Designing a Quake-Resistant Building Starts at the Soil

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。 Builders in developing countries are often not required to build strong buildings. So, when a disaster strikes, the damage is often widespread. 发展中

赖世雄高级美国英语 lesson 25

Lesson 25 Earthquake Precautions 地震防范措施 Bam！ The bathroom door slamming against the wall woke me out of a sound sleep. Groggily wending my way inthe dark to the bathroom， I secured the door latch to make sure I would have no further interrup

CNN 2011-11-09

First up, Greece is forming a new government, its current leader is not expected to be a part of it. Greece has a political system made of a lot of different political parties. A member of several of those parties are putting together a coalition, ki

国家地理-2008-05-15 Earthquake 地震的危害

April 18, 1906, California's San Andreas Fault snaps, shaking San Francisco for nearly 60 terrifying seconds .When the trembling stops, the disaster is only beginning. Gas lines rupture, setting off massive fires, some 700 people die. Most of the ci

国家地理-2008-05-17 Wenchuan Earthquake 汶川大地震

On Monday, an earthquake in China measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale occurred along a fault where south Asia pushes against the Eurasian Landmass, smashing the Sichuan Plain into mountains, leading to the Tibetan highlands. In 1989, the Loma Prieta

2007-10-13, Ultimate Earthquake - 终极地震

The arrival of the P-waves in Valparaiso feels like a long sonic boom. Windows and buildings shudder. Some of the P-waves shoot up into the atmosphere, emitting a frightening roar. The secondary waves follow, carrying most of the earthquake's energy.

Take Away English-Sichuan Earthquake 四川地震

Relief workers remembering those who died Flags are flying at half-mast across China. China is coming to the end of an official period of mourning for those who died in last weeks earthquake. For three days, there have been no entertainment events a

Take Away English-Earthquake Hits Britain 英国遭遇地震

The earthquake came as a surprise to people in Britain On 27th February 2008, something very unusual happened in the UK; there was a rather large earthquake. It was the biggest earthquake in 25 years in the UK. There have been very small tremors in

Earthquake1 Warning System

Broadcast: May 16, 2003 By George Grow This is the VOA Special English Environment Report. Scientists in the United States have developed a computer program that they say could provide an early warnin

VOA慢速英语2018 阿拉斯加继续进行地震恢复工作

Alaska Continues with Earthquake Repairs The American city of Anchorage, Alaska is recovering from a powerful earthquake Friday that damaged public buildings, homes and roads. 美国阿拉斯加州安克雷奇市星期五发生强烈地震，地震造成

VOA标准英语2010年-Engineers Assess Damage from Haiti Ear

Earthquakes continue to surprise you. ... You can learn something new from each of them that will benefit future designs and future generations. Brady Cox The January 12 Haiti earthquake and its aftershocks killed or injured hundreds of thousands of

7.2-magnitude earthquake hits southwest of Guam

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- A major 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck southwest of U.S. territory Guam on Saturday local time, the United States Geological Survey reported on its website. The quake occurred at 7:19 a.m. on Saturday local time (2119

Japan Earthquake Disrupts Imports, Exports with US

Japan is the United States' fourth-largest trading（贸易） partner, and trade had increased the first two months of this year -- before the earthquake and tsunami. Now the two busiest container ports in the United States are seeing the effects of

VOA标准英语2010年-Haitian Company Struggles to Rebuild i

Businesses in Haiti are struggling to recover from the devastating earthquake January 12. Many workers have lost their jobs, and employers are trying to get their businesses up and running. Mike O'Sullivan visited one large Haitian company, Acra Indu

SW China earthquake injures 8

KUNMING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Eight people have been confirmed injured in an earthquake near the border area of southwest China's Sichuan and Yunnan provinces on Tuesday, local authorities said. The 4.9-magnitude quake, which occurred at 10:46 a.m. wi

EU in urgent need of structural reforms, Barroso says

MILAN, Italy, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- European Commission（委员会） President Jose Manuel Barroso said Saturday Europe could no longer postpone fiscal consolidation and structural reforms in order to return to growth after the economic crisis. In a

VOA标准英语2009年-Earthquake Cripples Indonesian City of Pad

By Brian Padden Padang, Indonesia 03 October 2009 Aerial image of buildings destroyed by earthquake in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, 03 Oct 2009 Foreign emergency rescue teams are working to reach areas in and around Indonesia's port city, Padang

新西兰英语 408 Christchurch earthquake

After Tuesdays terrible earthquake, 200 people are still missing, almost certainly dead. Just over 100 bodies have already been recovered from collapsed buildings. Thousands of people still have no power, water or sewerage system. Thousands of homes

新西兰英语 173 Effects of the earthquake

Listen again to July 18th 2009 . The earthquake of July 16th caused only minor damage. One effect though, that scientists have learnt is that the southwest of the South Island has now moved 300mm closer to Australia. New Zealand, like Japan, sits on

2016年CRI G20 Meeting Participants Stresses Structural Reforms

Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, says China is not the only economy in need of structural reforms as they are fundamental for the success of every G20 economy. lagarde says the reforms are not only necessary, b