AMERICAN MOSAIC - Japanese Art Show in New York Has Special Meaning After Natural Disaster DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our program: new music from two indie-rock bands ... A...
A major earthquake 8.3 on the Richter scale followed by a tsunami, struck Samoa around 7am this morning. The tsunami hit the south coast of Samoa and destroyed holiday resorts and a new hospital as well as many homes. People ran to high hills but som...
NEW YORK, March 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks declined on Tuesday on high oil prices and possible earning lost from airline companies because of Japan disaster. With no economic news released on Tuesday, investors(投资者) paid attention to the co...
It's been a week since a massive(巨大的) earthquake and tsunami(海啸) devastated a large part of eastern Japan killing at least 6,548 people. While much of the attention remains focused on the crippled Fukushima number one nuclear plant,...
今天我们要学的词是disaster。 Disaster是灾难的意思。Natural disaster是天灾,disaster area是灾区。美国明尼阿波利斯公路桥发生坍塌事件后,引发了美国各界对交通基础设施的关注。媒体报道说,...
I'm Will Colson. We're working together today on train 1206.This ain't training. In training they just give you an 'F.' Out here you get killed.Frank Barnes is a veteran engineer hauling tons of freight across the Pennsylvania countryside. In the loc...
HOUSTON, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- British oil giant BP said Wednesday it will create a new safety division with sweeping(彻底的) powers to oversee and audit the company's operations around the world. In a news release issued Wednesday, incoming BP...
今天我们要学的词是disaster。 Disaster是灾难的意思。Natural disaster是天灾,disaster area是灾区。美国明尼阿波利斯公路桥发生坍塌事件后,引发了美国各界对交通基础设施的关注。媒体报道说,...
President Barack Obama and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist walk along Casino Beach on Pensacola Beach, Florida, 15 Jun 2010 President Barack Obama will address the American people from the Oval Office at 0000 GMT. The president's speech will focus mostly...
Medical dictionary springs from largely forgotten English/Creole database Rosanne Skirble | Washington, DC 08 February 2010 A largely forgotten translator is getting new life in the aftermath of the devastating January 12 earthquake in Haiti which le...