11-08-13 What d'you think? Ross asked eventually. It's obvious, I replied, There must have been a hole in the rain clouds - probably one, oh - a foot by a foot and a half, what you saw ... But I didn't get chance to complete my smart response. He switched on...

11-07-04 A store manager heard a clerk tell a customer. No, maam, we haven't had any for a while, and it doesn't look as if we'll be getting soon. Horrified, the manager came runningover to the customer and said, Of course, we'll have somesoon, We placed an...

11-07-01 Researchers have found that areas near commercial airports sometimes experience a small but measurable increase in rain and snow when aircraft take off and land under certain atmospheric conditions（通风条件） . The new study led by the National Cen...

11-06-29 Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel: all claimed that they were the most important, the most useful, the favorite. Green said: Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and of hope. I was chosen for the grass, tr...

11-04-15 A mudslide caused by heavy rain has engulfed a bus in Colombia, killing at least 14 people, officials say. 哥伦比亚官员称，一辆公共汽车呗暴雨引发的泥石流淹没，至少14人死亡。 Rescuers say there is little hope of finding survivors The bus was leaving...

11-04-11 Rain and Flood 暴雨洪灾 to burst their banks/breaching of the dyke 决堤/溃堤 the flood level 洪水水位 warning level 警戒水位 historic highs 历史最高点 torrential downpours/rains 暴雨/倾盆大雨 muddy 泥泞的 frequent showers 经常性的阵雨 rain cats and...

11-03-18 As spring continues to unfold on Saturn（土星） , April showers on the planet's largest moon, Titan, have brought methane（甲烷） rain to its equatorial（赤道的） deserts, as revealed in images captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. This is the firs...

11-02-17 青花瓷 The blue and white porcelain 素胚勾勒出青花笔锋浓转淡 Unglazed, yet from shade to light， unfolds the blue and white. 瓶身描绘的牡丹一如你初妆 From the peony on the vas emerges your image in maiden dress. 冉冉檀香透过窗心事我了然 Closed as th...

10-12-08 Colombian Juan Manuel Santos has urged people to evacuate a hillside neighbourhood near Medellin, after a landslide buried around 50 houses. 哥伦比亚总统桑托斯敦促人们迅速撤离麦德林附近的山区，此前该地区发生山体滑坡，近50座住宅被掩埋。 More than 30...

10-12-06 At least 50 people are feared to have been buried by a landslide in the Colombian city of Medellin. 哥伦比亚城市麦德林发生山体滑坡，至少50人被埋入土中。 Rescue workers with sniffer dogs（嗅探犬） are at the scene and said they had managed to rescue...