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[00:01.01]Recently, there was another threat [00:03.02]when the tanker Jessica ran aground [00:04.83]near the islands. [00:06.48]It is believed to have leaked almost [00:08.32]a million litres of oil into the sea. [00:11.75]At first, it was feared th
饶舌:Gym Class Heroes - Peace sign index down 相关介绍 :来自纽约的Gym Class Heroes(以下简称GCH),起源于1997年负责说及唱的Travis Schleprok McCoy与鼓手Matt McGinley在高中一同上体育课而结识为好友,两位以嘻
AS IT IS - The Social Progress Index Welcome to AS IT IS from VOA Learning English. Im Mario Ritter. Today, we hear about a different way to measure economic growth, the Social Progress Index. We also hear from the author of a book about institution
By Barry Wood Washington 16 January 2008 The latest annual index of economic freedom ranks Hong Kong and Singapore on top for the 14th consecutive time. VOA's Barry Wood reports the Heritage Foundation survey shows economic freedom has improved sligh
Unit 43 What Caused the K-T Mass Extinction? The latter part of the Cretaceous Period was a time of continental drift and accompanying volcanic activity. The supercontinent was splitting up and the continents were taking on their modern-day forms. Ma
Conservationists are overestimating the number of species that have been driven to extinction(消失), scientists have said. A study has found that a third of all mammal species declared extinct in the past few centuries have turned up alive and well
Neil: Hello and welcome to Six-Minute English from BBC Learning English, I'm Neil and with me today is Rosie. Rosie: Hi there. Neil: Well, today we're talking about men. Rosie: That sounds interesting. Neil: It is very interesting especially if you'r
By Alisha Ryu Nyeri, Kenya 22 May 2006 Jack Githae, herbal doctor, is standing next to a young MUIRI tree at his clinic in Nyeri, Kenya For thousands of years, people living around Mount Kenya in the
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 12 September 2007 A new report says the number of species threatened with extinction is escalating. The World Conservation Union, which has just released its Red List of Threatened Species, warns life on Earth will continue to
Researchers have developed a new computer model that they say helps determine which mammals are headed for extinction as a result of human activity. Earth is undergoing its sixth mass extinction, threatening about a quarter of all mammal species, ac
Humans Driving Massive Animal Extinction Earth is in the midst of its sixth mass extinction of animal species -- the first to be caused by humans -- in the past half-billion years, setting off a downward spiral in the environment and human health, wh
An Iron ore index has now been launched here in China. As CRI's Wei Tong reports, it's designed to give Chinese companies a bigger say over the pricing of the key component in the production of steel in the international market. The index consists of
The Yangtze River is a major habitant for finless porpoise, an aquatic marine mammal close to dolphins. However due to increasing human activities the number of the animal has been declining in China over the years. Provinces along the Yangtze River
The Hang Seng(香港恒生银行) China Enterprises Index on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange rose 52.69 points, or 0.45 percent, to close Monday's trading at 11,673.37. The H-shares index, initiated in August 1994 and readjusted(重新调整) on
Cambodia is home to the largest population of sun bears left in the wild. As the worlds smallest bear species, they are now facing a high risk of extinction due to the twin threat of habitat loss and illegal hunting. Charities are working hard to sav
Pre-Listening Vocabulary habitat: the place where living things live extinction: the state of no longer existing threatened: facing a possible risk of extinction 24/7: all day and night; at all times human intervention: the involvement of humans Habi
abandon vt.放弃, 遗弃 (90-6, 91-6,92-1,93-1,95-1, 95-6,98-6,99-6,02-6,05-1,06-12,07-6) After driving many of the animals around them to near extinction, people were forced to abandon their old way of life for a radically
Now the other thing you'll notice about the top 10 there is, 另外一件你注意到的前十名的事情是, of course, they're all, apart from New Zealand, Western European nations. 当然,除了新西兰以外,它们都是欧州国家。 Th
The tech-heavy Nasdaq index has closed at a record high, surpassing a level it last reached in 2000 at the height of the dot com bubble. 以科技股为主的纳斯达克指数再创历史新高,超过了其2000年互联网泡沫的高峰期的水平
China's business climate index falls in Q3 BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- China's business climate index, a major gauge of the country's macroeconomic outlook, continued to fall in the third quarter, according to a latest survey. The quarterly index dr