海啸来袭时拯救生命的工作

November 5 is United Nations Tsunami Awareness Day. Tsunami is a Japanese word for a long, destructive ocean wave caused by an undersea earthquake. The goal of the observance is to learn from disasters of the past and to prepare for the future. Two t

Working to Save Lives When a Tsunami Strikes

November 5 is United Nations Tsunami Awareness Day. Tsunami is a Japanese word for a long, destructive ocean wave caused by an undersea earthquake. The goal of the observance is to learn from disasters of the past and to prepare for the future. Two t

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-10-28

Indonesian officials say an early warning system failed to alert locals before a tsunami wiped out about ten villages on the tiny Mentawai Islands. More than 270 people have been killed in the three-metre tsunami with another 400 still missing. Techn

美国国家公共电台 NPR Russia's Nuclear Cruise Missile Is Struggling To Take Off, Imagery Suggests

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Earlier this year, Vladimir Putin announced that Russia had tested a new kind of nuclear missile. Putin declared it a success. But satellite images shared exclusively with NPR suggest the missiles testing may have had a different

美国有线新闻 CNN 2016-2-7

Tonight intelligence agencies from Washington to Soule are closely watching this facility,North Korea's top secret satellite launching station at Tongchangwi.A US official tells CNN that in recent days satellite images has revealed personel, equipmen

Animals’ Early Warning Systems

Animals’ Early Warning Systems By Brent Frazee / 2005 The Kansas City Star , Knight Ridder Newspaper. Distributed by Tribune Media Service International. Biologists report wildlife’s amazing abili

New Technology Provides Early Warning for Heart Attacks

Researchers say they have developed technology that could predict heart attacks years before they happen. The researchers report using mathematical algorithms to examine computed tomography, or CT, images of a patients heart. A CT scan uses X-rays an

2006年VOA标准英语-Japan, US Issue Fresh Warning to North Korea ab

By Steve Herman Tokyo 17 June 2006 U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Scheiffer, right, with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso, June 17, 2006 Japanese and American diplomats are jointly warning North Korea not to launch a ballistic missile, amid growi

VOA常速英语2008年-US Plans to Shoot Down Disabled Spy Satellite

By Cindy Saine Washington 14 February 2008 The Defense Department says it is planning to shoot down a defunct U.S. spy satellite before it is expected to hit the Earth in early March, because of potential danger to human beings from its unburned rock

Japan’s Early Warning System One of the Best in the World

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. A powerful earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Japan at two forty-six p.m. local time on March eleventh. Japans Meteorological Agency released its first tsunami warnings just three minutes la

VOA慢速英语2015 卫星关注太阳风暴并向地球发送警报

Satellite Will Watch Sun Storms, Send Warnings to Earth 卫星关注太阳风暴并向地球发送警报 A new satellite is travelling 1.5 million kilometers over a 110-day period to enter an orbit of the sun. It is called DSCOVR -- the Deep Space Cl

VOA标准英语2008年-Pakistani FM says US Gave No Warning of Suspect

Pakistan's foreign minister says officials were not warned about a suspected U.S. missile strike that occurred hours after the top U.S. commander said the United States would respect Pakistan's sovereignty. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamaba

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Repeats Warning to North Korea Against Mis

By Paula Wolfson Vienna 21 June 2006 President Bush says North Korea must live up to its international obligations and abide by agreements on missile testing. The president took part in a one-day summit in Vienna with European Union leaders. -------

军事英语词汇

军事英语词汇 导弹 missiles 洲际导弹 intercontinental missile 中程导弹 mediurn-range missile 巡航导弹 cruise missile 核弹头 nuclearwerhead 地对地导弹 surface to-surface missile 地对空导弹 surface-to-air missile 舰对空导弹 ship-to-air missile 空对空导

英闻天下——332 Is Early Warning Earthquake System Effective?

China is frequently hit by earthquake. Now it's planning to build a national earthquake monitoring and warning system within five years to reduce casualties and economic losses. An official from the administration said while the system would not be a

Earthquake Early Warning

The US Government is testing an early warning system for earthquakes, which could buy vital seconds of time in advance of a major incident. For years the US has lagged behind Japan in quake detection technology and it is hoped that this latest system

U.S. VP calls for early passage of new START

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- As part of the Obama administration's continued efforts, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday wrote about the urgency to pass this year in the Senate the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) signed with Ru

神舟6号飞天相关雅思词汇(12)

卫星与航天译名I-Z IBSS(Infrared Background Signature Survey) 红外背景特征测量仪美国军事卫星 ICE(International Cosmos Explorer) 国际宇宙探测器美国科学卫星 IDCSP(Initi

2016年CRI China Expresses Extreme Concern over N. Korea Satellite Launch

Speaking at a news briefing on Wednesday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang expressed China's extreme concern and called on Pyongyang to exercise restraint. We are extremely concerned about this. China believes that North Korea ought to have the rig

VOA常速英语2019--美国地质局推出先进的地震预警系统

Californians participated in an annual drill, and helped prepare for what scientists say could strike at any moment, an earthquake. Scientists have also been busy preparing. The US Geological Survey recently unveiled its new earthquake alert system c