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VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we present the first of two programs about the history of the English Language. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: More people are tryin

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At this church in Wimbledon, Anglicans coming there in hundreds to celebrate and reflect on what the Bible means in rapidly changing world. But where worship is may be at the heart of the church England, at the top or on wholy raw is raging. This wee

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新西兰英语 630 Snowy Canterbury

Yesterday, it snowed all day in most of Canterbury. It was wet, heavy snow which broke branches off trees. The Christchurch Botanic Gardens closed because of the danger of falling branches. The University of Canterbury, Lincoln University and CPIT al

新西兰英语 619 Earthquake Inquiry

First listen to September 15th 2011 to hear about the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Canterbury Earthquakes. The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Canterbury Earthquakes started hearings today to find out why the CTV building collapsed. CTV

新西兰英语 424 Uni and polytech students in Christchurch

Students at the University of Canterbury had only one and a half days of classes before the earthquake on Feb 22nd. The university then closed for three weeks. A number of buildings had red stickers, including the two newest buildings Commerce and La

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新西兰英语 269 ECan replaced by Commissioners

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新西兰英语 339 Which buildings survived the earthquake?

The Canterbury earthquake on Sept 4th was unusual because no one was killed. It is the only city in the world which has experienced a 7.1 magnitude earthquake without any deaths. Part of the reason for this is our building code. New buildings have to

新西兰英语 569 Why the CTV building collapsed

The Royal Commission on the Canterbury Earthquakes has been trying to find out why some buildings collapsed on February 22nd 2011. Their report last week was about the CTV building, which killed 115 people when it collapsed and fire broke out. After

新西兰英语 509 Royal Commission on Canterbury Earthquake

Today the hearings began into the February 22nd earthquake to find out why buildings collapsed and why so many people died. The hearings are like a court with a judge and two other people. Their job is to listen to experts and witnesses, and at the e

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新西兰英语 331 Earthquake hits Canterbury

A strong earthquake hit Canterbury just after 4.30 this morning. It was 7.1 on the Richter scale. This is about the same as the Haiti earthquake but very fortunately no one was killed. Two people are in hospital with serious injuries. The population

新西兰英语 442 Predicting earthquakes

Some geologists have predicted that Canterbury has a 23% chance of another major earthquake in the next year. This is based on what computers can tell them from other earthquakes around the world but it is still impossible to predict earthquakes. Nob