Underwater living 水下生活

Rob: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Rob and with me is Finn. Finn: Rob: Finn? Are you ok? Finn: (breathes out) Ahhh 49 seconds I was just holding my breath! Rob: A new hobby of yours, Finn? Finn: Well today we're

NPR 2011-06-29

France's Finance Minister Christine Legarde will become the first woman to lead the International Monetary Fund. She was elected today with the backing of the world's major economies. The changes at the IMF come during tumultuous times for the organi

赖世雄学英语第四册 lesson 2

[00:00.00]Lesson 2 Deep-sea Diving [00:02.74]深海潜水 [00:05.49]Some people enjoy deep-sea diving as a sport. [00:09.46]有些深海潜水者出于爱好而喜欢这项运动。 [00:13.43]But for most divers it is a way of reaching jobs that must

新概念2词汇 88-90

Lesson 88 trap 陷入 Six men have been trapped in a mine for seventeen hours. 6个人被困在矿井里已有17个小时了。 They were trapped in cave. 他们被困在山洞里。 Due to the heavy snow,they were trapped in the house in the mountai

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-06-25

1. The government says US home prices fell in April at their fastest rates since 1991. Meanwhile, the Senate has overwhelmingly voted to speed up work on a 300-billion dollar foreclosure rescue plan. And a private survey says consumer confidence is

CNN 2010-04-17

In central Florida an eleven year old girl woke up in her own bed this morning and that's reason to celebrate, that's because she had actually vanished into an alligator infested swamp area on Friday only to be found yesterday alive and well, it's an

BBC视频：Shark-proof divers 防鲨鱼潜水服

Few would want to end up in the jaws of a hungry shark. So， how to avoid becoming fish food？ Two Australian businessmen have designed wetsuits which they say are shark-repellent. This blue and white model might help divers to blend in； the blac

中国船只搜寻失踪航班

中国船只搜寻失踪航班 SOUTH CHINA SEA, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Two rescue vessels sent by the Ministry of Transport (MOT) will conduct parallel search works for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight, said command authorities on Monday. Rescue ve

Ancient Italian shipwreck

Rob: Hi and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English, Im Rob and with me in the studio today is Chris. Chris: Hello there. In this programme we take a story from the news and pick out some interesting vocabulary that you may not have hea

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-08-09

1. In Utah, crews get closer to six trapped coal miners. They have now drilled within 1,000 feet of where the men are believed to be, hoping to get them food and air. The mine's owner says it may take two days to reach the trapped men. They've been t

英语四级考试备考之语法练习(3)

1.What's the price of that _______ of potatoes? A.beg B.pig C.pint D.sack 2.You don't have to pay any _______ on personal belongings. A.price B.duty C.expense D.elevator 3.Mary is too weak to _______ the piano across the room. A.apply B.appeal C.attr

高中英语人教版必修4 05

[00:05.49]Reading [00:08.20]THEME PARKS--FUN AND MORE THAN FUN [00:14.08]Parks provide people with a place to amuse themselves [00:20.24]and to escape their busy lives for a while. [00:24.79]Though parks share this basic purpose, [00:29.36]they find

VOA标准英语2008年-Philippine Divers Find Bodies, No Survivors in

Divers in the central Philippines have found bodies but no survivors inside a ferry that sank during a typhoon with more than 800 people on board. Since the vessel capsized Saturday more than 40 survivors and dozens of bodies have been recovered at

VOA标准英语2010年-Divers Find Oil Under Surface; BP Cont

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirms that some of the oil escaping from that ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico is staying beneath the surface, raising new environmental concerns about the disaster. BP says there is no

CCTV9英语新闻：Divers brave bad weather to rescue 14th survivor

40 hours after the Eastern Star cruise ship capsized. The clock is now ticking to further survivors. More than 3,000 rescuers and 110 search vessels are involved in the search, with bad weather continuing to hamper the operation. Helicopters have als

Italian Divers Resume Search of Wrecked Cruise Ship

Italian divers resumed their search Thursday for at least 21 people missing from a wrecked cruise ship off Italy's northwestern coast. Officials say divers began searching again after the operation was suspended Wednesday out of concern the Costa Con

七个非同一般的小国：一起去吧！

We have all heard of countries such as Greece, Italy or Spain. Some of us have already visited them, and others are only dreaming of seeing them one day.If you are an experienced traveler, you might want to see something you have never thought exists

英语美文：如何做一个成功的领导者

How to be a leader 如何做一个成功的领导者 [1]Being considered a leader in our society is the ultimate『最高的；极至的』compliment. Leadership has become the universal vitamin C pill, says psychologist David Campbell of the Center

Chinese divers win three golds at Diving World Series

MOSCOW, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese divers won three golds at the FINA Diving World Series in Moscow Friday, but the Chinese team played cool with the results as many players believed they had not performed their best. China's He Chong, who is an Ol

英语音频杂志：再见大海雀

Water sports by Mike Rayner We'll all be planning that route We're gonna take real soon We're waxing down our surfboards We can't wait for June We'll all be gone for the summer We're on surfari to stay Tell the teacher we're surfin' Surfin' U. S. A.