国家地理:Attack of the Killer Bees 杀人蜂

Costa Rica, 1986. 30 years after Doctor Cur's fateful African trip, graduate students from the University of Miami are on a field trip exploring caves. Moving ahead of the group, 24-year-old Inn-Saing Ooi climbs into a deep crevasse . He's not alone.

Support Grows for a Treaty to Ban Killer Robots

The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots is urging the United Nations to begin talks about banning the use and development of autonomous weapons systems. Representatives from more than 70 countries are attending a five-day meeting in Geneva of the Conventi

CNN 2009-04-23

I'm Melissa Long here at the CNN center in Atlanta with a look at some of the stories that are happening NOW IN THE NEWS on this Wednesday. The acting chief financial office for mortgage giant Freddie Mac was found dead in his home in Virginia this

国家地理:Killer Lakes 　杀人湖

Volcanic gases escape from the magma . They percolate through the earth crust and into the atmosphere. Professional geologist, Charles Watson, investigates the risks at Horseshoe Lake close to Mammoth's main resort. There is a quiet, silent killer th

Take Away English-Viking Ship Discovered 刚被发现的海盗船

The Viking longship might have looked like this. A 1,000-year-old Viking longship is thought to have been discovered under a pub car park on Merseyside. The vessel is believed to lie beneath 2 metres to 3 metres of clay by the Railway Inn in Meols,

各国船只，飞机向海啸灾民提供援助

Ships, Planes from Several Nations Deliver Aid to Tsunami Victims 各国船只，飞机向海啸灾民提供援助 Naval ships from the United States, Australia, India, and Singapore are steaming to I

Lesson 160 - SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT / ROCK THE BOAT

To shape up or ship out To rock the boat 今天我们要给大家介绍两个和船有关的习惯用语。船在英文里就是: Ship. 船员或者和水上生活有关的人创造了一套他们自己

美联社新闻一分钟 2006-07-20

1. A cruise ship carrying more than 1,000 Americans left Beirut this morning enroute to Cyprus. It's the first mass U.S. evacuation from Lebanon since Israeli airstrikes began last week. Roughly 8,000

VOA常速英语2007-US Navy Hospital Ship Treats 98,000 on Latin Ame

By Al Pessin Aboard USNS Comfort 11 October 2007 One of the U.S. Navy's two huge hospital ships, USNS Comfort , has just finished a four-month mission to 12 Latin American countries, during which it provided free health care to 98,000 people. VOA's A

Lesson 154 - RUN A TIGHT SHIP / SIT TIGHT

To run a tight ship To sit tight 今天我们要给大家介绍的两个习惯用语里一个关键的字就是: Tight. Tight 就是「紧」的意思。这个字有的时候具有好的含义,但也有

流行美语 第145课 - back to square one / killer

Larry在帮李华写一篇报告，因为李华的电脑出了问题，她写的整个报告都丢了。今天李华会学到两个常用语：back to square one和killer. LH: 电脑出了问题，我写

HEALTH REPORT - Vaccine Shows Promise Against a Big Killer o

HEALTH REPORT - Vaccine Shows Promise Against a Big Killer of Babies in the Developing World By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Rep

CCTV9英语新闻：韩国失事客轮发现两名中国遇难者 死亡人数上升至87人

The death toll from the South Korean ferry disaster has risen sharply to 87, with 215 passengers still unaccounted for. Among the bodies retrieved on Monday were 3 foreign nationals, including 2 Chinese who were identified by their ID cards. Rescuers

每日一词【1029】jump ship：跳槽

今天我们要学的词是jump ship。 To jump ship, 意思是跳槽。 LeBron James decision to jump ship was not unexpected, 勒布朗.詹姆斯决定跳槽并不意外。 John didn't like his new boss and jumped ship the first chance he got, 约翰

美国俚语:使发短信人无话可说的话 text-killer

text-killer是什么意思？例如lol yeah 和haha ok这样的短语，就属于text-killer，假如两个人在互发短信，其中一个人回复类似lol yeah 或者haha ok这样的话，那么另一个人将不知道该回复什么好。 模拟情

学个词Learn a Word 第1029期 jump ship

今天我们要学的词是jump ship。 To jump ship, 意思是跳槽。 LeBron James decision to jump ship was not unexpected, 勒布朗.詹姆斯决定跳槽并不意外。 John didn't like his new boss and jumped ship the first chance he got, 约翰

Anger Grows in Cyprus Over Munitions Blast

Thousands of demonstrators continued their march through the country's capital as anger spreads over the governments apparent involvement in an explosion at a naval base on Monday that left 12 people dead. At least 20 people have been arrested in con

Italy Says US, British Forces Freed Italian Ship

Italy says U.S. and British forces have freed an Italian vessel that was hijacked off Somalia on Monday. The MV Montecristo had been seized 1,000 kilometers off Somalia's eastern coast, carrying 23 crew members from Italy, Ukraine and India. The Ital

英文摇滚歌曲：Him - Heartkiller

Farewell heartless world, I'll send you a postcard burnt And the flames you tried so hard To extinguish with fear of failing. I'll write down everything I have learned, And edit it down to a single word Love, for you I'm waiting, anticipating Sparks

英语听力精选进阶版 8874

The British prime minister David Cameron has announced new measures to make it harder for people to hide the proceeds of corruption in offshore accounts. Most British overseas territories that had tax havens will now share information with the UK aut