【英语趣味课堂】荒野求生-Surving the Wild

Michael: So Ana, you're from Portugal, right? Ana: Yeah, right. Michael: Okay, because I'm actually thinking of going to visit Europe this summer, and I thought Portugal would be a great place to visit. Ana: Oh yeah, Portugal is great especially in t

VOA慢速英语2015 美国西海岸城市使用新的海啸避难所

AS IT IS 2015-02-02 US West Coast City Using New Tsunami Refuge 美国西海岸城市使用新的海啸避难所 There are coastal towns all around the world where tsunamis could and have caused loss of life and massive destruction. For people living

留美老师带你每日说英文 第874期:海量信息带来的烦恼

台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是： The amount of information just a click away may be limitless, but the time and energy we have to absorb and evaluate it is not. 弹指可得的信息或许浩瀚如海，但我们用来吸收、评

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-02-02

Holden is expected to announce its job at its Elizabeth plant in Adelaide today.South Australia Primer JW says Holden has told him it's cutting its second shift at that factory.Unions say up to 140 casual and contract workers were therefore lose thei

AP 2010-02-21

The evacuation fatigue has set in, I know, with a lot of people. But as one who has toured the facility, the area and seen the devastation of the homes, you must evacuate. Only 50% of those who have been told to evacuate have evacuated at this time,

NPR 2008-05-17

President Bush's request to Saudi Arabia to increase oil production has been rebuffed. Mr. Bush spent the day out of public view meeting with Saudi's King Abdullah about soaring gas prices and other issues. NPR's Jackie Northam reports from the Saud

TED演讲:做好准备去面对新的气候情形(2)

I'd like to share three sets of examples, starting with adapting to violent storms and floods. 我想分享三个例子，开始于适应猛烈的暴风雨和洪水。 In New Orleans, the I-10 Twin Spans, with sections knocked out in Katrina, 在新奥

VOA慢速英语--Syria Calls Evacuation of White Helmets ‘Criminal’

Syria has criticized the evacuation from Syria of hundreds of Syrian White Helmet rescue workers to Jordan. A Syrian foreign ministry official called the action a criminal process that showed the true nature of the White Helmets. The comments were re

白宫收"炸弹威胁" 紧急疏散

WASHINGTON, June 9 (Xinhua) -- The White House press room was evacuated over a bomb threat after a phone call alerted the Metropolitan Police Department, said White House Spokesman Josh Earnest Tuesday. The Secret Service interrupted White House spok

加拿大史上最恐怖森林大火!阿尔伯塔省数万人全员撤离

AS IT IS 2016-05-06 Thousands Flee Fires in Alberta, Canada 加拿大史上最恐怖森林大火!阿尔伯塔省数万人全员撤离 A raging forest fire in the Canadian province of Alberta forced the evacuation of 88,000 residents this week. Canadi

职业技术英语口语 第75期:工作场所安全 撤离过程

The evacuation procedure 撤离过程 A:Could you just run through the evacuation procedure? A:你能否解释一下撤离步骤？ B: Yes, of course. When you hear the fire alarm, which is a very loud, continuous ringing noise, you should go to the

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Dunkirk' Director Christopher Nolan: 'We Really Try To Put You On That Beach'

DAVID GREENE, HOST: In England, there's something known as the Dunkirk spirit. It's really shorthand for coming together in times of adversity. It refers to the heroic efforts of British sailors, soldiers and the civilians who rescued them in small b

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Dunkirk,' Christopher Nolan Brings New Life To True World War II Story

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Filmmaker Christopher Nolan introduced himself to audiences by telling a story backwards in Memento. He surprised audiences again by bringing seriousness to superhero movies with his Dark Knight trilogy. Our critic Bob Mondello s

美国国家公共电台 NPR Breaking Down The 2018 Oscar Nominations

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Academy Award nominations were announced today. And if you're looking for an early front-runner, you could do worse than Guillermo del Toro's romantic science fiction fantasy The Shape Of Water. It led the way with 13 nominat

美国国家公共电台 NPR What To Expect From The 90th Academy Awards

AILSA CHANG, HOST: On Sunday, Hollywood will once again celebrate its own at the 90th annual Academy Awards. Typically by this point we have a general idea of who's favored to win in the major Oscar categories, but this year it's still unclear which

英语新闻与报道—News & Reports 34

Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This EditionRenewed fighting halts the evacuation operation in the embattled Syrian city of Homs. Iran's supreme leader defends President Hassan Rouhani against hardliners over th

Russia Advises Its Citizens to Leave Iraq

Peter Thackery Russia is advising its citizens to get out of Iraq after eight workers at a Russian energy company were taken hostage by masked gunmen in Baghdad . All eight have been released unharmed

CCTV9英语新闻：Canadian wildfire reaches oilsands camps, forcing more evacuation

TORONTO, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The huge wildfire burning out of control around the Canadian oilsands town of Fort McMurray has approached some major oilsands facilities in the city's north, forcing more workers to flee for safety two weeks after a massi

CCTV9英语新闻：16 bodies recovered, 200 families missing in Sri Lanka landslides

Continuous torrential rain has caused severe damage to villages in the central hills of Sri Lanka. Heavy rainfall triggered two massive landslides, leaving at least 37 dead and more than 200 families missing. The Sri Lankan Red Cross and the Disaster

二战启示录 第26期:法兰西的溃败(7)

Two hundred and eighteen thousand British and a hundred twenty thousand French troops are successfully evacuated. 21万8千名英军以及12万名法国部队成功撤离。 The British army is saved, but they seem tatters. 英军获救，但他们似乎