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April 18, 1906, California's San Andreas Fault snaps, shaking San Francisco for nearly 60 terrifying seconds .When the trembling stops, the disaster is only beginning. Gas lines rupture, setting off massive fires, some 700 people die. Most of the ci

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 国家地理2008年

On Monday, an earthquake in China measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale occurred along a fault where south Asia pushes against the Eurasian Landmass, smashing the Sichuan Plain into mountains, leading to the Tibetan highlands. In 1989, the Loma Prieta

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 国家地理2008年

The arrival of the P-waves in Valparaiso feels like a long sonic boom. Windows and buildings shudder. Some of the P-waves shoot up into the atmosphere, emitting a frightening roar. The secondary waves follow, carrying most of the earthquake's energy.

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(106) / 评论(0) 分类 国家地理2007年

Relief workers remembering those who died Flags are flying at half-mast across China. China is coming to the end of an official period of mourning for those who died in last weeks earthquake. For three days, there have been no entertainment events a

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 Take Away English

The earthquake came as a surprise to people in Britain On 27th February 2008, something very unusual happened in the UK; there was a rather large earthquake. It was the biggest earthquake in 25 years in the UK. There have been very small tremors in

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 Take Away English

Broadcast: May 16, 2003 By George Grow This is the VOA Special English Environment Report. Scientists in the United States have developed a computer program that they say could provide an early warnin

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2003(上)-科技导航

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 August 2007 United Nations aid agencies say the situation in Peru's earthquake affected areas is moving rapidly from one of emergency to rehabilitation and reconstruction. But the agencies say there is still a great need of

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(八月)

AA: Im Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER -- we take some of the stress out of learning which words to stress in American English. RS: We turn to Lida [lee-da] Baker. Shes an instructor at the American Language Center at th

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词大师-Word Master

By Brian Wagner Miami 16 August 2007 Rescue workers in Peru are searching for survivors in the rubble of an earthquake that killed at least 450 people. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports the quake toppled buildings and homes south of the capital. I

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(129) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(八月)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- A major 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck southwest of U.S. territory Guam on Saturday local time, the United States Geological Survey reported on its website. The quake occurred at 7:19 a.m. on Saturday local time (2119

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER -- we take some of the stress out of learning which words to stress in American English. RS: We turn to Lida [lee-da] Baker. She's an instructor at the American Language Center at

发表于:2019-01-25 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 词汇大师(Wordmaster)

Emily and Grant were inside Macy's on 34th Street. Macy's was having its annual flower show. The store was full of flowers. They were beautiful to look at and beautiful to smell. It was like being in a forest or jungle. Flowers were everywhere. The s

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Japan is the United States' fourth-largest trading(贸易) partner, and trade had increased the first two months of this year -- before the earthquake and tsunami. Now the two busiest container ports in the United States are seeing the effects of

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

KUNMING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Eight people have been confirmed injured in an earthquake near the border area of southwest China's Sichuan and Yunnan provinces on Tuesday, local authorities said. The 4.9-magnitude quake, which occurred at 10:46 a.m. wi

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

After Tuesdays terrible earthquake, 200 people are still missing, almost certainly dead. Just over 100 bodies have already been recovered from collapsed buildings. Thousands of people still have no power, water or sewerage system. Thousands of homes

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Its now a week after the major earthquake that caused so much damage to the people and places in Canterbury. Many people are suffering because they will lose their homes. At the moment, some are staying in a school. Tomorrow they will have to move ou

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A 5.8 magnitude earthquake has rocked much of the U.S. east coast, shaking buildings and sending panicked office workers into the streets in places like Washington. The earthquake shook the region Tuesday afternoon. The U.S. Geological Survey says th

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Chinese President Xi Jinping has commanded authorities in the Xigaze and Ali regions of China's Tibet Autonomous Region to continue their efforts in relief and reconstruction work. President Xi says the focus now is to provide quality medicare for th

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(201) / 评论(0) 分类 cctv9英语新闻2015年

Listen again to July 18th 2009 . The earthquake of July 16th caused only minor damage. One effect though, that scientists have learnt is that the southwest of the South Island has now moved 300mm closer to Australia. New Zealand, like Japan, sits on

发表于:2019-02-20 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

After Saturdays earthquake in the Christchurch area, the main focus was at first on the central city area. There has been a huge amount of damage to older buildings. Many of these were beautiful 100-year old buildings which made the central city attr

发表于:2019-02-26 / 阅读(148) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语
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