美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-27

1. At least seven people have been killed in severe weather that tore through the Midwest. Some of the worst damage was in Parkersburg, Iowa where homes and a high school were destroyed. Forecasters are keeping an eye out for more severe weather tod

SSS 2008-05-26

This is Scientific American 60-Second Science.I am Steve Mersky, got a minute? Phoenix has landed! Phoenix has landed! Welcome to the northern plains of Mars. That was the Jet Propulsion Laboratorys Richard Kornfeld, Sunday at 7:53pm eastern time, ac

经济学人09:餐饮业 The restaurant business

Books and Arts; Book Review;The restaurant business;Eat up; 文艺；书评；餐饮业;请尽情享用; A successful restaurant involves more than just good food; 一家成功的餐厅，提供的不仅仅是佳肴; The Art of the Restaurateur. By N

新西兰英语 658 Maori water rights

The Waitangi Tribunal met for two weeks to discuss Maori water rights. The Tribunal gave an interim report because the full report would not be available until September. The interim report asked the government to postpone the sale of Mighty River Po

新西兰英语 806 Maori By-Election results

First listen to April 29th 2013 to hear about the death of Parekura Horomia and the need for a by-election. As a result of the death of the Labour MP Parekura Horomia, a by-election was held on Saturday to elect a new Member of Parliament for the eas

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EXPLORATIONS - 'That's One Small Step ...': The Story of the First Humans to Walk on the MoonBy Marilyn Rice Christiano Broadcast: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special Engli

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EXPLORATIONS - Days of Apollo: Collecting Rocks, and Making History, on the MoonBy Marilyn Rice Christiano Broadcast: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 ANNOUNCER: EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special Engl

美国国家公共电台 NPR This New Zealand Band Is Trying To Save Maori Culture One Head Banger At A Time

DAVID GREENE, HOST: This is kind of sad. Did you know that nearly half of the world's 6,000 or so spoken languages are endangered? That's according to the United Nations. Well, in New Zealand, a group of teens is trying to save their endangered tongu

新西兰英语 643 Maori want to own rivers

More than 200 Maori attended the Waitangi Tribunal today to argue that they own the water in New Zealand rivers. They want the Tribunal to stop the government selling 49% of the electricity companies. On June 26th the government passed the law to sel

新西兰英语 636 Maori Language Week

This week is Maori language week. The theme this year is Arohatia te Reo, which means cherish te Reo (the Maori language): love it, honour it and speak it. Why should we honour te Reo? This year celebrates 25 years since te Reo became the second offi

新西兰英语 75 Maori Party Holds Hui

After talks with John Key, the co-leaders of the Maori Party, Tariana Turia and Pita Sharples, have agreed to hold many hui (meetings) throughout New Zealand. It is likely that John Key has offered the Maori Party a chance for one or two of their mem

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31 阿波罗登月计划（一） Date=4-11-01 Title=Explorations #1947 - Project Apollo (part 1): Apollo Eleven byline=Marilyn Rice Christiano ANNCR: Explorations -- a program in special English by th

PROJECT APOLLO, PART 3

33 阿波罗登月计划（三） DATE=4-25-01 TITLE=EXPLORATIONS #1949 - PROJECT APOLLO, PART 3 TYPE=SPECIAL ENGLISH FEATURE BYLINE=MARILYN RICE CHRISTIANO ANNCR: EXPLORATIONS -- A PROGRAM IN SPECIAL

新西兰英语 176 Maori Language Week

This is Maori Language week, from July 27th to August 2nd. Every year, for the last 30 years, we have celebrated Maori Language week. This is the time to learn Te Reo Maori. You can learn 100 Maori words from the website: www.koreromaori.co.nz Maori

中国月球探测车工作稳定

中国月球探测车工作稳定 BEIJING, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- China's moon rover, Yutu (Jade Rabbit), worked in stable condition following its restart after a nap on Friday night, according to the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC). The six-whe

新西兰英语 294 Maori and the Sea

We have heard a lot of talk in the last six years about the foreshore and seabed. The foreshore is the beach up to the high tide mark. The seabed is the ocean as far as New Zealands limit, 200 miles out to sea. This is the part of the ocean which New

新西兰英语 224 Maori Flag

The Prime Minister, Mr Key, announced that a Maori flag was chosen for Waitangi Day. It will fly on the Auckland Harbour Bridge and Parliament along with the New Zealand flag. The Maori flag is black, red and white with a koru design. The koru is a y

新西兰英语 150 Maori protest against Auckland super-city

At midday today, about 6,000 Maori and other supporters held a protest march in Queen St in Auckland, in the rain. The march was called a hikoi. The hikoi was organised by a young Maori man, Ngarimu Blair, who controlled the crowd to make sure that i

新西兰英语 464 Maori Moko used by French man

The photo of a French rugby player with a moko design on his face and back, upset many Maori. The moko is a tattoo on the face and other parts of the body. Originally, it was done with a chisel, not a needle, to make grooves in the skin. Soot from bu

新西兰英语 313 Maori Language week

This is Maori language week, a time to think about the survival of the Maori language and to encourage more people to use it. Listen to more about the purpose of Maori language week: July 29 2009 About 18,000 people are fluent in Maori but the number