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Roughly 1,000 years ago, Europe enjoyed several centuries of balmier average temperatures. Dubbed the Medieval Warm Period, it was the last time before the present that agriculture could flourish in Greenland. This era also provided fodder for countl

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031 transport Words Bus train bicycle car boat ship motorcycle van truck tram ferry barge speedboat yacht Coach airplane helicopter balloon minibus cruise ship scooter airport shuttle bus light railway Subway commuter train platform terminal bus/rail

新西兰英语 780 Auckland’s transport future

Traffic jams are common in Auckland. They are bad for business and bad for commuters who sit in their cars on the way to work getting more and more annoyed by congestion. The Prime Minister, John Key, announced this week more money to improve Aucklan

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By Jim Fry Washington, D.C. 20 July 2007 A non-profit organization in Washington, DC is exposing more than 100 websites run by jihadist organizations but hosted by Internet service providers in the U.S. The Middle East Media Research Institute is pub

VOA标准英语2010年-Backyard Birders Help Monitor Oil Spil

Their journey takes them through the Gulf of Mexico. Vinson is heartsick about the oil contaminating the Gulf of Mexico and the fate of her Purple Martins and other migrants. I'm afraid that for the next 20 even maybe 30 years we are going to be look

VOA常速英语2007年-OSCE Cancels Plan to Monitor Russian Elections

By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 16 November 2007 The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) says it will not monitor parliamentary elections in Russia next month due to official restrictions imposed by that country. VOA Correspondent Pet

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Asian nations have agreed to form a network of railroads that aims to connect 28 countries in the region to each other and Europe. The Trans-Asian Railway holds out the promise of improved trade, transport, and integration. But, forming the massive

VOA标准英语2012--Development Banks to Fund Sustainable Transport

Development Banks to Fund Sustainable Transport The worlds eight largest development banks say theyll invest 175 billion dollars to finance sustainable urban transportation systems. The announcement came at the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Developm

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Lake Sediment Could Better Date Ancient Finds Radiocarbon dating is the best-known and most widely used method to determine the age of organic material, such as bone or wood or plant matter. All such material contains radioactive carbon atoms, known

第一次成为班长 Being a Monitor For the First Time

Being a monitor is my dream, because I think it is so cool and I will have the power. So when I go into the middle school, I make my effort to be a monitor, luckily, all of my classmates trust me and elect me as their monitor. I am so happy, my littl

London Transport 伦敦的公交系统

The script of this programme 本节目台词 Tubes and buses are the best way to get round London. John: Hi, and welcome to BBC Learning English. I'm John. Oliver: 大家好，我是 Oliver。 John: Today we're going to find out all about public transport in Lo

VOA常速英语2007-Transport Minister Fired in DRC After Deadly Pla

By Selah Hennessy Dakar 05 October 2007 A Congolese government spokesman announced Friday that the country's transport minister has been fired for incompetence, after a deadly plane crash Thursday left at least 37 people dead. As the flames from the

VOA标准英语2010-In Britain, Transport Security Still a Co

In the wake of the subway bombings in Moscow, public transport systems seem vulnerable. London's system is one of the largest and most complex in the world. Officials in the British capital have long worked to keep the transport system safe, but have

London's transport may affect 2012 Olympics

LONDON, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Londay's local city government said on Thursday that the city's transport infrastructure is still one of the biggest risks to the running of the 2012 Olympic Games. Val Shawcross, chairman of the London Assembly transport

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TOKYO, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Japan and the United States on Monday held their first meeting of the Comprehensive Dialogue on Space and agreed to cooperate in monitoring ships from space, local media report. In a joint statement after the meeting, the

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BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government has vowed to introduce more measures to prioritize the development of public transport systems in the country's increasingly congested urban areas. In downtown areas, there should be a bus stop every

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Voice 1 Hello. Im Rachel Hobson. Voice 2 And Im Ruby Jones. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 3 Taxi! Voice 1 The c

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In 2011 the Rugby World Cup will be held in New Zealand for the second time. Many of the games will be held in Auckland and some games will have up to 60,000 people attending. With a lot of extra people moving around the city there could be some seri

Russia should beef up transport security: Medvedev

MOSCOW, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Russia should adopt tougher security measures（安全措施） to ensure transport safety, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said here on Thursday after he came back from the Davos Forum. The president visited Moscow's su

Mexico to better monitor endangered flora and fauna

MEXICO CITY, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The Mexican government signed an agreement with the non-governmental group TRAFFIC on Tuesday to exchange information about illegal seizures of flora and fauna species in Mexico. The agreement with the wildlife trade m