202 Useful Exercises for IELTS Side1-15-Ex2.3RadioItem4

Narrator: Radio Item 4: This is 'Postcards from the Edge of the World'. I'm Catherine Small with a disturbing story from the Great Barrier4 Reef in Northern Queensland, Australia. Residents of the sleepy beachside town of Carrsville near the luxuriou

VOA标准英语2009年-Indian MPs Protest Joint Statement with Pa

Opposition politicians in the Indian Parliament have staged a noisy walkout to express their anger about the joint statement with Pakistan signed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh earlier this month. Opposition protest on the floor of India's Parliam

NPR 2011-04-17

Another air traffic controller was found asleep on the job; this time in Miami. The Federal Aviation Administration says it has suspended the controller in Miami who fell asleep early this morning. The FAA also announced today it will ban scheduling

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Lesson 150 Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises Phonetics: Contraction, Liaison and Weak Form 1. A: _____ _____ this room -- it's _____ _____ here. B: Thank you. A: You've _____ _____ Jim, I suppose. B: ____

新西兰英语 396 Queensland recovering after cyclone

Cyclone Yasi, a category 5 cyclone, hit the coast of northern Queensland yesterday. Winds up to 290 km per hour caused damage to houses, yachts in harbours, power lines, trees and crops. Heavy rain caused flooding. High waves washed over the land. Th

NPR 2011-01-03

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Raum. Floodwaters in the Australian state of Queensland are finally starting to recede in some areas, while others towns are still bracing for the worst. Stuart Cohen reports from Sydney. The city of Rockhampton

2006年VOA标准英语-Kosovo Revamps Banking System to Bolster Econom

By Barry Wood Pristina 23 September 2006 At a ceremony Friday in Pristina, Kosovo took another step toward revitalizing the territory's ruined economy. The Banking and Payments Authority of Kosovo (BPK) was transformed Friday into a central bank for

2007年VOA标准英语-Former US Senator Thompson Moving Toward 2008 U

By Jim Malone Washington 30 May 2007 Former Republican Senator Fred Thompson is taking steps to join the 2008 presidential race. VOA national correspondent Jim Malone has the latest from Washington. Fred Thompson Several news reports quoting anonymou

新西兰英语 611 Queensland Fruit Fly in New Zealand

One male Queensland Fruit Fly was found in a trap in Mt Roskill, Auckland this week. Biosecurity New Zealand is worried that there could be more of these insects. In the meantime, people who live in that area and nearby Avondale cannot take fruit out

新西兰英语 366 MPs to lose travel perks

Now the Speaker of the House, Dr Lockwood Smith, has decided that all MPs and their partners will lose the right to have cheap international holidays. This is called a perk. Most workers do not get perks as part of their job. Most workers do not get

Italy's MPS scandal widens among anger and reassurances

MILAN, Italy, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Italy's caretaker prime minister Mario Monti on Friday pledged to clear up a derivatives scandal at the country's third-largest bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) which has been dragged into the heart of an elector

VOA双语新闻2008年：Fred Thompson Quits US Presidential

Former Senator Fred Thompson of Tennessee quit the race for the Republican Party's presidential nomination Tuesday after a series of disappointing finishes in the early nominating contests. Thompson's withdrawal comes as the remaining Republican cont

2007年VOA标准英语-Thompson Candidacy Could Shake Up US Presidenti

By Jim Malone Washington 01 June 2007 Former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson's expected entry into the 2008 presidential campaign is likely to shake up the battle for the Republican Party nomination. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone has more from Was

新西兰英语 383 Floods in Queensland, Australia

While this website is concerned about New Zealand news, we are very close to Australia in distance, in economic matters and in culture. The population of New Zealand is just over 4 million but another 500,000 New Zealanders live in Australia. Many of

澳洲干旱 蟒蛇钻进马桶寻水

Thirsty snakes are moving into north Queensland homes with two pythons recently found in toilets. 口渴难耐的蟒蛇正溜进澳大利亚昆士兰（Queensland）北部的民宅。近日，先后有两条蟒蛇在当地民宅的马桶里出现。

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If you are looking to study in Australia, then you are going to need a little information about university. 如果你期待去澳大利亚学习，那么你就需要一些关于大学的信息。 There are 35 top universities in Australia, according

新西兰英语 386 More flooding in Queensland, Australia

The flooding in Queensland has now reached Brisbane. Some of the towns north of Brisbane, which had the earlier floods, have become flooded again. This time the Brisbane River has already flooded its banks. Workers in the central city were told not t

新西兰英语 211 MPs travel spending

MPs get money to travel around New Zealand and overseas on important business. However, if they take their family overseas and expect the taxpayer to pay, this can cause trouble. Two MPs are in trouble for this. The first one, Rodney Hide, from the A

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-13

And an associated trough off the Queensland coast is causing showers and gusty winds along the coast. A weak front is causing patchy rain over Victoria and Tasmania. While a high is keeping the remainder of NSW, Victoria and South Australia mostly cl

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Where? North Queensland. While you were at the dressmaker I gottalking to some chaps in the Imperial bar, and they were telling metheres money to be made up in cane country, if a mans strongand not afraid of hard work. But Luke, you already have a go