Without air, there would be no fire

Without air, there would be no fire. There would be no cars or trucks, since motors need air in order to work. Without air, there would be no wind or clouds. There would be no weather, as we know it.(

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This is SkyCam from Channel 11 News, reporting to you live over the valley. For those of you heading south on I-15 on your commute home from work, expect some delays around the 215 Interchange. Road crews are making repairs on the left lane, so commu

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1. visibility /ˌvɪzəˈbɪləti/ -- degree of clearness of the atmosphere, with reference to the distance at which objects can be clearly seen With the fog rolling in and visibility approaching zero, it was virtually impossible for planes to land. 在

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The farmland of Wang Yang-tang in Hubei province lies abandoned. Over the last century, sand has devoured the rich pastures. As sand dunes edge closer to Beijing each year, Northern China's rapidly turning into desert. Shen Zhao-xiang, the director

[英伦广角] 2015-11-07 英国大雾弥漫影响交通 逾百航班被取消

HW appearing from nowhere and then disappearing into nothingat hethrow airport visibility was just 150 meters. it meant dozens of flight cancellation and delays here under the air UK airports. but it wasnt just britain . parts of the western erope to

CCTV9英语新闻：中国发出黄色警报，发誓要对抗污染

Heavy fog has been disturbing traffic and travel on the final day of the New Year holiday. The haze caused the closure of highways in many regions. As many as eight major roads were closed in the capital, Beijing, and 10 in the neighboring city, Tian

CCTV9英语新闻：中国大部分地区发布黄色雾霾预警

Today Beijing sees its first blue sky in 2016, after several days of continuous hazy weather. Meanwhile, some surrounding areas, such as Hebei province, are still struggling with smog. The meteorological center this morning has issued yellow alerts i

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Todd: Now, Terry, when you bicycle on these long trips, across America, what do you do on a really bad day, when it's foggy or rainy or windy do you just keep on peddling? Terry: Usually, yes. The philosophy kind of goes that if you're going to take

英语听力：自然百科 中国沙漠化危机

The farmland of Wang Yang-tang in Hubei province lies abandoned. Over the last century, sand has devoured the rich pastures. As sand dunes edge closer to Beijing each year, Northern China's rapidly turning into desert. Shen Zhao-xiang, the director o

大气污染来自汽车尾气

According to the latest research, vehicles, coal-burning, airborne dust and industrial production account for 85 to 90-percent of the major airborne pollution sources in most Chinese cities. Vehicles are the biggest polluters in Beijing, Hangzhou, Gu

全球气温或达到历史新高

WASHINGTON, June 23 (Xinhua) -- Last month was the hottest May since record keeping began in 1880, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Monday. 图片1 The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfac

VOA标准英语2010年-Dust From Farming May Affect Rainfall

New research suggests agriculture has greatly increased the amount of dust blowing off of West Africa, the world's largest source of atmospheric dust, and may have been one factor driving the decrease in rainfall in the region over the past several c

未来的日子会更加炎热?

WASHINGTON Folks sweating out the heat wave battering parts of the country may just have to get used to it. 美联社华盛顿 2010年7月8日消息：那些在肆虐美国部分地区的热浪中汗流浃背的人们也许只好逐渐适应这种天气

Fog to hit central, E China

BEIJING, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- China's meteorological authorities said Monday that central and east China will be shrouded in fog through Tuesday morning. The National Meteorological Center (NMC) issued a blue alert for the fog. Blue is the lowest leve

来自空中的钻石 捡到就归你

A diamond worth ?12,000 was shot into space this morning - and whoever finds it when it lands back on earth gets to keep it. 今天早晨一颗价值1万2千英镑的钻石被送入太空，在它落地后，谁能找到它，它就归谁。 A diamon

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CCTV9英语新闻：中国橙色预警的污染问题

China's weather observatory continues to issue an orange alert for fog on Sunday. According to the National Meteorological Center, fog will be the thickest in Hebei, Shandong and Sichuan, with visibility of less than 200 meters. And visibility will b

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Science and technology 科学技术 Measurement 测量 Mass effect 质量效应 A better way to clean the world's one true kilogram 清洁世界上真正一千克的更好方法 IN SEVRES, on the outskirts of Paris, sealed beneath a triplet of bell j

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Science and technology. 科技。 Geoengineering. 地理工程学。 Implicit promises. 包含着承诺。 A geoengineering experiment has come unstuck. But there will be more. 地理工程试验取得突破。可期待更多。 FOR the past few year