2015年ESL之旅行交通购物 12 Traveling by Light Rail

ESL Podcast 1161 Traveling by Light Rail Jean: Look out! Gordon: Dont worry. Thats just a light rail train. The new light rail system shares the road with street traffic. Jean: Phew! For a second there I thought we were going to collide with it. Gord

2018年CRI New unmanned SkyRail service unveiled in NW China

Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD has unveiled its new unmanned monorail, SkyRail, in Yinchuan, capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on Wednesday, January 10. The unmanned train system will be officially put into operation in the second quarter

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encyclopedia /ensaɪklə'pi:dɪə/ There are four different encyclopedias in the reference section in our school library. -- (literally, well-rounded rearing of a child) work offering alphabetically arranged information on various branches of knowled

法律英语：55 Minimum Wage for Tipped Employees

by Michael W. Flynn First, a disclaimer: Although I am an attorney, the legal information in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for seeking personalized legal advice from an attorney licensed to practice in your jurisdiction. Further, I

新西兰英语 720 Gisborne Rail

KiwiRail announced this week that it will close the railway from Gisborne to Napier. Heavy rain in March last year washed out 3km of railway line. The line has not been repaired partly because it was difficult to reach. KiwiRail decided that it would

英文流行歌曲：The Heart Strings - 《Pedalo》

Pedalo The Heart Strings It seems as good a day as any To start my trek across the ocean With no funds for ship or sail I'll use my legs and my devotion. An aqua bike will be my vessel And high adventure the land I seek So farewell friends who've com

2017年CRI UKMail Rail lets tourists visit London's secret postal railway

Few visitors to London realise that the Underground isn't the only subway train beneath the streets of the British capital. 70 feet below ground level, the world's first driverless, electrified railway was built as a vital artery for Britain's postal

奥巴马每日发言For High-Speed Rail (2009-4-16)

暂无音频 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE PRESIDENT ON A VISION FOR HIGH-SPEED RAIL IN AMERICA Room 450 Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building 9:33 A.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) I promise these comments will be sho

新西兰英语 646 Auckland Rail Loop

Today Auckland Transport showed the plan for the central city rail loop. At the moment, trains stop at Britomart. The plan is for trains to continue through Britomart, travel in a 3.5km tunnel under the city, come out of the tunnel and meet the weste

新西兰英语 602 Manukau Rail Station

The Auckland mayor, Len Brown, opened the new Manukau rail station today. It is the first new railway line to be built in 82 years. It will link Manukau city centre with the southern rail line at Middlemore and continue to Auckland city. The trip int

2007年VOA标准英语-Umaru Yar'Adua: The Man Tipped To Become Nigeri

By Sarah Simpson Katsina, Nigeria 06 April 2007 Umaru Yar'Adua is the man most likely to become the president of Africa's most populous and oil-rich country, Nigeria. But until he emerged as the ruling party candidate in next month's presidential pol

Inter-city rail projects cleared

Beijing, August 14 (Xinhuanet) -- The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)（国家发改委） on Friday approved a batch of inter-city rail transit networks, spanning more than 2,000 kilometers, to accelerate（加速） regional integ

新西兰英语 254 KiwiRail

The Minister of Transport, Steven Joyce, said yesterday that some railway lines will probably be closed. The line between Napier and Gisborne, the northern Wairarapa line and the inland Taranaki line usually have just one train a week. It is possible

China approves 25 urban rail projects to boost economy

China approves 25 urban rail projects to boost economy BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- China's top economic planning agency has approved 25 urban rail projects that could be worth more than 800 billion yuan (126.98 billion U.S. dollars). The National De

2015年CRI First High-speed Rail Tunnel from Chinese Inland to Hong Kong Cuts Through

The first high-speed rail tunnel linking the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong has been cut through. The 3,886-meter tunnel runs from Shenzhen City, south China's Guangdong Province to the Mai Po district of Hong Kong. The Shenzhen section of the tunnel

Central China produces super-capacity light rail train

CHANGSHA, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- The world's first super-capacity light rail train was completed Friday by China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation Limited (CSR) Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd. in Zhuzhou, central China's Hunan provinc

2015年CRI China Opens New High-speed Rail to Northern Border City in Jilin

The first high-speed rail line to a border city in northeast China is set to open in Jilin Province on Sunday. The new line is to link Jilin City with Hunchun, which is at the borders of North Korea and Russia. Local residents have come to the railwa

2018年CRI Nigeria commissions China-assisted Abuja light rail

A Chinese-developed light rail line in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, designed to reduce traffic in the city of 1.2 million people, is now active. The rapid-transit system, the first of its kind in West Africa, has been built by the China Civil Engineerin

2015年CRI China's High-speed Rail Maker Launches Operation in U.S.

The ceremony marking the beginning of the building process was held the city of Springfield. Earlier in 2015, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority awarded a 560 million dollar contract to China Rail Rolling Stock Corp. to design and manufacture

2016年CRI Extra Funds for High-speed Rail Approved in LegCo

The 26 kilometer railway linking West Kowloon to the border will plug Hong Kong into China's national high speed network. It was initially scheduled to be completed by the end of last year, but now is delayed to the third quarter of 2018. As a result