VOA慢速英语2014 奥巴马宣布保护太平洋倡议

AS IT IS 2014-06-27 Obama Announces Effort to Protect Pacific Ocean 奥巴马宣布保护太平洋倡议 President Barack Obama has launched a new effort to protect parts of the Pacific Ocean from overfishing and environmental damage. He announced hi

VOA标准英语2013--Secret Monitoring Clouds 9/11 Proceedings

Secret Monitoring Clouds 9/11 Proceedings It was a bizarre twist in a case that has dragged on for years after the September 11 attacks in the effort to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other accused co-conspirators to justice. Prosecutors were

英语听力文摘 English Digest 522、噪声污染让鲸鱼也hold不住了！

Noise Pollution Is Affecting Whales If a noisy neighbor is blasting music at all hours of the day and night, drowning out your phone conversations and interrupting your sleep, you can call the police. But what is a whale to do? Natural noise from wav

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Greenpeace: Plastic, Chemical Pollution Widespread in Antarctica The non-governmental environmental group Greenpeace reports that plastic and chemical pollution is often found in snow and seawater collected by researchers in Antarctica. Greenpeace sa

2006年VOA标准英语-Heat, Pollution Trigger Health Problems

By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 18 July 2006 watch Air Pollution report Scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research observed the highest air pollution on record above the Arctic Circle in May. Air pollution has been link

2007年VOA标准英语-Indonesian Court to Rule on Mine Pollution Case

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 23 April 2007 Richard Ness walks upon arrival for his trial at a district court in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia (File Photo) An Indonesian court is expected to rule Tuesday on pollution charges against one of the

英闻天下——383 Experts Stress Implementation of Contingency Plan

A recent report released by the Ministry of Environmental Protection shows China has seen over 560 pollution accidents between 2008 and 2011, averaging one in every two and half days. The Ministry urges local environmental departments to update their

北京遭雾霾持续侵袭 未来几天恐持续

Beijing will experience five days of poor air quality partly caused by heating systems being turned on, officials announced on Tuesday. 有关官员在周二表示，由于冬季供暖开始，未来5天北京的空气质量将比较差。 Pollution

每日一词【514】pollution：污染

今天我们要学的词是pollution。 Pollution, 是污染的意思。 Air pollution, 空气污染。 Water pollution, 水污染。 Beijing's chronic pollution has been one of the biggest headaches for the Olympic Games organizers, 北京长期的空

Plastic pollution

Plastic Pollution NB: This is not an accurate word-for-word transcript Dan: Hello and welcome 6 Minute English from the BBC. Im Dan Walker Smith and today Im joined by Kate. Kate: Hello Dan. Dan: Now today Kate and I are talking about pollution. Kate

Official cars ordered off roads during hazardous pollution

BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Thirty percent of official cars in Beijing should not be used when there is extremely bad pollution, traffic authorities confirmed Tuesday. The order was implemented on Monday evening to help combat the fourth round of he

Beijing unveils new steps to curb air pollution

BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Beijing will strengthen its efforts to treat PM2.5 and slash the density of major air pollutants by 2 percent this year, the municipality's acting mayor said Tuesday. The capital will take 180,000 old vehicles off the roa

60,000 affected by E China water pollution

NANCHANG, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Tap water for 60,000 people was cut off Monday due to the pollution of a water source in east China's Jiangxi Province, government sources said. Around 10 a.m. Monday, an oily substance was seen floating near a water int

CCTV9英语新闻11月：青岛爆炸后监控和清理工作在继续

Monitoring and clean-up work continues after the pipeline explosion in Qingdao. Professionals from the departments of safety supervision, fire-fighting and the chemical industry have engaged in detection work. 120 monitoring points were set up to pre

Smog disrupts Beijing traffic, flights

BEIJING, Feb.17 (Xinhua) -- Fresh smog shrouded Beijing and some other provinces in China early on Sunday, disrupting highway traffic and flights. Readings for PM2.5, hazardous particles measuring 2.5 microns in diameter or less, exceeded 200 microgr

Lawmakers propose banning arbitrary environmental monitoring

BEIJING, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese lawmakers on Friday suggested formulating an environmental monitoring law to prohibit disorderly, arbitrary monitoring of the environment. China lacks a special law or regulation on the management of environmental

VOA双语新闻：18、奥巴马宣布保护太平洋倡议

奥巴马宣布保护太平洋倡议 President Barack Obama has announced a new initiative to protect parts of the Pacific Ocean from overfishing and environmental damage. He announced his plan in a video message to an international conference on the

Imported drugs to go on China's electronic monitoring network

Imported drugs to go on China's electronic monitoring network BEIJING, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- China's food and drug safety watchdog plans to put imported drugs on the national electronic monitoring network in a move to step up drug management. Overseas p

CCTV9英语新闻：中国的环境退化

To talk more about China's environmental protection targets, we have Wu Changhua, the Greater China Director of the Climate Group. But before we start, let's take a look at a set of numbers to have a clearer picture of how bad the environment is. Air

英闻天下——199 Beijing's Air Pollution Returns to 'Hazardous' Levels

Smog levels in Beijing have hit the 'Hazardous' mark again just 2 weeks after recording one of the worst cases of air pollution. The PM 2.5 monitoring systems in the Chinese capital showed readings of around 400, which is considered hazardous. That's