NPR 2010-04-22

At least 11 people remain missing from an oil platform explosion off the coast of Louisiana. Seven workers are badly hurt from the blast and fire late last night on the offshore drilling platform. Theres no word on what caused the blast. The Coast Gu

英语分类词汇：欧美音乐

什么是RB? RB的全名是 Rhythm Blues，一般译作节奏怨曲。广义上， RB可视为黑人的流行音乐，它源於黑人的Blues音乐，是现今西行流行来和摇滚来的基础，Billboard杂志曾介定 RB为所有黑人音乐，除

Zimbabwe Cricket Union to Weigh in on England Controversy

Broadcast: Feb 12, 2003 The Zimbabwe Cricket Union is sending a 1) delegation to South Africa to give its side of the controversy over England's refusal to play its scheduled World Cup match in Harare

CPC congress begins closing session, new central committee to be elected

BEIJING, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) started its closing session here Wednesday morning, at which a new CPC Central Committee and a new Central Commission for Discipline Inspection will be elec

英语游戏:Age of Japan 2

[全屏观看] 点击右键- 另存为 可保存这个Flash影片 Description: Age of Japan is an incredible puzzle entertainment, which shines with unique graphics. All 40 game levels are rendered with Japane...

英语游戏:Age of Japan

[全屏观看] 点击右键- 另存为 可保存这个Flash影片 Description: Age of Japan is an incredible puzzle entertainment, which shines with unique graphics. All 40 game levels are rendered with Japane...

中国、日本、爱尔兰科学家分享今年诺贝尔医学奖

AS IT IS 2015-10-06 Ireland, Japan, China Scientists Share Nobel Prize for Medicine 中国、日本、爱尔兰科学家分享今年诺贝尔医学奖 The first of the 2015 Nobel Prizes has been announced. Swedens Nobel Prize committee says the Nobel

VOA标准英语2010年-Vancouver Organizing Committee Faces O

Renee Smith-Valade is the Vice President of Communications for Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) Staging an Olympics is a huge undertaking, and so is dealing with all of the international media which come to the host city to cover the Games. The

US Deficit Super Committee Prepares to Begin Work

As President Barack Obama prepares to unveil proposals to spur U.S. economic growth and job creation, a bipartisan committee of lawmakers tasked with slashing the federal deficit prepares to convene for the first time. The Joint Select Committee on D

UN committee starts assessing postwar queries in Gaza

GAZA, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- A committee（委员会） of independent experts, tasked by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), started on Sunday meetings and tours in the Gaza Strip to assess postwar investigations（调查） by concerning parties to t

Japan's GDP shrinks 1.1% in 4th quarter 2010

TOKYO, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Japan's economy shrank(缩小) an annualized real 1.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010, marking the first contraction in five quarters, the Cabinet Office said Monday. The October-December period figure, measured by gr

Strong Earthquake Rocks NE Japan

A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted northeastern Japan early Sunday in the same region that was devastated by a massive 9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami earlier this year. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake was centered in the Pacific O

Japan sends new spy satellite into space

TOKYO, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Japan's H-2A rocket carrying a new information gathering satellite was launched at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Friday, local media reported. Japan has already introduced three information-gather

建立业务联系的传真写法举例

Foreign Economic Relations Trade Committee of What City Address： 地址略 Tel： 电话号码略 Fax： 传真号码略 To： Ms Jaana Pekkala， Consultant for China Swiss Organization for Facilitating Investments Fax： ＋41－1－249 31 33 Tot

奥巴马正式提名肯尼迪女儿出任驻日本大使

WASHINGTON, July 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated Caroline Kennedy, the elder daughter of former president John F. Kennedy, as the ambassador to Japan. Kennedy was only six when her father was assassinated on Nov. 22,

Japan Commemorates 6 Months Since Disasters

Japan fell silent Sunday in a solemn minute of prayer and reflection marking six months since the massive earthquake and tsunami that left 20,000 people dead or missing and sparked a nuclear crisis. Sirens wailed at 2:46 in the afternoon as tens of t

US Lawmakers Announce Budget Committee Choices

Leaders of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have named nine of the 12 members of a committee that will be expected to find up to $1.5 trillion in savings to reduce the nation's deficit. The White House said Wednesday that President Barack

Japan Moves to Stem Rising Yen

Japan's government and the country's central bank took action Thursday to dilute the yen. The Japanese currencys strong standing against the dollar is making exports more expensive, hurting efforts to revive the country's moribund economy. After many

CCTV9英语新闻：NPC Standing Committee to deliver work report

Now we are now joined in our studio by our current affairs commentator Victor Gao, to help us understand the work of the NPC Standing Committee. Q1. First of all, tell us about the work of the NPC Standing Committee, and how they perform their duties

Japan: Disasters Slash Manufacturing

The Japanese government says the country's industrial production and consumer spending fell at their sharpest pace on record in March in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake and tsunami. In a report Thursday, the government said that productio