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

发表于:2018-11-27 / 阅读(358) / 评论(0) 分类 背诵为王第二册

The European Aviation Safety Authority issued a warning in August about Rolls-Royce engines used in some A380 planes, saying that they were potentially unsafe. Now it's not known whether that warning was acted upon, but engine maker Rolls-Royce says

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年

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

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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

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In the Southeast Asian country of India, exhausts from old cars and motorcycles, pollutions from industries, smoke from cooking and fires from when farmers burn their crops double, all of this contributes to the toxic air pollution in the Indian capi

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Some interesting electrical activity in the clouds of ash drifting around Europe as a result of that Icelandic volcano. Models predicted that electrical charge should be limited to the top and bottom of any ash plume, which is often the site of spect

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 60秒科学

Scientists: Major Volcanic Burst Possible in Hawaii Hawaiis Kilauea volcano could soon send huge rocks and ash shooting out of its summit crater. The last time this happened was almost 100 years ago. 夏威夷基拉韦厄火山很快就有巨石和火山

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The Rock Cycles 岩石循环 Many people know what the water cycle is, but how about the rock cycle? 许多人都知道水循环,那岩石循环呢? Did you know that rocks also have a cycle? 你知道岩石也有循环吗? The rock cycle expla

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1. Survivors and family members of those who died in the Oklahoma City bombing will gather to commemorate the 15th anniversary of that attack. The blast in 1995 killed 168 people, injuring 600 more. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will s

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(123) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2010(四月)

This is AP News Minute. A volcano erupted on Hawaii's Big Island, sending lava shooting through the air in a residential neighbourhood. Hundreds of people were told to evacuate the area. President Trump is said to deliver an address to the National R

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May 18th,1980Its erupting like it never has before, I am sure. Cause from where Im standing, I cant see the top of the mountain, but I see the whole eruption coming from it, its big.In Washington state, Mount St. Helens explodes, blasting away the to

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NASA's twin Stereo spacecrafts called Behind and Ahead captured rare footage of the Sun erupting over about a 30 hour period between September 26th and 27th. From the Behind perspective on the left, the long filament, darker than the Sun's surface, c

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Now Im on the lookout for fuel for a nice warm fire. Therere loads of these birch trees around here, and these are what Im looking for. I can tell theyre birch just because of the way theyre silver-limbed. This time of year in the winter, all the lea

发表于:2019-01-23 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 探索与发现2012年

13. Yeah, look at this. Look, see all of these for the holes. Thats what I'm talking about. The last volcanic eruption was in 2004, but some of these lava fields are ancient, more than 7,000 years old, and they hold a special place in Icelandic folkl

发表于:2019-01-23 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 探索与发现2012年

The enigma of the white dwarf has been resolved. Scientists have discovered how the vast majority of the stars, including our own sun, would end their days, as the white dwarfs gently fading into the darkness of the universe. But not all stars go so

发表于:2019-01-23 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 探索与发现2015年

No, but I can back away from the fireplace producing it. 不能,不过我们可以离开这产生热力的地方。 So it's outside? 那么,这热是外来的。 Surely. We're cruising in a current of boiling water. 不错。我们现在在滚沸的

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 《海底两万里》中英双语有声读物

They have been able to apply the tree-ring method to petrifiedtrunks from a nearby fossil forest. 他们能够将判断树年轮的方式应用在附近石化森林的一颗石化的树木上。 This forest (imagined in an artists impression above) w

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人科技系列

Ice is accumulating rapidly on the wings and fuselage. Request emergency descent to 6000 feet. 701. 机翼和机身的积冰速度很快。申请紧急下降到6000英尺。 We are encountering moderate icing. Request immediate descent. 702. 我们遇到

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In an extraordinarily unself-critical book called Surviving Galeras, Williams said he could only shake my head in wonder when he learned afterward 但威廉斯毫不自责,在一本名叫《加莱拉斯火山幸存记》的书里说,当他后来听

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