新概念英语第四册Lesson 13 The search for oil

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NPR 2010-10-28

A Virginia man's charged with plotting to bomb the Washington D.C. subway system. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston reports, the FBI had been tracking Farooque Ahmed, who allegedly had been scoping out potential targets since spring. Ahmed is alleged to have

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This is AP News Minute. National security advisor Michael Flynn says that Trump administration is putting Iran on notice after it tested a ballistic missile. Flynn told the reporters Wednesday the administration condemns such actions by Iran that und

NPR 2012-02-01

All eyes are on the Florida primary which could be a game-changer in the race for the GOP's presidential nomination. Polls show the field afore is led by Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, both of whom have spent recent weeks unleashing a barrage of atta

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These aren't Christmas lights. This isn't a mutant lobster. And this fearsome-looking creature is not something you'd ever find at the end of your fishing hook. These are some of the rarely seen sea creatures found deep in the ocean in a world of tot

NPR 2010-10-06

US stocks hit the 200-mark, reflecting sharp gains all day. University of Maryland Professor Peter Morici says the gains are due in large part to a rise in the service sector and news out of Japan that the central bank moved to lower interest rates t

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BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward, left, and BP Managing Director Bob Dudley, right, arrive with other BP executives at the White House in Washington, 16 Jun 2010 (file photo) Beleaguered BP boss Tony Hayward has handed over his Gulf of Mexico

VOA标准英语2010年-Questions Linger Over Extent of Gulf S

There are no reliable estimates of exactly how much oil has leaked into the Gulf of Mexico since the April 20 explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil platform. The fatal disaster sank the rig and left its 1600-meter-deep well gushing plumes of cru

VOA标准英语2010-Some Western Workhorses Don't Eat Hay

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AP 2010-09-06

1. Hurricane Earl now packs 145-mile-per-hour winds as it continues to churn towards the North Carolina coast. Forecasters are still trying to pinpoint exactly where and if Earl will make landfall. Hurricane warnings and watches have now been posted

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-06-02)

1. BP's again trying to contain the Gulf oil spill. The company declared failure in its latest attempt to plug the gusher. BP's next step will involve using a remote controlled undersea robots to saw off part of the broken pipe that leads from the we

英语美文：选择向左，还是向右？

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