电脑模拟能够预测未来地震

Computer Simulations Might Predict Future Earthquakes 电脑模拟能够预测未来地震 Geologists say they knew a large earthquake was coming in South Asia, but they did not know when. The Himalay

VOA慢速英语2013 Muslim Brotherhood Ready for More Active Role in Jordan

Muslim Brotherhood Ready for More Active Role in Jordan From VOA Learning English, this is IN THE NEWS in Special English. The Muslim Brotherhood is one of the largest Islamic groups in the Arab world. For years, the Brotherhood has been banned in a

美国习惯用语:767 hit below the belt

今天我们要讲的美国习惯用语是：hit below the belt。Hit是打击的意思，belt是腰带的意思。Hit below the belt 连在一起用，原来指在拳击中违规地打击对手腰带以下的部位，现在也用来指不公正地、用

VOA双语新闻：日美间将铺设超高速光纤海底电缆

A group of six international companies has announced plans to build an ultra-high speed, undersea, fiber-optic cable under the Pacific Ocean, between Japan and the United States. The project is meant to improve Internet and other telecommunication tr

趣味青春英语 第124期:Notch on your belt

Idiom: Notch on your belt一个人在某方面取得的进步 Hit the book: Expedition Set off Odyssey Drifting Navigation Keep on track Floe Prompt

赖世雄英语新闻听力通 第45期:又是地震！

(June 15, China Post)At least four people were injured when an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted northern Taiwan. （中国邮报六月十五日报道）台湾北部发生震度达李氏六点二级的地震，至少已经有四个人

VOA慢速英语2018 台湾地震：多处建筑倾斜几近倒塌

Taiwan Earthquake: Several Buildings Leaning Near Collapse A powerful earthquake struck Taiwan late Tuesday, killing at least seven people and leaving several buildings leaning, near total collapse. 上周二台湾地区发生强烈地震，造成至少

CCTV9英语新闻：Serbia is fully behind Belt and Road Initiative

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic is currently in China on an official state visit, and he spoke to CGTN's foreign affairs reporter Su Yuting about how the two countries can cooperate within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative. Serbia is f

VOA常速英语2008年-6 Companies to Build High-Speed Cable Under Pac

By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 28 February 2008 A group of six international companies has announced plans to build an ultra-high speed, undersea, fiber-optic cable under the Pacific Ocean, between Japan and the United States. The project is meant to impr

2007年VOA标准英语-Series of Earthquakes Hit East Africa

By Arjun Kohli Nairobi 18 July 2007 Kenya and Tanzania have experienced seven earthquakes in the past five days. Arjun Kohli reports for VOA from Nairobi that the Kenyan government asks people remain calm and go about their daily business as usual. T

VOA标准英语2012--India Holds Large-Scale Drill for a Potential Disaster

India Holds Large-Scale Drill for a Potential Disaster By the time the sirens sounded all around New Delhi, two months planning had been completed. In nine different parts of the city, rescue workers simulated a 7.2 magnitude earthquake 275 kilometer

【英语时差8,16】地震预报员：加州2037年很可能发生大地震

California faces an almost certain risk of being rocked by a strong earthquake by 2037, scientists said last month in the first statewide temblor forecast. New calculations reveal there is a 99.7 percent chance a magnitude-6.7 quake or larger will st

NATO chief calls for more active dialogue with China

LONDON, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) expressed his hope on Wednesday that NATO would seek a more active dialogue with China. We must expand the range of nations with whom

Samsung, suspends development, active shutter 3D TVs

SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Samsung Electronics, the world's largest flat screen TV vendor, said Tuesday that it has suspended its plan to develop active shutter three-dimensional (3D) TVs with RealD, the U.S.-based 3D technology supplier. Samsung has

学个词Learn a Word 第1210期 seat belt

今天我们要学的词是seat belt。 Seat belt, 安全带。研究结果显示， Car seats reduce the risk of child injury up to 82 percent, compared to just wearing seat belts, 儿童汽车座椅跟只系安全带相比，可以将孩子受伤的风

Quake Kills at Least 138 in Southeast Turkey

A powerful earthquake has struck southeastern Turkey, killing at least 138. The quake, measuring 7.2, has caused buildings to collapse in the remote and poor region and there are growing fears of of a high casualty toll. A major rescue operation is u

每日一词【995】active duty：现役的

今天我们要学的词是active duty。 Active duty, 现役的。星期一是美国阵亡将士纪念日。 My friend Jack is an active duty Army Captain who has deployed overseas three times, 我朋友杰克是现役陆军上尉，先后三次被派

日本中部火山爆发 多名登山者被困

Rescuers have found 30 hikers in critical condition, feared dead, near the peak of Mount Ontake, after Saturday's sudden volcanic eruption. 周六日本御岳火山突然喷发，救援人员已经发现有30名山顶附近的登山者处境危急，可

VOA标准英语2009年-Indonesian Earthquake Kills More Than 700

By Chris Simkins Washington 01 October 2009 Indonesian officials say the death toll from Wednesday's powerful earthquake continues to rise, and thousands remain trapped under collapsed buildings on the island of Sumatra. So far at least 770 people a

万物简史 第260期:大地在移动(14)

It was equally dismissive of convection and seafloor spreading. And in Basin and Range, published in 1980, John McPhee noted that even then one American geologist in eight still didn't believe in plate tectonics. 它同样不承认对流理论和海床