Scientists Work to Save Puerto Rican Parrots Scientists are trying to save Puerto Rico's endangered Amazon parrots after Hurricane Maria destroyed the birds' habitats and food sources. El Yunque is a large national forest on the eastern part of Puert

发表于:2018-12-10 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Las Vegas, Nevada, on Wednesday, the scene of the deadliest shooting in modern American history. As investigators pick up pieces of evidence there and try to figure out the suspect's motive, residents

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2017年10月

The Lajas Valley in southwestern Puerto Rico is one of the island's richest agricultural areas, but the population of non-indigenous monkeys is running wild in this region, destroying farmers' crops, eating baby birds out of their nests, and generall

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2008年

WASHINGTON, DC In this week's address, President Obama discussed the crippling economic crisis harming 3.5 million Americans in Puerto Rico. Today, the island is spending over a third of its tax revenue on debt payments and on July 1, Puerto Rico is

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People living in the American territory of Puerto Rico have voted to become a U.S. state. However, the vote does not have the force of law. Only 23 percent of Puerto Rican voters took part in the referendum. Of those who did vote, about 500,000 chose

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Puerto Ricans Leave for US Mainland After Storm Lourdes Rodriguez left Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria filled her home in the town of Vega Baja with mud. The mud damaged mattresses and other things in the house. She thought she would stay with her

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(136) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(十)月

Puerto Rico Students Still Suffer Effects of Hurricane Maria One year has passed since Hurricane Maria struck the United States territory of Puerto Rico. But even before the storm hit, education officials had begun closing schools on Puerto Rico to s

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Puerto Rico's Stephanie Del Valle was crowned Miss World 2016 last Sunday beating 116 contestants from across the world. 上周日,来自波多黎各的Stephanie Del Valle战胜了来自世界各地116名参赛者,摘得2016年世界小姐桂冠。

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 英美文化

Puerto Rico: The Other Debt Crisis 波多黎各:又一场债务危机 American investors are wondering what effect the situation in Greece will have on the United States and its economy. But some observers say the investors should be more worried abo

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AS IT IS 2016-08-16 Usain Bolt Wins Third 100-Meter Gold Medal 博尔特获得第三块百米金牌 This is Whats Trending Today. 这里是《正在发生》节目。 The world stopped and watched Usain Bolt on Sunday night for less than 10 seconds. 周

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President Barack Obama on Tuesday visited the U.S. commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 美国总统奥巴马星期二抵达美国属地波多黎各,受到当地民众欢迎。 Buenas tardes! With a greeting of Good afternoon in Spanish, President Obama be

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U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton has won Sunday's Democratic presidential primary contest in the commonwealth territory of Puerto Rico, soundly defeating rival Senator Barack Obama by a two to one margin. The Clinton victory comes near the end of the U.S

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) Puerto Ricos new governor was sworn in Monday as the U.S. territory prepares for what many believe will be new austerity measures and a renewed push for statehood to haul the island out of a deep economic crisis. (美联社

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Free exchange 自由交流 For richer, for poorer 贫富皆为 One way or another, America's government will end up bailing out Puerto Rico 无论如何,美洲政府都会出钱援助波多黎各 IN DECEMBER, as a winter chill descends on the conti

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讲解 Todays key word is McDonalds McDonalds 麦当劳 McDonalds is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. Here is a delicious example: I love cheeseburgers from McDonalds. 我炒鸡喜欢麦当劳的芝士汉堡。 我们今天

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英语悠选脱口秀

今天我们要学的词是 clause. Clause 名词,有条款的意思。美国国会要求对一家小公司是如何获得波多黎各电力修复合同一事展开调查。The contract offers pay rates five times higher than what is normal in Puer

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Hurricane Maria destroyed Puerto Rico's power grid, but it turns out Puerto Rico's power company was in deep trouble before the storm struck two weeks ago. Reuters reporter Jessica Resnick-Ault has reported on that side of the story. She joins me now

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