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Mildreds sister called. She was going to drop by. And whenever she visited, she usually made at least one trip to the bathroom. That meant one thingMildred needed to clean her toilet bowl. This was the household chore that she hated the most. It was

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Henry went out to the front of the apartment building and turned off the main water valve. No one was home in the building except Stanley, so Henry didnt have to warn the neighbors about the shutoff. Back in the bathroom, Henry flushed the toilet. Th

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Stanley had just finished brushing his teeth. He noticed water flowing into the toilet bowl. That's strange, he thought. The water continued to seep into the bowl. Stanley lifted the toilet tank top. The tank was half full, but the water was slowly r

原版英语小短文 159. The Oil Spill

Millions of gallons of oil were pouring into the gulf. A pipeline had broken. The drilling platform had burned and sunk. Workers had died. The oil flowed freely from the broken pipe. It was a mile beneath the ocean surface. The oil company tried to s

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While one of the most pressing political and social issues facing the Arab world rarely makes headlines, it is an issue that some political analysts believe could lead to the next great confrontation in the region. Rapidly expanding Arab populations

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By Brian Wagner Miami 13 February 2008 Venezuela says it has halted oil sales to U.S.-based ExxonMobil as part of a legal dispute over compensation for the firm's assets in the country. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports Venezuela also has criticiz

2007年VOA标准英语-Bush Champions Ethanol to Cut Foreign Oil Depen

By Scott Stearns White House 22 February 2007 U.S. President George Bush wants to cut America's dependence on foreign oil by increasing the domestic production of alternative fuels. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. President

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By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 20 September 2006 watch Deepwater Oil Super computers, mathematical formulas, and advances in imaging all played a part in a much-publicized recent oil discovery beneath the Gulf of Mexico. ----- Consider the idea of dri

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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2010年-Despite the Oil Spill, Louisiana Rice

When rainfall is plentiful, rice grows into lush plants above the shallow water in which it's planted. Since Louisiana leads the United States in the production of rice, a lot of people wonder whether the oil that has spread into the state's marshes

VOA标准英语2009-German Rights Group Says Oil Company Spoilin

By Alan Boswell Nairobi 16 November 2009 A German human rights group reports an oil company in southern Sudan is contaminating drinking water. The group warns that if left unchecked the pollution could lead to an ecological catastrophe in one of the

VOA标准英语2015--Amid Slumping Global Oil Prices, Indonesia's Fuel Subsidy Cut Pays Off

Amid Slumping Global Oil Prices, Indonesia's Fuel Subsidy Cut Pays Off JAKARTA At the beginning of this year, Indonesian President Joko Widodo cut long-standing government-funded fuel subsidies. In the past, protests and even riots have followed pric

美国国家公共电台 NPR Researchers Test Hotter, Faster And Cleaner Way To Fight Oil Spills

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico seven years ago showed just how hard it is to combat a massive oil spill. Cleaning oil from water is a challenge, especially on the open sea. Now the federal government is backing research on

环球英语 — 37： The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirms that some of the oil escaping from that ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico is staying beneath the surface, raising new environmental concerns about the disaster. BP says there is no

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President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for the United States to cut its imports of oil by one-third by 2025. That is one of several goals in the president's national energy policy. President Obama went to Washington's Georgetown University to out

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The wildfire raging in Canada is forcing a reduction in the countrys oil output. The energy sector accounts for 10 percent of GDP and has already been hit hard by low crude oil prices. With authorities warning the blaze could continue to burn for mon