Noah and the Great Flood 诺亚方舟

The story of Noah building an ark to save his family and save thousands of animals from a flood which destroys all life on earth is an epic from many people's childhoods. It's a wonderful story found

Rising Seas, Development Predicted to Cause More Flood Disasters

Rising Seas, Development Predicted to Cause More Flood Disasters The Tropical Storm Harvey in the Unites States and the monsoon in South Asia have again shown how dangerous and destructive floodwaters can be. More than 1,200 people have died across I

How did you start the flood?

A doctor vacationing on the Riviera met a lawyer friend and asked him what he was doing there. The lawyer replied, I'm here because my house burned down, and the insurance company paid for everything. What are you doing here? That's quite a coinciden

VOA标准英语2008年-Flood Victims Cope in India's Bihar State

The annual monsoon rains have unleashed flooding in several parts of India, killing nearly 1,500 people and leaving millions of others homeless. The worst affected region is the eastern state, Bihar, where a river burst its embankment, last month, a

美国有线新闻 CNN 加州奥罗维尔水坝应急溢洪道腐蚀

Lake Oroville is a reservoir in Northern California. It`s been in the news a lot over the past few years first because of the dramatic effects that California`s recent drought had on its water levels. You can see it here, bridges that used to be over

CNN 2011-05-17

I'm Carl Azuz, and today on CNN Student News, we're gonna be talking about something that won't happen until November 6th... of 2012! But we start things off down in Louisiana. Officials facing the threat of massive flooding there have opened several

学英语 10 A Flood水灾

How terrible the flood was! Around the corner seeped lots of water. I was so scared when I saw the water level goes up higher and higher. No sooner did I see my house flood with rainwater, then I became completely shocked.

蓝调天后的唯美新单：Katie Melua - The Flood

蓝调天后的唯美新单：Katie Melua - The Flood 英国爵士蓝调歌手Katie Melua拥有一种独特的嗓音，柔媚复古，性感妖娆。这首The Flood是今年她推出的新单曲，声线飘渺流畅，优美得让人想飘起来。MV也

VOA慢速英语2011--The Mississippi River Floods America’s

IN THE NEWS - The Mississippi River Floods Americas Heartland This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The Mississippi River flows down the middle of the United States to the Gulf of Mexico. Right now, melted snow and heavy rains from the north ar

2007年VOA标准英语-Flood-Stricken North Korea on Brink of Health C

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 August 2007 The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is appealing for $5.5 million to head-off a potential health crisis in flood-stricken North Korea. The Swiss agency reports North Korea's healt

VOA标准英语2011--Mississippi Flooding Harms Agriculture i

Mississippi Flooding Harms Agriculture in Several US States Flooding along the Mississippi River has ruined crops, damaged farmland and delayed barge traffic in parts of the southern United States. Officials say diversion of some of the water through

英文歌曲:The Flood

The Flood Katie Melua Broken people get recycled and I hope that I will sometimes be thrown over pathways what I thought was my way home wasn't the place I know no I'm certain nothing's certain what we are becomes our prison my posessions will be gon

VOA常速英语2007-UN: North Korean Flood Victims Need Emergency Ai

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 18 October 2007 The United Nations Children's Fund says hundreds of thousands of flood victims in North Korea are in a fragile state and need emergency assistance. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva that UNICEF says food,

VOA标准英语2008年-Flood Risk Keeps Thousands in China Away From T

By Jamila Trindle Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China 06 June 2008 Three weeks after the earthquake in China's Sichuan province displaced five million people, a few hundred thousand have had to move again - out of the way of a dammed river that poses

2007年VOA标准英语-Oxfam: Flood Defenses in South Asia May Have Ag

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 18 August 2007 International aid agency Oxfam says poorly built flood defenses in South Asia may have aggravated the intensity of the recent flooding in the region. It calls for a reassessment of flood policies in the reg

Over 220,000 people evacuated as flood hits SW China county again

CHENGDU, July 11 (Xinhua) -- More than 220,000 people in southwest China's Sichuan Province have been evacuated from low-lying areas following a flood that struck the disaster-prone region on Wednesday, local authorities said. The flood, the third in

Flood pools to be built in Beijing after deadly storm

Flood pools to be built in Beijing after deadly storm BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Authorities are planning to build 20 underground flood pools in downtown Beijing to improve the Chinese capital's flood-control capacity after a devastating rainstorm

Flood peaks strand 600 ships on Yangtze River

YICHANG, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Continuous flood peaks have left over 600 ships stranded on sections of the Yangtze River near the Three Gorges Dam in the city of Yichang in central China's Hubei Province. Since early July, continuous flood peaks have h

英语听力—环球英语 1170 The Great Flood

Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. I'm Mike Procter. Voice 2 And I'm Nick Page. 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 1 People in every culture o

China warns of severe floods this year

BEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The national flood and drought prevention office has warned that severe floods are more likely to occur this year due to markedly increased rainfall, according to Sunday media reports. Floods may cause greater damage this