VOA标准英语 Lawmakers Urge More Action to Prevent Flu-Infected T

Members of the U.S. Congress - particularly those representing states along the border with Mexico and Canada - are calling on the Obama administration to do more to prevent travelers infected with swine flu from entering the United States. They mad

NPR 2010-01-04

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. The United States and Britain have shut down their embassies in Yemen in light of what President Obama's Deputy National Security Advisor John Brennan called alive and active threat of Al-Qaeda attacks

SSS 2009-11-27

It really is rocket scienceresearchers are using huge x-ray scanners from NASA to understand how sonar might be affecting the hearing of large ocean mammals. These scanners are usually used to inspect the space shuttles solid fuel rockets. Navy sonar

最In导购口语 第115期:扫描仪

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Haiti Rebel Leader Enters Port-au-Prince

Haiti Rebel Leader Enters Port-au-Prince Michael Bowman A Haitian rebel leader whose forces overran more than half of the country entered Port-au-Prince Monday and promptly made contact with the count

CNN 2012-05-12

Nice job on that iReport, Madison (ph).We're glad to see all of you tuning in to this midweek edition of CNN Student News.My name is Carl Azuz.Let's get started. First up,investigators are studying an explosive device that they say could have ended u

Protesters set governorate's headquarters on fire in Egypt 's Port Said

CAIRO, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Both the security and governorate's headquarters in Egypt's Port Said were set on fire on Monday as protesters hurled Molotov cocktail at the buildings, state-run Ahram online reported. The protesters also blocked fire engi

2007年VOA标准英语-New Airport Technology Raises Issue of Security

By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 03 January 2007 watch Screening report Ever since the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States, the need for airport security has led to a steady increase in the use and improvement of technology. One new

美国国家公共电台 NPR Bill Of The Month: A Tale Of 2 CT Scanners — One Richer, One Poorer

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Today, we have a tale of two medical bills - same patient, same test, but one test cost 33 times more than the other. It's our bill of the month, part of a series with Kaiser Health News in which we examine real-world medical bil

2017年CRI Kenya and Tanzania step up port rivalry

Kenya and Tanzania step up port rivalry [Source: Railway Pro] Kenya and Tanzania are presently caught in a head-to-head race to become the most preferred transport hub amid massive expansion projects in sea ports, connecting railway and road networks

2016年CRI Chinese companies to help Malaysia build deep sea port

PowerChina International, Shenzhen's Yantian Port Group and Rizhao Port Group have been selected to help a Malaysian company build the 1.9-billion US dollar port. The project itself is part of the larger Melaka Gateway Project that China and Malaysia

2018年CRI Zhoushan Port, a bounded fuel filling center

The Streaming down the Yangtze team is now at Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, which is the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road. In 2017, the port's throughput capacity was registered at 1 billion tons, and was the busiest port in the world in terms of car

VOA标准英语2010年-Airport Body Scanners Called Safe If P

Compared to the dose level of a medical chest x-ray, a backscatter scan is thousands of times lower. Since the Christmas Day attempted bombing of a U.S. airliner, airports are looking for ways to tighten security. One method being adopted by some and

VOA标准英语2010年-New Body Scanners at Work In British A

Body scanners are viewed by many as an invasive technology, which amounts to a virtual strip search. They reveal graphic images of passengers' bodies, including medical details like evidence of mastectomy and colostomy bags. Britons call it a breach

Chinese naval escort task force calls at Singapore port

SINGAPORE, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Two Chinese Navy ships called at Singapore's Changi port on Sunday on their way back to China from an escort mission in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somali. The destroyer Wuhan and the frigate Yulin were part of

VOA标准英语2010年-Europe Debates Airport Security

European aviation officials are meeting in Brussels to discuss airport security measures and British authorities are doing the same as governments try to decide the best way to protect planes and air passengers in the wake of a failed bombing attempt

VOA标准英语2010年-Body Scanners, Touted as Effective Too

Public opinion polls suggest most Americans favor full body scanners as a way to protect against terror attacks on commercial airliners. The benefits of scanners are being debated in a number of countries. Some groups have raised privacy issues. But

VOA标准英语2010年-African Countries Step Up Airport Secu

Several countries in Africa say they are increasing security at their airports following the Christmas Day bombing attempt on a US airliner by a Nigerian man. Other countries say they have no plans for upgrades, but are monitoring the situation. Scot

VOA标准英语2010年-Arriving Port-au-Prince, Earthquake Da

As rescue operations accelerated to help victims of the earthquake in Haiti, correspondent Brian Wagner flew into Port-au-Prince Wednesday to begin covering the story for VOA. He did not have to travel far to give a detailed account of the devastatio

英闻天下——291 China Takes over Operation of a Pakistani Port

China has taken over the management of a strategic deep-water Pakistani seaport. The port of Gwadar on Pakistan's southwestern coast has been transferred to China state-owned Overseas Ports Holding Company. The company will be fully responsible for o