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'Leda and the Swan' Painting Found in Ancient Pompeii This is Whats Trending Scientists have uncovered a sensual drawing on a wall in the ruins of ancient Pompeii. The fresco represents the myth of Leda and the Swan. In the story, the Roman god Jupit

AS IT IS 2015-10-24 Hurricane Patricia Called 'Strongest in History'

AS IT IS 2015-10-24 Hurricane Patricia Called 'Strongest in History' It is being called the strongest hurricane in recorded history. Hurricane Patricia is expected to make landfall in Mexico on Friday with winds over 320 kilometers per hour. The Nati

VOA常速英语2008年-Tourists Still Scarce on Kenya's Coast

By Derek Kilner Nairobi 03 March 2008 The wave of political violence that followed Kenya's disputed presidential election in December has had devastating consequences for the country's tourism industry. While the country has returned to relative calm

美国国家公共电台 NPR Hawaii's Volcanic Eruption Draws Scientific Interest

Hawaii's Volcanic Eruption Draws Scientific Interest AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The images from the volcanic eruption on Hawaii's Big Island are both breathtaking and terrifying. Lava is gushing from cracks in the earth, blasting at times more than 200 fee

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083 the natural world Worlds River lake stream pool coast sea ocean waterfall cliff rocks mountain hill valley cave forest island peninsula mountain range desert sand dune peak plateau climate erosion Phrases Erode rocks Change the landscape Dominate

More Than 60 Dead in Guatemala Following Volcanic Explosion

Rescue workers pulled at least 10 people alive from ash and mud flows around Guatemalas Volcan de Fuego on Monday. The countrys national disaster agency reported at least 62 people have died since the volcano exploded Sunday. Officials say the number

VOA标准英语2010年-Volcanic Ash Could Threaten Europe's P

Scientists in Iceland say the volcano that has been spewing out massive plumes of ash over much of Europe appears to be calming down. Last month, the volcanic ash cloud forced the closure of much of Europe's air space and the cancellation of thousand

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-11-04

Residents in Russia left flowers and candles on the memorial on Sunday for the victims of the Russian plane crush in Egypt. Officials say there were 224 passages on board the plane, there was no surviver. A volcano in Coast Rica did action smoke on S

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-07-14

Homework Virgin and Jetstar start to fly thousands of stranded passengers out of Bali after the safety threat from the volcanic ash cloud eased. Both airlines are putting on extra services and would use large aircrafts to help clear the back XXX. I c

英语听力：探索发现 2012-04-13 荒野求生:冰岛—1

Im Bear Grylls. Ive served with the British Special Forces. Ive climbed to the summit of Everest and crossed the frozen oceans of the Arctic. Now, Im in Iceland, a land of huge glaciers and volcanoes. Every year, a thousand tourists need to be rescue

英语听力：探索发现 2012-05-16 荒野求生:冰岛—15

13. Yeah, look at this. Look, see all of these for the holes. Thats what I'm talking about. The last volcanic eruption was in 2004, but some of these lava fields are ancient, more than 7,000 years old, and they hold a special place in Icelandic folkl

VOA常速英语2007-Ivory Coast's Cocoa Allegedly Associated with Ab

By Lisa Bryant Paris 30 October 2007 Cocoa has long been a cornerstone of Ivory Coast's economy, driving what was once one of Africa's most prosperous countries. Ivorian cocoa still accounts for about 40 percent of the world's production. But today,

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学个词Learn a Word 第1259期 volcanic ash

今天我们要学的词是 volcanic ash, volcanic is spelled v-o-l-c-a-n-i-c, ash is spelled a-s-h, volcanic ash。volcanic ash 火山灰。爱尔兰上星期发生火山爆发，The volcanic ash from Iceland forced the cancellation of flights in an

VOA常速英语2007-Ivory Coast Government Disagrees With UN Report

By Phillip Wellman Dakar 16 October 2007 Officials from both sides of the coalition government of President Laurent Gbagbo and rebel-leader turned Prime Minister Guillaume Soro in Ivory Coast have said they strongly disagree with a recent U.N. report

美国海上钻井平台起火

HOUSTON, July 24 (Xinhua) -- An out-of-control natural gas well ignited a fire on a rig off the coast of the U.S. state of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico, and the raging blaze has caused its production platform to collapse, authorities said on Wedne

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-07-03

Making news this morning, Jetstar has been forced to cancel a number of flights in and out of Bali because of a volcanic eruption. Jetstars flights on their way to Denpasar from Sydney and Melbourne were forced to turn around after Mount Raung erupte

历史上的今天-Today in History 2015-08-24

August 24th, 79 B.C. Catastrophe strikes as the long-dormant Mount Vesuvius erupts east of Naples in what's now Italy. Volcanic ash buries the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, kill an estimated 20,000 people. 1992Hurricane Andrew smashes into

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First, listen to Coast-to-Coast Race to hear more about this race. Neelusha Memon, aged 27, was always keen on sports. In the year 2000, at the age of 16, she fell ill with a serious disease and was in a coma for four months. When she woke from the c

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MEGAN THOMPSON: Two-and-a-half million people visit Pompeii every year, making it one of Italy's busiest tourist attractions. The ancient city, close to modern-day Naples, is famous for being frozen in time, preserved as it was when the volcano Mount