VOA慢速英语2012 TECHNOLOGY REPORT - South Pacific Islands Now Totally Powered by the Sun

TECHNOLOGY REPORT - South Pacific Islands Now Totally Powered by the Sun 科技报道 - 托克劳群岛完全由太阳能发电 From VOA Learning English, this is the TECHNOLOGY REPORT in Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。

美国有线新闻 CNN 新西兰南岛发生强震并引发海啸 已致2人死亡

First story takes us to the South Pacific nation of New Zealand, where a powerful earthquake jolted the country's south island just after midnight on Monday. A little more than a million people live in the south island and though earthquakes are comm

2017年CRI Listen to our New Year messages: ＂＂Hi, this is Bridget Grace from New Zealand.＂

Hi, this is Bridget Grace from New Zealand, one of the sports presenters of the Beijing Hour at China Radio International. It will be my first Chinese New Year in China, so I'm looking forward to seeing all the fireworks. What I love about the year o

2017年CRI B&R Initiative brings new opportunities for the South Pacific: Fiji PM

Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama. [Photo: China Plus] Among the 29 heads of state or government attending the upcoming Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing will be Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama. What does the

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ANZAC Day (April 25) is when Australia and New Zealand honour members of their World War I soldiers. ANZAC means Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. These brave soldiers fought half way across the world in Turkey, where they landed in Gallipoli on

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[00:00.62]UNIT 3 [00:07.67]Expansion 3 [00:12.97]Exercise 2 [00:15.15]My name is Kevin. [00:17.00]I am from New Zealand. [00:19.24]Here is some information about my country. [00:23.44]New Zealand is in the South Pacific Ocean [00:27.25]about 1,000 mi

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Welcome to East Timor, one of the world's newest countries, and for the intrepid few, an emerging tourism destination with unspoiled natural beauty. And I just booked two weeks' holiday here. I went for three or four dives and I think it took us 36 h

新西兰英语 753 New Zealander of the Year

On Thursday evening, Dame Anne Salmond was named New Zealander of the Year, at a ceremony in Auckland. Dame Anne has won many awards for her books. She is a sponsor of a project to encourage low income children, especially Maori and Pacific Islanders

新西兰英语 662 New Zealand and US navy will work together

Twenty-five years ago, in 1987, New Zealand became nuclear-free. The Nuclear-Free Act was passed by the Labour government when David Lange was the Prime Minister. The Act would not allow any ships which were nuclear powered or had nuclear weapons to

新西兰英语 659 New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister at UN

The Foreign Affairs Minister, Murray McCully, gave a 15 minute speech to the General Assembly at the United Nations on Saturday. He made two main points about the Security Council. The first point was about Syria. He said the UN is not doing enough t

VOA慢速英语--新西兰黑色小章鱼:逃脱大师

AS IT IS 2016-04-16 Inky the Octopus: 'Escape Artist' and Celebrity 新西兰黑色小章鱼:逃脱大师 This is Whats Trending Today A small New Zealand octopus has become an international celebrity. His name is Inky. Inky had been living in an aqu

2006年VOA标准英语-Australia, New Zealand Fear Unrest in South Pac

By Phil Mercer Sydney 20 November 2006 New Zealand soldiers patrol grounds of Fua'amotu Airport upon their arrival to Nuku'alofa, Tonga, Nov. 18, 2006 Australia and New Zealand have sent troops and police officers to yet another troubled South Pacif

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The new Race Relations Report 2007 shows that New Zealand is becoming more multi-cultural and we are also feeling more comfortable about immigrants from different ethnic backgrounds. Maoris represent about 15% of the population, Asians nearly 7% and

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Bluff oysters are now on sale in fish shops and supermarkets, if you can afford them. They cost $26 a dozen which is just over $2 each. Bluff oysters come from the clean, cold waters of Foveaux Strait in the far south of New Zealand. The boats go out

新西兰英语 24 Waihopai Protesters

On Wednesday, 3 protesters entered the Waihopai spy base and caused damage to a large globe covering a satellite dish. The director says that the damage could be as much as $1 million. Waihopai is near Blenheim in the north of the South Island. It ha

新西兰英语 51 Pacific Islands Forum

The Prime Minister, Helen Clark, is attending the 39th Pacific Islands Forum. This year, it is being held on Nuie, a small Pacific island with a population of only about 1,500 people. The annual forum started in 1971 and there are now 16 member count

新西兰英语 162 False Visas

A Maori, Gerrard Otimi, has been arrested by the police for selling false visas to Pacific Island people. He offered to adopt them into his hapu, or tribe. They paid him $500 for this and he put a stamp in their passport which he said gave them a vis

奥巴马将会见新西兰总理

WASHINGTON, May 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key next month at the White House over bilateral and regional issues, the White House said Monday. The meeting on June 20 will highlight our inc

Chinese, New Zealand leaders mark 40 years of ties

BEIJING, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao exchanged congratulatory messages with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key on Saturday to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries. In his mess

【跟着英剧练发音】South Pacific S01E06 - A

The South Pacific is, on the face of it, still a healthy ocean. We depend on it. over 60%of the world's fish catch comes from the Pacific. But like all oceans, it has little or no protection, so it may not stay healthy much longer. So what's being do