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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Beans are a popular choice for home gardens. Specialists at the University of Illinois Extension say bush beans need the least work. The plants do not need supports to stand. Green bush beans used

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Each lightning bolt heats the air to 44,000 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than the surface of the Sun. 每一道闪电都能把空气。加热到44,000华氏度比太阳表面还热。 What if we could use these electromagnetic pulses as beacons,beacons

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For a long time, conventional wisdom said that we should drink eight glasses a day. 长久以来，一般观念都认为我们每天要喝8杯水， That estimate has since been fine-tuned. 但这个数据已被重新调整过。 Now, the consensus i

VOA慢速英语2009-Agriculture Report - Do-It-Yourself: Growing Tom

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Today we talk about tomatoes. Tomatoes are generally easy to grow. Experts at the University of Illinois Extension suggest you start seeds indoors if the ground is still cold. For best results with

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. We have talked about growing carrots and beets. This week, we move from root vegetables to a leafy vegetable. Cabbage is related to mustard, turnips, kale and collards. The leaves that form a head

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Beets soaking in water Beets are a tasty root vegetable that do not require much work to grow. People might think beets are always dark red. But they can also be pink, yellow or white. Beets with c

VOA慢速英语2009-Agriculture Report - Growing Flowers in a Stormy

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Tulips at the Public Gardens in Boston, Massachusetts (file photo) We have a question from a Chinese student who is interested in floriculture. Wang Yue wants to know what kinds of flowers American

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Chili peppers Some people who like to eat very hot chili peppers say that they can help you breathe better if you have a cold. Others believe that chilies give you added energy. We cannot confirm t

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Well, the bystander approach is trying to give people tools 好的，旁观者的方法是尝试给于人们一个工具 to interrupt that process and to speak up 来打岔这个过程和发言， and to create a peer culture climate 是创造出一个

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From the Revolution to the Civil Rights Era, the United States had a vibrant, robustly participatory and raucous culture of voting. 从美国革命到人权时代，美国选举曾经充满生机，参与者信念坚定，草根文化喧嚣一时。

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I realize this is not the kind of relationship 我意识到,我们一般不会热衷于 that we usually aspire to have with our food. 与我们的食物建立这样的关系 We want to eat, not be eaten by, our food. 我们吃食物,而不是被食物吃

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The most complex problems in our time can be solved with simple techniques, if we are able to dream. 现如今，只要有梦想，就可以用最简单的手段解决最复杂的问题。 As a child, I discovered that creativity is the key to cross

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Is it unrealistic for them to hope or think that that child loves them, as some might, as most, wish? 对于家长来说，他们希望或者认为自己的孩子也许能够爱他们，这是不是比较不现实？ Well let me tell you, that child

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Now if all this is true, then why are we getting it so wrong? 如果这一切都是真的，我们为何错的一塌糊涂？ Why are we setting up our schools this way, and our workplaces? 我们为何把学校跟职场架设成这样？ And why are