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5pm today was the deadline for Christchurch owners of homes in the residential red zone. They had to accept CERAs offer for their property by 5pm today. Home owners had two choices: accept CERAs offer for their home and land at 2007 value, or take th

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

The government has set up a new department called the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority or CERA. The job of CERA is to rebuild Christchurch. CERA will exist for just five years. It will have a staff of 50, mostly from other government departme

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Mexico City Now Sends Earthquake Warnings to Phones Mexico City has made changes to its emergency announcement service known as 911 CDMX. The service now sends messages to peoples smartphones warning them of earthquakes. The changes come after a magn

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face是一项警告:不要因为愤怒冲动行事,用伤害自己的方式来复仇。打个比方说,如果你因为太痛恨电视节目里的某个政客而

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: You don't have to be a movie buff to know Aaron Sorkin. You know him from movies like The Social Network, Steve Jobs and Moneyball and television shows like The West Wing. Over more than two decades of screenwriting, Sorkin has m

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古人云,少壮不努力,老大背单词。各位挣扎在红黄蓝黑各种宝书中的同学或许要问,这单词要背到什么时候才算够?我们不妨来看看外国人的词汇量是多少。 Britains Guardian newspaper, in 1986, e

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PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Celia Cruz: The Singer Was Known as the 'Queen of Salsa'By Dana Demange Broadcast: 2006骞?鏈?1鏃? (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus with Peopl

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