SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Plate Tectonics

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Shell Oil Evacuates Employees from

By Carrie Giardino Shell oil company is evacuating non-essential employees from the Niger Delta area in Nigeria amid fears of clashes between government forces and armed bandits operating in the regio

新东方优美背诵短文50篇 Unit36:Plate Tectonics and Sea-floor Spreading

The theory of plate tectonics describes the motions of the lithosphere, the comparatively rigid outer layer of the Earth that includes all the crust and part of the underlying mantle. The lithosphere(n.[地]岩石圈)is divided into a few dozen plates o

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

British Judge Gives Go-Ahead for Pollution Lawsuit Against Shell Nigeria LONDON Two Nigerian communities were given the go-ahead Wednesday to pursue compensation claims against oil giant Shell through the British courts. They claim leaks from pipelin

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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

Steel Tariffs Dispute

By Caty Weaver Broadcast: November 21, 2003 This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Last week, the World Trade Organization ruled that United States taxes on imports of stee

美国习惯用语:482 step up to the plate...

今天还是要继续讲两个在大选期间新闻界常用来报道选战形势的习惯用语。你知道哪一种运动是美国人日常用语最丰富的源泉呢？是美国最风行的球类运动：棒球。今天要说的两个习惯用语都

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在美国每年棒球季节的第一场比赛相当于春天来临的信息。说真的，这一百多年来最得美国大众青睐的运动就是棒球，而棒球运动也成了习惯用语的丰富来源。我们今天就专讲一些出自棒球运

UNIT 4 Look into Science! Lesson 28: Fill My Plate

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VOA标准英语2014--Niger Delta Communities Pressure Shell on 2011 Oil Spill

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美国国家公共电台 NPR China Churns Out Half The World's Steel, And Other Steelmakers Feel Pinched

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: President Trump's push for tariffs on steel and aluminum imports is driven in part by competition from China. The United States still produces most of its own steel, we should be clear. But the industry has faced pressure from ch

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

Shell in Court Over Nigeria Pollution Charges LONDON The international oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell was in court Thursday facing charges of polluting Nigerian villages. The case has been brought in a civil court in The Hague by four Nigerian

China's steel output slows, prices drop

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Goalkeeper coach of Argentina's River Plate resigns

BUENOS AIRES, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Ubaldo Fillol, the coach for goalkeepers of the Argentine soccer club River Plate resigned his post on Tuesday following a public fallout after an incident with goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo. I do not forgive these ki

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质量合格证书 certification of fitness 原材料 raw material 底板 bottom plate 垫层 cushion 侧壁 sidewall 中心线center line 条形基础 strip footing 附件 accessories 型钢 profile steel 钢板 steel plate 熔渣 slag 飞溅 weldin

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2604 shell company

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Pressure

A 104 year-old woman was being interviewed by a reporter: And what do you think is the best thing about being 104? the reporter asked. She simply replied, No peer(窥视）pressure.