Shell Oil Evacuates Employees from

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By Caty Weaver Broadcast: September 5, 2003 This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Environment Report. The administration of President Bush has eased an air pollution rule for about seventee

British Judge Gives Go-Ahead for Pollution Lawsuit Against Shell Nigeria

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Royal Dutch Shell, known worldwide simply as Shell, is an Anglo-Dutch petroleum company. It is one of the six largest oil exploration, natural gas, and petroleum companies in the world and was listed as the world's eighth largest company in 2010. She

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Forlan refuses to rule out move

MADRID, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Atletico Madrid's Uruguayan striker Diego Forlan admitted this Tuesday that should the right offer come along he would be prepared to leave the club. Forlan, along with fellow striker Kun Aguero has been vital to the club f

每日一词【505】rule of thumb

今天我们要学的词是rule of thumb。 Rule of thumb, 经过反复实践，得出的一般规律。一项最新研究指出，少吃能长寿。 The rule of thumb is that by eating 15 % less starting at age 25 you could add 4.5 years to your lif

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World Pledges $780 Million for New Shell for Chernobyl Nuclear Plant The Fukushima factor reaches around the world to help raise funds for a new containment shell for the stricken nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, Ukraine. One week before the 25th an

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Now, a correction. On Tuesday, we ran a story about the famous Renaissance painting the Birth Of Venus by Sandro Boticelli. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: You know the image - a nude Venus, head tilted, red hair flowing and, strategically pl

单词超市第五十六期 rule out

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英文歌曲:From A Shell

From A Shell Lisa Germano And the Earth spins round While the people fall down And the world stands still Not a sound, not a sound There is love, there is love To be found In the worst way, in the worst way In the worst way Its the buzz, its the buzz

Shell in Court Over Nigeria Pollution Charges

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英文歌曲:That Golden Rule

That Golden Rule Son of Henry, I'm the first in line To the throne, smell my mustard gas I slash swords through your wooden spine Well it cut my heart and it blew my head We made love at the side of the road Reflex, you better know this flows fast Th

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今天学的词组是rule out。 Rule out就是把某件事或某种可能性排除在外。比如日本外相在北韩宣称进行核试验之后宣布日本绝不考虑发展核武器。Japan ruled out nuclear arms。Rule out也有不允许或妨碍做