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If you're planning to travel overseas, the most common form of transportation is by airplane. Knowing the entire procedure from purchasing plane tickets to coping with in-flight emergencies can ensure that you have a pleasurable trip. First all of, c

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-10-13

The Australian Defence Force admits it made a mistake, after an Afghan policeman was shot dead by Australian troops. Soldiers shot two Afghan policemen at a checkpoint in Uruzgan province in August. The chief of the Australian Defence Force says an i

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-06-30

1. Investigators looking for missing Malaysia Airline's flight MH370 are confident the jet was on autopilot when it crashed in a remote part of the Indian Ocean. After analyzing data between the plane and the satellite, officials announced that the s

VOA标准英语2011--Tripoli Neighborhood Checkpoints Help Ke

Tripoli Neighborhood Checkpoints Help Keep the Peace The Moammar Gadhafi government in Libya has collapsed after 42 years, and many people question whether Tripoli will descend into the chaos that plagued Baghdad after the fall of Iraq's Saddam Husse

【小龟乐游记】调查局：幽浮解密（6）

文本： Myron Faulke:This base wasn't meant to be operational for another year.We've called in every operative we had earmarked for the project,but...well,let's just say that we'll be a bit understaffed. Checkpoint Guard:Director Faulke,sir.Welcome

【英语语言学习】暴力少年的蜕变史

LYNN NEARY, HOST: Now, the story of an incredible journey that begins in the late 1980s when the first Palestinian uprising began. (SOUNDBITE OF EXPLOSION) NEARY: The images from the intifada include exploding tear gas canisters launched by Israelis

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旅游英语对话-Talking to a Curbside Agent(2)

A: I dont know the departure procedures at this airport and was wondering if you could help me. B: If you need to pick up your ticket, you need to go to the ticket counter right inside the door. They will check your bags for you. A: I dont know where

VOA标准英语10月-Russians Pull Back in Georgia But Scars of War Re

Life is returning to normal in parts or northern Georgia - two months after open warfare there between Georgian and Russian troops and Russian-backed separatists from the enclaves of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Russian troops pulled out of their sel

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Famous Americans Geronimo; The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race; amiable versus amicable; biases Words: warrior Apache to mourn raid settler reservation paratrooper dog sled to survey musher checkpoint sponsorship amiable amicable bias

美语听力 English Cafe 89

Topics: Airport X-ray machines, Guinness Book of World Records, to be under siege, to run like butter, girlfriends, to trade up Words: checkpoint to scan pat-down metal detector privacy strip search wand to go off reference books brewery to compile h

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Amanda: Mike, I'm so excited about our trip to Hong Kong! It's the first time I'm traveling overseas with you. I'm glad we arrived at the airport three hours early－there was such a long line at the check-in counter. Mike: Yeah, but we'd have been d

CNN 2008-02-11

Hi, everyone. I'm Asieh Namdar at the CNN.com newsroom in Atlanta. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. At least 25 people are dead after a suicide car bomber struck a market in northern Iraq. It happened near an army checkpoint. An I

VOA标准英语2010年-Villagers on Israel-Lebanon Border Liv

Israel and the United Nations are set to continue talks in the coming weeks on the fate of Ghajar, a village on the Lebanon-Israel border. The 2,000 residents of Ghajar are Alawites and identify culturally with Syria which the village was a part of u

VOA标准英语2008年-Gunmen Attack Police Checkpoint Outside US Cons

Authorities in Istanbul say six people were killed in an attack on a police checkpoint protecting the U.S. Consulate. From Istanbul, Dorian Jones reports for VOA several other people were wounded, but no Americans were hurt in what is described as a

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Stuck in Issad in eastern Lebanon, Syrian refugees have become a majority here and many of them have little hope of returning home soon. These mountains stretching into Syria have retreat for opposition fighters who fled the latest advance by the Syr

VOA标准英语10月-Russian Troops Withdraw from Georgia, But Is It E

The European Union has welcomed the withdrawal of Russian troops from Georgian territory as was stipulated by a cease-fire agreement between Moscow and Tbilisi, but views are mixed as to whether the Russians have fully complied with the conditions o

VOA标准英语2009年-Training Afghan Forces Poses Challenge

Training a competent, well-equipped Afghan security force is key to the U.S.-led war effort in Afghanistan, even with President Obama's decision to commit thousands of more Americans to the fighting. But U.S. military officers in Afghanistan say lang

VOA双语新闻 - 格鲁吉亚北部人民生活渐恢复正常

Life is returning to normal in parts or northern Georgia - two months after open warfare there between Georgian and Russian troops and Russian-backed separatists from the enclaves of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Russian troops pulled out of their self

CCTV9英语新闻：At least 60 killed in Iraq suicide attack

A suicide truck bomb attack has killed at least 60 people and wounded dozens at a security checkpoint in central Iraq. The attack took place on the outskirts of Hilla, the capital of Babil province. A suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden truck int