时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(八)月


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AZUZ: Three countries, including the United States, have warned people about traveling to part of the Philippines, a nation of thousands of volcanic 1 islands located in Southeast Asia. The U.S. says it has credible 2 information about a terrorist threat to travelers in the Philippines'Palawan province. Military officials in the island nation say travelers will be safe.


The Philippines isn't a particularly large country in land area. It's a little bigger than the U.S. state of Arizona, but its islands are spread out over several hundred miles and because they're so pristine 3, with everything from diverse marine 4 life to unique and fascinating calderas, its appeal to tourists is as clear as the waters around it.


PAOLO RENIVA, VOLCANOLOGIST, TAAL OBSERVATORY 5: Philippines originally is an archipelagic country. So, there are around 300 volcanoes. Each one of them offers a different kind of attraction.


I am Paolo Delgado Reniva. I'm the resident volcanologist of Taal Volcano Observatory.


Taal Volcano is one of the smallest volcanoes in the world, but definitely one of the most destructive and violent during its eruption 6 activity.


This is unique because it's considered as an island within an island within an island. So, just imagine the Luzon island and there's a big caldera and the middle of it is the Taal Volcano island. And in the middle of the main crater 7 lake is another island which is called the main crater lake island or the Vulcan Point.


Taal Lake is the main tourist attraction here in Batangas province. It attracts investors 8 for the commercial fishing or fish farming. It attracts tourists who are interested in trekking 9, horseback riding, or simply sailing on the Taal Lake.


UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Going up the volcano is pretty tough, I guess. But it's definitely worth it. When you guys at the top into the crater actually, it's spectacular.


UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You can literally 10 see the bubbles coming out in the water. And it gives you a goose bump when you see that.


RENIVA: Anyone interested in earth sciences or interested on how volcanoes form, it's a good attraction for them.


Coming to Taal is like entering a time machine. You learn about volcanoes. You learn about the culture of the people living within the volcano. So, you learn more about the Philippines.



adj.火山的;象火山的;由火山引起的
  • There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
  • Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。
adj.可信任的,可靠的
  • The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
  • Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法?
adj.原来的,古时的,原始的,纯净的,无垢的
  • He wiped his fingers on his pristine handkerchief.他用他那块洁净的手帕擦手指。
  • He wasn't about to blemish that pristine record.他本不想去玷污那清白的过去。
adj.海的;海生的;航海的;海事的;n.水兵
  • Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
  • When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时,他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
n.天文台,气象台,瞭望台,观测台
  • Guy's house was close to the observatory.盖伊的房子离天文台很近。
  • Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.格林威治天文台的职员们每天对大钟检查两次。
n.火山爆发;(战争等)爆发;(疾病等)发作
  • The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了。
  • The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.火山的爆发是自发的。
n.火山口,弹坑
  • With a telescope you can see the huge crater of Ve-suvius.用望远镜你能看到巨大的维苏威火山口。
  • They came to the lip of a dead crater.他们来到了一个死火山口。
n.投资者,出资者( investor的名词复数 )
  • a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
  • a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
v.艰苦跋涉,徒步旅行( trek的现在分词 );(尤指在山中)远足,徒步旅行,游山玩水
  • She can't come pony trekking after all because she's in a delicate condition. 她结果还是不能坐小马车旅行,因为她已怀孕。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • We spent the summer trekking in the foothills of the Himalayas. 我们整个夏天都在喜马拉雅山的山麓艰难跋涉。 来自互联网
adv.照字面意义,逐字地;确实
  • He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
  • Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候,她不走到真正要昏厥了,决不肯坐下来。
学英语单词
Abel Tasman Nat.Park
abortorium
acceptance of the bid
accident death insurance
adrenomimetic
anomalistically
arthrometers
black leprosy
bony ridges
burgeries
cause beyond control
coapplying
coarse azimuth
cobalt-cemented tungsten carbide
colier
covered over
crystal chemistry of organic compound
datednesses
deep loading vehicle
electron beam welding plant under atmosphere
equity share
Equus kiang
euonymus verrucosoides var. pauciflorus (maxim.) regel
exponential lag
fascimile signature
fat-splitting process
ferrophosphorus
fine (grinding) sugar
flamboyant coating
Flavobacterium orchitidis
gate hook
genus muntingias
guided missile counter-measure
hacian
have much ado in doing sth
heliomophic
hexadecimal conversion table
high lateral wall myocardial infarction
hirabayashi
insulator flap castings
internet explorer administration kit
invigilating
irresemblance
kinshasha
klinometer
knock sb for a goal
kolypeptic
larra fenchihuensis
Lycoris caldwellii
marblefish
mence
Michelia aenea
millions
Miramant
mishev
moon-like
mousseron
multiple midstop
nalmexone
nightclubber
nonphaseinverting
norton de matos (balombo)
OCRing
octolasmis angulata
Osler disease
parambulacral seta
paramorph
Pavino
physiologically
pinasters
pitted element
PMS
portable electric saw
potassium borate
pressure-velocity compounded turbine
primary breccia
pritchel hole
prostate gland (or prostate)
Quincey
resistance moment
right of complaint
rumply
Sargent curve
scurril,scurrile
sea gooseberries
sediment measurement
slip off the tongue
split horizontal in
spoutest
st anthony's fire
subturbinate
swarmeth
target recuperability
Thanbayagon
thielavia terricola
transient acceleration
typewriter cloth
vapor honing
warm end temperature difference
wellhead pressure
wrongtaken