新西兰英语 713 Fracking

What is fracking? It is a way of getting gas or oil from inside rock, deep underground. Mining companies break the rock using water. This week, the Commissioner for the Environment gave a report on fracking in New Zealand. She said that the mining co

VOA慢速英语--Demand for Lithium Creates ‘Water War’ in Chile

Parts of Chile are facing a growing water crisis. The Reuters news agency reports the government is taking steps to protect the countrys water supplies from mining operations. But for many years, the Chilean government approved water extraction right

China's coal mining still high-risk industry

BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- A spokesman for China's work safety regulator said on Friday that coal mining remains a high-risk industry in the country despite improvements over the past decade. Speaking at a press conference in Beijing, Huang Yi, of

CNN 2010-04-09

CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Hi, I'm Carl Azuz. You're tuned in to CNN Student News. Afghanistan, Iraq, D.C.: lot of ground to cover today. We start things off in West Virginia. First Up: Coal Mine Disaster AZUZ: Officials there are trying to

CNN 2010-01-15

RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We take our shoes off, remove our laptops, and toss our bottled water all in the name of safety. But are we any safer today than we were before 9/11? Not exactly, says Bruce Schneier, author and security technologist. B

2007年VOA标准英语-Debate Underway in US Over Coal's Future

By Malcolm Brown Washington, D.C. 24 July 2007 The future of coal has become a hot topic in the United States. The debate sets concerns about global warming against the desire to reduce America's dependence on foreign energy sources. With the United

VOA标准英语2012--Energy Production Facing Limits of Water Scarcity发电面临用水危机

Energy Production Facing Limits of Water Scarcity发电面临用水危机 Nearly all forms of energy production use large amounts of water. Coal, which generates nearly 50 percent of the electricity in the U.S., needs water for mining and transport,

US Energy Production Facing Limits of Water Scarcity

US Energy Production Facing Limits of Water Scarcity Nearly all forms of energy production use large amounts of water. Coal, which generates nearly 50 percent of the electricity in the U.S., needs water for mining and transport, and to cool and lubri

VOA标准英语2011--Remembering Hazel Dickens

Remembering Hazel Dickens Trailblazing bluegrass and folk singer-songwriter Hazel Dickens recently died at the age of 76. Dickens was a performer whose childhood in a West Virginia coal mining town led her to become a labor activist and inspired a li

VOA标准英语2011--Coal Ash Plan Raises Fears in Missouri C

Coal consumption is increasing in many parts of the world, driven by skyrocketing energy demands in rapidly developing countries like China. But with coal comes pollution: from climate-changing carbon dioxide to coal ash, the powdery toxic waste left

VOA慢速英语20060213b

THIS IS AMERICA - After Safest Year on Record, Coal Mining Deaths Raise ConcernsBy Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, February 13, 2006 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special Engl

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: Despite mounting evidence and a stream of dire warnings, federal regulators and mining companies failed to protect coal miners from toxic dust. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: NPR and the PBS series Frontline spent more than a year lookin

2006年VOA标准英语-Recent Accidents Draw Attention to Mining

By Malini Bawa Washington, D.C. 05 January 2006 Mining Safety 12 U.S. coal miners were killed in an explosion this week. It's the nation's second worst coal mining disaster since 1984. But U.S. mines

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Attention viewers, dont try anything you are about to see at home. Were what you call experts. On this charged-up episode of Mythbusters, theres fire in the hole, Fire in the hole! as the Mythbusters unleash their A to Z of explosions. Weve exposed t

新西兰英语 373 The future of coal mining

At the moment, workers at the Pike River Coal mine are using a jet machine to pump CO2 into the mine to put out the fire. Then they will put a cover over the entrance. When the mine is cool and all poisonous gases have gone, rescuers will enter the m

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Coal 煤炭 The fuel of the future, unfortunately 很不幸，这便是未来的能源 A cheap, ubiquitous and flexible fuel, with just one problem 这是一种廉价、易得且用途广泛的燃料，但仅存在着一个问题 WHAT more could one

环球英语 — 126：Mining Disasters

Voice 1 Hello, Im Joshua Leo. Voice 2 And Im Marina Santee. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 3 The place is dirty

新西兰英语 547 Mining Lignite

Lignite is low grade coal which contains more moisture than high grade coal and is dirty to burn. Southland has ten areas with lignite. Solid Energy, which is a government company, plans to mine this lignite. The company has plans to build a $25m bri

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Patrick Mdluli considered himself to be a healthy person for most of his life. 帕特里克姆杜鲁里(Patrick Mdluli)认为自己一生中大部分的时间里都很健康。 Then, two years ago, the 35-year-old South African moved to Middleburg, a

听播客学英语 212 灾难

At 9.25am on Friday 21 October 1966, the police officer on duty at Merthyr Tydfyl police station in South Wales answered a telephone call. I have been asked to inform you that there has been a landslide, said the caller. The tip has come down on the