NPR 2011-10-31

Not the usual sound for a New England fall day, but in many parts of the East, residents are digging out from a rare October snowstorm. National Weather Service forecaster Bruce Sullivan says several areas got heavier accumulations. We've seen snow t

2008年ESL之旅行 04 Getting In-Flight Service

26 Renting an Apartment GLOSSARY apartment manager a person whose job is to take care of problems in an apartment building, collect the rent, and find peopleto live in the building * When our toilet stopped working, we called the apartment manager. v

Listen this way听力教程第一册-12

Listen this way听力教程第一册-12

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AS IT IS 2016-10-03 Newest Service Robots Act Like Humans

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伦敦地铁提示音背后的温暖爱情故事

A widow's wish to hear her late husband's voice again has prompted London's subway system to restore a 40-year-old recording of the subway's famous mind the gap announcement. 一位孀居老太太希望能再听到她已故丈夫声音的愿望，使伦

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Mobile phones in Kenya can be used to transfer funds Mobile phones have revolutionized the way people connect not only with family and friends but also business services. A good example: services t

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Air China Pilots In-flight WiFi Service

Air China has become the nation's first domestic carrier to take the exciting step of offering customers in-flight WiFi internet. Passengers on board a recent Beijing to Chengdu flight have become the first customers to surf the net. CRI's Xie Zhao R

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By Jessica Berman Washington 15 October 2007 Astronaut Peggy Whitson is poised to become the first woman to command the International Space Station. Whitson and two new crew members arrived at the orbiting scientific outpost Friday to begin a mission

加油站—Gas Station

When I need gas for my car, I pull into a gas station right around the corner from my house and use my gas card. Years ago, full-service gas stations were very common. The gas station attendant would put gas in your car, check the oil level in your e

学个词Learn a Word 第1664-in-flight

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ESL Podcast 362 – Getting In-Flight Service

I pushed the call button to get the attention of the flight attendant. Flight attendant: Yes? What can I do for you? Hal: Its very cold in the cabin. Is it possible to get a blanket? Flight attendant: Were out of blankets, but heres a pillow. Hal: Ok

马航MH370多名乘客存款被神秘提取

More than ?20,000 has been stolen from four passengers aboard the doomed MH370 flight. 马航失联客机MH370四乘客账户日前被盗走2万多英镑。 Five months after the Malaysia Airlines flight went missing, mysterious withdrawals totaling

U.S. shuttle Atlantis docks with space station

WASHINGTON, July 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. space shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station on Sunday morning after nearly two days of flight. Commander Christopher Ferguson guided space shuttle Atlantis to a docking with the station at 1

Chinese space station to benefit world

BEIJING, June 16 (Xinhua) -- The successful launch of China's fourth manned spaceship paves the way for a future space station, which might subsequently benefits the world in space exploration. Shenzhou-9 spacecraft, carrying two males and one female

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马来西亚总理称失联客机通信系统被人为关闭 Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak says in Kuala Lumpur that investigators have evidence that the missing jet's communications were deliberately disabled and it turned back from its route

2017年CRI JD.com to launch office-based automated food service concept

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com is reportedly planning to launch an office-based automated food service concept targeting white-collar workers. The service, provided by the company's delivery business JD Daojia, would involve dedicated office areas w

Lesson 74-1 At the Gas Station 在加油站

Listen to the dialogues and fill in T for True, F for False. 英语对话1 A: Do you know what kind of petrol this car is using? B: No idea. This car is rented! A: Gee. You should ring for an enquiry. 英语对话2 A: Have you ever been to TRJ gas st