CNN 2012-05-24

Taps isn't a complicated song, just 24 notes total. The melody was written by US civil war general who didn't like the old Lights Out bugle call. He wrote Taps 150 years ago. And in order to commemorate that anniversary, nearly 200 buglers and trumpe

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情景英语口语100主题 031transport交通运输

031 transport Words Bus train bicycle car boat ship motorcycle van truck tram ferry barge speedboat yacht Coach airplane helicopter balloon minibus cruise ship scooter airport shuttle bus light railway Subway commuter train platform terminal bus/rail

我国AG600水陆两栖飞机成功完成首次地面滑行

China's large amphibious aircraft AG600 last Saturday successfully conducted its first glide test in Zhuhai, Guangdong, as it is preparing for its maiden flight. 我国大型水陆两栖飞机AG600于上周六在广东省珠海市成功进行了首次地

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US Helps Search for Flight 370 With Planes, Equipment 美国帮助搜索航班370 The U.S. Navy has sent in several devices to search the bottom of the ocean, near where Malaysia Flight 370 might have gone down. The pinger locator and an underwater s

China's railways handle 606 mln passengers in first 4 months

BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) -- A total of 606.48 million people traveled via China's railways during the first four months of 2012, a year-on-year increase of 2.8 percent, the Ministry of Railways said Sunday. Passenger numbers increased the most in Apri

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 05 June 2006 June 6 is the anniversary of D-Day, when, in 1944, a massive Allied armada landed in Normandy to fight a battle that turned the course of the Second World W

Some Useful Sentences on Transport & Insurance

Supplement: Some Useful Sentences on Transport Insurance 有关装运和保险的常用语句 (1) We have been put to considerable inconvenience by the long delay in delivery. We must insist on immediate delivery, otherwise we shall be compelled to c

VOA标准英语10月-NATO Launches Anti-Piracy Operation for Horn of A

NATO warships have launched an anti-piracy operation off the coast of Somalia by escorting one ship to port with plans for a similar operation on Tuesday. Lisa Bryant has more from Paris. The NATO operation aims to help calm the situation off Somali

VOA标准英语10月-US, South Korean Troops Plan to Rehearse Massive

.S. and South Korean military officials confirm the two allied nations are planning a major military drill, expected to begin this week. The exercise focuses on a simulated marine landing and comes at a time when North Korea has sharpened its rhetor

London Transport 伦敦的公交系统

The script of this programme 本节目台词 Tubes and buses are the best way to get round London. John: Hi, and welcome to BBC Learning English. I'm John. Oliver: 大家好，我是 Oliver。 John: Today we're going to find out all about public transport in Lo

VOA双语新闻 - 北约在索马里沿海开展反海盗行动

NATO warships have launched an anti-piracy operation off the coast of Somalia by escorting one ship to port with plans for a similar operation on Tuesday. 北约军舰在索马里沿海开展一项反海盗的行动，他们护送了一艘船进港，另

2017年CRI China's first domestic large amphibious aircraft makes maiden flight

China's first large amphibious aircraft AG600 on Sunday completed its maiden flight in south China's Guangdong Province. At 9:39 a.m., the aircraft AG600, code named Kunlong left Jinwan airport in the city of Zhuhai. The flight lasted about one hour.

我国研制的水陆两栖飞机AG600将于上半年首飞

The AG600 amphibious aircraft is expected to take its maiden flight over land in the first half of 2017 and on water in the second half, said its developer, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). 国有飞机制造商中国航空工业集团

London's transport may affect 2012 Olympics

LONDON, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Londay's local city government said on Thursday that the city's transport infrastructure is still one of the biggest risks to the running of the 2012 Olympic Games. Val Shawcross, chairman of the London Assembly transport

China stresses support for urban public transport development

BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government has vowed to introduce more measures to prioritize the development of public transport systems in the country's increasingly congested urban areas. In downtown areas, there should be a bus stop every

热门单词：“两栖干部”用英文怎么说？

北京已启动对各党政机关离退休干部兼职社团底数逐一摸排、清理。新近出台的文件规定，离退休干部在社团兼职情况须本人每年书面报告，同时兼职不得领取任何津贴报酬。针对在职干部，

环球英语 — 103： Local Transport

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Russia should beef up transport security: Medvedev

MOSCOW, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Russia should adopt tougher security measures（安全措施） to ensure transport safety, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said here on Thursday after he came back from the Davos Forum. The president visited Moscow's su

二战启示录 第55期:美国盟友(2)

The attack comes as a total surprise. 这次攻击完全出人意料之外 Marine Corporal Er Nightingale 海军陆战队下士厄尔南丁格尔 who was on board the battle ship Arizona described the scene: 当年在亚利桑那号战舰上服役，他