VOA慢速英语20061212a

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The northeastern state of Vermont is the leading producer of maple syrup in the United States. This sweet, sticky liquid is a favorite on pancakes a

托福听力短文 I-02-2

(woman) Thank you. It's great to see so many of you interested in this series on Survival in Outer Space. Please excuse the cameras - we're being videotaped for the local TV stations. Tonight I'm going to talk about the most basic aspect of survival

What Is a 'Bomb Cyclone?'

This is Whats Trending Today When it comes to weather, it is hard to sound more frightening than to call a storm a bomb cyclone. 谈到天气，很难听到什么比炸弹旋风更可怕的了。 But that is how weather experts are describing a huge

CNN 2010-07-17

Day 85 of the Gulf oil disaster and there is new hope this morning that today could mark the beginning of the end, could being the key word. Here's the latest, BP has successfully placed a new containment cap on the gushing well. The company says tha

CNN 2010-07-19

It's another day, another setback in the Gulf oil spill disaster. Here's the latest news on day 87 of this Gulf oil crisis. Equipment that BP was using to help stop the oil gushing into the water from a ruptured well, well that is now leaking. That f

2018年CRI Installation completed for pressure vessel of Hualong One nuclear power unit

The pressure vessel of the No. 5 reactor at the Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant in Fujian has been installed. The facility is using Chinese designed-and-built third-generation Hualong One reactor technology. The nuclear power unit is scheduled to be put i

不择手段背单词(705):barometer气压计；晴雨表

barometer, [bə'r?mitə] n 气压计（测量大气压的仪器，用于天气预报）；晴雨表（用来记录或反映波动起伏） 【例】Opinion polls serve as a barometer of the public mood 民意测验是大众情绪的晴雨表。 【记】

【突破英文词汇】meter, metr -- measure 度量

1. barometer /bəˈrɔmitə/ -- instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure as an aid in determining probable weather changes When the barometer indicates a rapid drop in air pressure, it means a storm is coming. 气压计显示出气压快速下降时

CNN 2010-07-14

And this victory means so much to these Spanish fans. For so many tournaments Spain have been considered among the favorites, but for so many years, they crashed and burned and the team came home completely dejected and utterly disappointed. But they

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台二月-NASA Scientist Feels Pressure Over Global

Debbie Elliott: Today a prominent NASA scientist went public with his concerns that the government is trying to stifle his public statements about climate change.James Hansen told the New York Times and the Washington Post that the space agency has

英文短文：Cohesion-tension Theory

Cohesion-tension Theory Atmospheric pressure can support a column of water up to 10 meters high. But plants can move water much higher; the sequoia tree can pump water to its very top more than 100 meters above the ground. Until the end of the ninete

英语杂谈：78 Storms of September

September is usually the worst month for hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. At least ten named storms have formed there this year. The hurricane season continues until the end of November. The total number of major storms this year has been above aver

VOA慢速英语 2007 0918b

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: A NOAA satellite image of Hurricane Katrina, taken on August 29, 2005 And Im Steve Ember. Powerful storms are called hurricanes when they form over the At

VOA标准英语2010年-Gulf of Mexico Oil Well Remains Shut A

U.S. officials say a cap on a damaged oil well in the Gulf of Mexico appears to have a small leak, but they say there are no plans to remove the cap from the well. Engineers are carefully studying the well for any evidence of problems. Engineers spot

VOA标准英语2011--Fukushima Plant Operator: Nitrogen Pumpi

Fukushima Plant Operator: Nitrogen Pumping Operation Going Well A plan to inject nitrogen into the containment vessel around reactor 1 at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant appears to be working, the plant owner said Thursday. Higher pressure levels h

VOA慢速英语20060912b

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Storm Warnings: Trying to Understand the Causes of HurricanesBy Nancy Steinbach and Caty Weaver and produced by Brianna Blake Broadcast: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 VOICE ONE: Th

情景会话口袋书人际篇 第530期:工作交流(1)

1. I know that every job has its own kind of pressure. 我知道每份工作都有自己的压力。 还能这样说： For me, it is job that has some kind of pressure on any person. I believe that pressure is evitable for people who have a job. 应用

双语有声阅读：内聚压力理论

Cohesion-tension Theory Atmospheric pressure can support a column of water up to 10 meters high. But plants can move water much higher; the sequoia tree can pump water to its very top more than 100 meters above the ground. Until the end of the ninete

留美老师带你每日说英文 第906期:大气压力和高度的关系

As altitude increases, atmospheric pressure decreases. This is due to Earth's gravitational pull on the air molecules in the atmosphere. The closer to the Earth's surface the stronger the force exerted on these molecules. 随着高度上升，大气压

关节疼痛真的可以预测天气吗

Maybe. A change in barometric readings may be part of the reason: Atmospheric pressure often drops right before bad weather sets in; this shift could cause body tissue to expand, which can lead to swelling and pain. 也许吧，气压变化有可能是