The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. 两个朋友结伴穿越沙漠,旅途中二人突然吵了起来,其中一个掴

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

The Prime Minister said that possibly 10,000 houses will have to be demolished after the earthquake. The Head of Civil Defence thought the number was probably only 2,000. Time will tell. The important message from the Prime Minister is that the gover

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(27) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

The Canterbury earthquake on Sept 4th was unusual because no one was killed. It is the only city in the world which has experienced a 7.1 magnitude earthquake without any deaths. Part of the reason for this is our building code. New buildings have to

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Last night at an awards ceremony in Auckland, the winner of the New Zealander of the Year was announced. He is Sir Richard Taylor of Weta Workshops. He was made Sir Richard for his successful film work in 2010. Listen to Queens Birthday Honours to he

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(35) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Suburbs in the east of Christchurch were very badly affected again after Mondays two earthquakes. Many houses lost underground services like water, power and sewerage and still today about 50,000 people have no water and cannot use their toilets. Som

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(34) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Christchurch had two big after-shocks today and many smaller ones. The first one, at 1 pm was 5.5. It felt very strong. Most schools closed after that and parents came to collect their primary school children. The next after-shock at 2.20 pm was 6.0.

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语