CCTV9英语新闻：China detains crew of Maltese cargo ship

Related reading: A Maltese cargo ship, which allegedly sank China's fish boat in East China Sea, has been detained by maritime authorities in east China. Some 20 crew members onboard, including the captain, were also controlled in Beilun in the city

NPR 2010-04-08

Crews are trying to bore holes into a West Virginia coal mine. Theyre trying to vent poison gas, so they cant send rescue crews into search for four miners. They were in explosion Monday that killed 25 other people. NPRs Dianna Douglas is in Melville

VOA标准英语--Cargo Vessels Evade Detection, Raising Fears of Huge Trafficking Operations

Hundreds of ships are switching off their tracking devices and taking unexplained routes, raising concern the trafficking of arms, migrants and drugs is going undetected. Ninety percent of the worlds trade is carried by sea. Every vessel has an ident

China's railways handle 606 mln passengers in first 4 months

BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) -- A total of 606.48 million people traveled via China's railways during the first four months of 2012, a year-on-year increase of 2.8 percent, the Ministry of Railways said Sunday. Passenger numbers increased the most in Apri

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Orders Documents Seized from Congressman's

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 25 May 2006 President Bush has stepped in to calm a constitutional dispute between Congress and federal authorities over documents seized from the office of a congressman under investigation for corruption. The action ca

VOA标准英语10月-Sudan's Energy Minister Reportedly Cancels Key Ke

Sudan's energy minister has reportedly canceled a visit to Kenya next week to conclude an oil deal reached between the two countries in August. The report of the cancellation has yet to be confirmed by officials in Khartoum and Nairobi, but it has d

VOA标准英语2010年-Nigeria's Plastic Bag Dilemma

Divine Ntaryike | Douala, Cameroon 05 October 2010 Across Africa, plastic bags blemish rural and urban scenery, damage ground water and soils, and choke livestock and fish, entangle birds and threaten animals in general. They also block sewage pipes,

VOA标准英语2009年-Russia Arrests 8 Suspected Cargo Ship Hija

Russia says it has arrested eight people suspected of the mysterious hijacking of a cargo ship. The vessel disappeared after being boarded by hijackers off the coast of Sweden and then turned up off the coast of West Africa. There are still a number

VOA标准英语2013--Giant Airship Could Move Huge Amounts of Cargo

Giant Airship Could Move Huge Amounts of Cargo The prototype unveiled in this immense World War II hangar near Los Angeles is just half the size of the final working model. But the prototype is massive, at 75-meters-long. It is wide, flattened on the

2017年CRI China's first cargo spacecraft launched

China's first cargo spacecraft, the Tianzhou-1, was launched on Thursday from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China's Hainan Province. Tianzhou-1 is the first cargo ship independently developed by China and is expected to dock with the o

2017年CRI China's cargo spacecraft refuels space lab in orbit

China's first cargo spacecraft has refueled the Tiangong-2 space lab in orbit for the first time. Tianzhou-1, which was launched April 20th from Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province, successfully completed an automated dockin

2017年CRI China's first cargo spacecraft docks with Tiangong-2 space lab

China's first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 successfully docked with the Tiangong-2 space lab for the first time on Saturday. China has taken another step toward its goal of putting a space station into orbit around 2022, by sending its first cargo spa

2017年CRI Interview: Priorities for Africa's infrastructure construction

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, third from left, watches a cargo train carrying port containers begin its opening run from Mombasa to Nairobi, Kenya, May 30, 2017. [Photo:AP] The newly launched Standard Gauge Railways linking Kenya's port city Momba

2018年CRI Chongqing's national and international roles

The Streaming Down the Yangtze team has arrived in Chongqing. This is where the team will officially begin its 2-week trek down the Yangtze River. The team will make stops in the cities of Yueyang, Wuhan, Jiujiang and Nanjing before reaching the fina

英语学习乐园：Penny's bag

Is that bag heavy, Penny? Not very. Here! Put it on this chair. What's in it? A piece of cheese. A loaf of bread. A bar of soap. A bar of Chocolate. A bottle of milk. A pound of sugar. Half a pound of coffee. A quarter of pound of tea. And a tin of t

【英语早间课堂】The cat's out of the bag.

【主题】 To begin with, I would very much like to ask you a question how we can continue with a talk with your friend if he trust you and share his sorrows with you but doesn't want it to be known to others. I think, you'er probably certain to sa

Successful flight for China's first jumbo airfreighter

BEIJING, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- China on Saturday conducted a successful test flight of its first domestically made jumbo airfreighter. The Yun-20, or Transport-20, is a huge, multi-function airfreighter which can perform various long-distance air trans

CCTV9英语新闻：Sansha's new passenger ship goes into operation

A new roll-on/roll-off ship delivered last month to China's southernmost city of Sansha has set off on its maiden voyage. The ship, the Sansha Number One, will increase cargo and passenger transportation capacity between the island groups in the Sout

CCTV9英语新闻：Foreign cargo ship grounded for sinking Chinese fishing boat

A foreign Cargo ship has been grounded for sinking a Chinese fishing boat with 19 on board in the East China Sea. An initial investigation showed that a Maltese cargo ship, the CATALINA, is suspected of hitting the local fishing boat. Two crew member

2016年CRI Unveiled documents evidence China's jurisdiction over South China Sea

The more than 50 volumes of photographed archives were made public on Thursday as the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences showcased its latest progress in the research about the history of the South China Sea. The documents were collected by Professor