Pollution, Overfishing Threaten Important Cambodian Lake

A rich fishery in Southeast Asia is at risk because of overfishing, pollution and hydroelectric dams. The Tonle Sap is a freshwater lake in the middle of Cambodia. The lake shrinks and expands by thousands of kilometers, depending on the season. The

国家地理-2008-06-16 Quake Lake Blasted 唐家山堰塞湖排洪成功

Chinese soldiers used anti-tank weapons to blast away rocks and mud, holding back waters in an earthquake-formed lake that threatens more than 1 million people living downstream. Soldiers fired at rocks to dislodge enough debris to speed the drainag

国家地理-2008-07-26 ''环保''的高尔夫球场

Millions of Americans enjoy playing golf. But golf courses are not known to be environmentally friendly. They demand a lot of fresh water, fertilizers and herbicides to keep them looking green. Thats true of most golf courses. But lets look at one t

Artist Christo’s Floating Barrels on a Lake

The ducks and geese at a lake in Londons Hyde Park have a new neighbor: a floating structure of 7,506 barrels in the colors of red, mauve and blue. The floating structure, called The London Mastaba, is the latest creation of Christo. He is the Bulgar

Divers Search Indonesian Lake for Nearly 200 Missing after Ferry Sinks

Relatives of the more than 190 people missing after a boat sank on Lake Toba in Sumatra have asked government officials for a bigger search. The families also criticized the Indonesian government for ignoring unsafe conditions on passenger boats. Dis

VOA标准英语2012--Russians Reach Ancient Antarctic Lake

Russians Reach Ancient Antarctic Lake Evidence of a giant lake beneath the Antarctic ice has been gathering since the 1970s. Suspicions were first aroused after a team of Russians drilled deep into the ice to get a climate-record core sample. Accordi

VOA标准英语2012--Lake Sediment Could Better Date Ancient Finds

Lake Sediment Could Better Date Ancient Finds Radiocarbon dating is the best-known and most widely used method to determine the age of organic material, such as bone or wood or plant matter. All such material contains radioactive carbon atoms, known

VOA标准英语2013--Tourism, Development Threaten Burmese Lake

Tourism, Development Threaten Burmese Lake Inle Lake is considered a jewel of Burma, where migrating birds, rare animal species and a handful of Burmese tribes share space around the 110 square kilometer freshwater reservoir. Now, a steady stream of

2018年CRI Protecting Dianchi Lake: Kunming is on the mission

Through the years, pollution on the Dianchi Lake, a large reservoir in southwest China's Yunnan's capital, Kunming, has created significant environmental problems, something the local government has been taking steps to try to clean up. In the city o

2018年CRI Poyang Lake: a water coordinator of Yangtze

Poyang Lake, which connects to the Yangtze River near the city of Jiujiang, is the largest freshwater lake in China. The area of the lake fluctuates dramatically between the wet and dry seasons, influencing water levels downstream. However, the lake

VOA标准英语2008年-China's Quake Lake Halfway Drained

By Daniel Schearf Beijing 10 June 2008 China has said a massive lake formed by China's Sichuan earthquake is halfway drained and now poses less of a threat. China says it has won a decisive victory in its battle to drain the lake; drainage efforts b

VOA标准英语2008年-China Draining 'Quake Lake' to Ease Threat of F

By Daniel Schearf Beijing 07 June 2008 Chinese workers have started draining a massive, unstable lake formed by the Sichuan earthquake. Chinese officials say the water level is still rising but the threat of the lake bursting has been eased. Daniel

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Water 'found on Mars' 火星上发现有水 The brine seepage is believed to be in Candor Chasm 咸水渗出物应该是在Candor Chasm There is currently water on the surface of Mars, Nasa scientists believe. The evidence is contained in pictures ta

Woman's Body Found in Lake 12 Years After Disappearance

Woman's Body Found in Lake 12 Years After Disappearance The body of a Florida woman who vanished on her way to the airport 12 years ago has been found at the bottom of a lake near her home, police said Friday. Gail Schoening of Broward County was a m

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US Farmers Work to Curb Lake Erie Pollution

Ohio Lake Erie, the smallest of North Americas five Great Lakes, supplies fresh drinking water to an estimated 11 million people in Ohio, Michigan and southern Ontario province, Canada. Yet sometimes pollution, both from industrial waste and farm-che

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Like many big cities in the developing world, the city of Jakarta, with a population of nine million people, is struggling to provide clean water to all its residents. In some poor neighborhoods international organizations are trying to help, but, th

VOA标准英语2009年-Experts Look For Ways to Save Lake Chad

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 16 October 2009 Fisherman rows canoe on Lake Chad (Nov 2006 file photo) The Food and Agriculture Organization held a special event Friday to raise awareness and mobilize funds to save Lake Chad, which was once one of the

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Pre-Listening Vocabulary surrounded: enclosed; to have something on all sides outlet: a means for going out or escaping evaporate: to change from liquid into vapour effortlessly: without trying hard ingest: drink or eat spa: health treatment using mi

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IF CALIFORNIA were not already so famous for Silicon Valley and Hollywood, it might be renowned for the cluster of water-technology firms in its San Diego County. The reverse-osmosis (RO) spiral module, the trick that underpins turning sea- and waste