By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 27 July 2006 Israel stepped up air strikes and artillery fire against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon Thursday, one day after suffering heavy casualties in an ongoing battle for a strategic town in southern Lebanon. --------- Le...
By Michael Bowman White House 08 May 2006 President Bush has nominated Air Force General Michael Hayden to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, days after the surprise resignation of director Porter...
By Steve Herman Okinawa, Japan 09 March 2006 The United States pledges to move 8,000 of its Marines off the southern Japanese island of Okinawa. But U.S., Japanese and Okinawan officials are strugglin...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 14 January 2006 Pakistan says it has lodged a formal protest with the U.S. ambassador in Islamabad, following air strikes that killed 18 people in a tribal area on the Afgha...
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.(...
Most of them travel 40,000 miles to a satellite and then back to earth. Ten years ago, a satellite was capable of receiving and transmitting more than 33,000 telephone conversations simultaneously. No...
Walking in the Air 空中漫步 We're walking in the air 我们在空中漫步， We're floating in the 1)moonlit sky 在月光点亮的天空中飘浮。 The 2)people far below are sleeping 在我们飞...
Lesson 79 By air 乘飞机 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。 Why did the plane turn back? I used to travel by air a great deal when I was a boy. My par...
Matt and his wife lived in the country. Matt was very stingy and hated spending money. One day a fair came to the nearby town. "Let's go to the fair, Matt," his wife said. "We haven't been anywhere fo...
Joan : Boy, it's really stuffy here. Drake : You're right. We need some fresh air. Joan : Let's turn on the air-con. Drake : Why not just open the window? Joan : That's even better. 我们需要新鲜空气 琼 ：乖乖，这里面可真闷啊。 德雷...
