2013年ESL之日常生活 29 Visiting a Construction Site

Visiting a Construction Site Bill: Maam! maam! Estelle: Yes? Bill: Maam, youre not supposed to be here. This is a construction site and youre not allowed. Please dont step on that scaffolding. Its dangerous. Estelle: Oh, I just wanted a quick look to

Olympics Construction Projects Push Athens Archaeologists to

By Rebecca Ward Bringing Athens' transportation up to speed ahead of the summer games proved more difficult than what most modern cities usually endure, as massive construction projects turned into ex

2017年CRI China Construction America building bridges in the U.S.

Reporters: Yang Yong and Wang Xiaoyu China Construction America, also known as CCA, is a Chinese invested company. This firm has acclimated the contruction industry in America. Its secret to success is localization. Listen to the show and find out mo

2018年CRI Bridge over railway completes rotation construction in Guangdong

The rotation construction of two sections of a giant super-tonnage bridge on the Shantou-Kunshan highway in China's Guangdong Province has been completed on Friday morning. The two sections of the bridge also span across the Beijing-Guangzhou high-sp

2018年CRI Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps devoted to building habitable homeland

Xinjiang Production and Construction Corporation in northwest China combines the duties of carrying out agriculture and forestry work and safeguarding stability. Over the past five years, it has planted 150 thousand hectares of forest and turned 470

地道英语在线听-Size Zero 零号

How thin is too thin? Yang Li: 大家好，欢迎收听BBC 的地道英语， 我是Yang Li。 Diarmuid: And Im Diarmuid. In Real English we look at words and expressions you might not find in your dictionary. Todays expression is size zero. Yang Li: 这个表达是用来

What size?

A man walked into a dress shop and told the clerk he wanted to buy a surprise formal evening gown (礼服, 睡袍)for his wife. What size? asked the clerk. The man shrugged blankly. Trying to help, the clerk inquired, Well then, what are your wife's

学个词Learn a Word 第874期 size up

今天我们要学的词是size up。 To size up, 对某个人或某件事进行估计、评定。She is sizing up her romantic rival, 她仔细揣摩情敌的实力。The candidate sized up the situation and decided to withdraw, 这位候选人对选战

2007年VOA标准英语-Construction at New York's Ground Zero Slowly I

By Kane Farabaugh New York City 10 September 2007 Ground Zero construction It is some of the most controversial real estate on the planet. The 16 acres of land in New York that is known as Ground Zero draws hundreds of thousands of visitors each year

VOA标准英语2010年-Construction for Commonwealth Games Ta

As New Delhi prepares to host the 11-day Commonwealth Games in October, the city is undergoing an unprecedented $6 billion building boom and beautification campaign. Much of the work is being done by more than 400,000 contract daily wage workers who

VOA标准英语2012--Surviving New York Subway Construction

Surviving New York Subway Construction Francisco Quijada first looked out of the window of his interior design store more than 45 years ago and he says the view was as bright as his future. No more. I gave up cleaning them, because it cost me money a

VOA标准英语2011-Multi-Millon-Dollar Iraqi Sports Complex

The Asian Cup football (soccer) tournament kicks off in Doha, Qatar, Friday, January 7, with defending champion Iraq to play North Korea, Iran and the United Arab Emiterates in Group-D play. Iraqi football fans are also looking forward to 2013, when

VOA标准英语2010年-Omo River Dams in Ethiopia: Blessing o

Ethiopia will accomplish the construction at any cost whether donors continue funds or not. The giant Gibe III dam, now being built on the Omo River in southwestern Ethiopia is a boon for some, a problem for others. Supporters say it will provide ele

VOA标准英语2013--Ethiopia Continues Dam Construction

Ethiopia Continues Dam Construction The massive construction of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam continues despite sometimes angry protests from Egypt. At issue is - diverting part of the Blue Nile since May. The recently ousted Egyptian governmen

VOA标准英语2010年-Exposing Women to New Career Options

Hairstylist Jackeline Aguilera operates a power screwdriver as she learns how to hang a door in a classroom at CASA de Maryland, a non-profit organization that operates vocational training and employment placement programs in the Washington, D.C., ar

VOA标准英语2011--Home Construction Industry Suffers in Di

HomeConstructionIndustrySuffersinDismalUSHousingMarket In 2010, about 323,000 new homes were sold in the United States. Thats the worst year on record since 1963. The dismal housing market in the United States, flooded with abandoned properties and f

China to boost construction of green buildings

BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government has established a goal of having green buildings account for 30 percent of new construction projects by 2020, according to an official document released Sunday. The document, which was jointly release

Construction of new economic zone starts in W China

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China starts construction on 5.8 mln low-income housing units

BEIJING, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- China started building 5.8 million low-income housing units in the first seven months of this year, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development said Friday. Construction on 3.6 million affordable homes has been ba

China to continue regulating land supply for housing construction

BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- China will continue its regulation of land supply for housing use in 2013 to promote the stability of land market and healthy economic growth, a senior land and resources official said on Friday. Xu Shaoshi, minister of l