Face coverings, or masks, can protect against breathing in smoke. As with COVID-19, the most effective are N95 masks.4 Where are the fires? NASA satellite images show that wildfires are now burning on every continent, from Asia to South America and Africa to Australia. ...
The eastern state of New South Wales is the worst affected with nearly 100 fires. A mega blaze northwest of Sydney, the country's largest city, is the biggest bushfire on record, burning some 335,000 hectares (830,000 acres). A three-year drought and record high t...
roads and houses, or to allow coal mining and oil and gas industries to grow. This leads to less and less living space for wildlife. As the world gets warmer and weather changes, the risk of fires in snow forests rises. In recent years, Canada and Russia have seen very dangerous fires...
A couple of years later, America suffered the Great Depression (1929-1933). Lots of people became unemployed (失业). In order to survive (生存), theaters ___ an idea. They lowered their ticket prices. And moviegoers would often buy a bag of popcorn ___ it was the only snack that...
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We say this so no one will think that America is capable of breaking the will of the Iraqis with its weapons. — Saddam Hussein 240 Someday, in the distant future, our grand-children' s grand-children will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours in ...
Homeowners can often elect to beef up the hazard coverage of their policy. It is much better to pay the upfront costs ofextra insurancethan to deal with the associated expenses out of pocket. As severe weather events become more commonplace across North America due to climate change, increased...
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3 Bamboo plants are found in Asia, Australia, parts of Africa, and South America. One of the world’s oldest building materials is bamboo. Like today, people use it because it’s very strong. They used it to build houses, boats, and bridges. The Chinese made a bamboo bridge over the...
1013.Accordingly, he had the handle of the pump removed so that it could not be used. 因此,他把泵的把手拿下来,使它不能使用。 1014.Through this intervention, the disease was stopped in its tracks. 通过这一干预措施...