VOA慢速英语2011--Getting to the Root of How to Water Tree

Agriculture Report - Getting to the Root of How to Water Trees This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Some trees can survive a long time without water. Think of trees that grow in the desert. But other trees may need more moisture than t

VOA慢速英语2011--How Root Beer Changed the Business World

THIS IS AMERICA - How Root Beer Changed the Business World BARBARA KLEIN: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: And I'm Christopher Cruise. This week on our program, we look at the history of root b

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Algae naturally produce oil, when its process start with oil turned into bio fuels, an alternative energy source. This is just one snag. Harvesting the oil from algae-float water is prohibitively expensive. But researchers have come up with an effort

Eztalk美语【121】root for the school team 为校队加油

Yi-jun: So people can go and root for their old school team? Taylor: Yep. And relive those good old high school days. Yi-jun: You don't sound too excited about going to your reunion. Taylor: I'm not. I get a stomachache just thinking about it. Yi-jun

Water Storage Systems

Broadcast: May 12, 2003 By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Each year, millions of people in Bangladesh drink ground water that has been polluted by naturally high levels

影视歌曲：David Ake-Take Me Out To The Ballgame

Take Me Out To The Ball Game Take me out to the ball game Take me out to the crowd Buy me some peanuts and Crackerjacks I dont care if I ever get back Cause it root, root, root for the home team If they dont win it's a shame For it one, two, three st

2006年VOA标准英语-Sanctuary Planned for Vietnamese Bears Farmed f

By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 20 September 2006 Black bear cubs An animal rights organization has reached an agreement with Vietnam's government to build a bear sanctuary near Hanoi. The refuge will house bears rescued from farms where their bile is harv

VOA标准英语2010年-Website of the Week – The Root

News and analysis from an African American perspective Art Chimes | Washington, DC 19 February 2010 Related Links The Root February is African American History Month here in the United States, and so this week we feature a site that looks at news and

VOA英语2010年-Forest-to-Table is Latest Twist in 'Eat Loca

The local food movement is growing in the United States. Restaurant owners and families look to nearby farms for fruits, vegetables and meat. Now small forest owners want to join the local food party. They're promoting edible mushrooms, berries, and

美国国家公共电台 NPR Harvesting Salt By Hand Is Making A Comeback In France

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Sea salt has been harvested for more than a thousand years on the Atlantic coast of France. The industry declined in the mid-20th century. But with foodies looking for ever-fancier ingredients, NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports the s

2016年CRI Expert dismisses ＂organ harvesting＂ rumors

Huang Jiefu, director of the China Organ Transplant Development Foundation, has told an international symposium on transplants in Hong Kong that persistent reports of organ harvesting taking place in China are simply not true. The rumor about organ h

English quotes 英文谚语：金钱是万恶之源 Money is the root of all evil

Money is the root of all evil. Do you think this is true? How can money lead people to do bad things? Do you think money can do good things? If so, give examples! (Note: Although many people repeat this quote, the original saying was Love of money is

学个词Learn a Word 第1699-root-cause

今天我们要学的词是 root cause。Root cause 根本原因。世界经济论坛说，The lack of competitiveness in Europe is the root cause of financial instability and rising unemployment numbers in the region. 缺乏竞争力是欧洲经济不

每日一词【848】root：为某人打气，捧场

今天我们要学的词是root。 Root, 做为动词，是为某人打气，捧场的意思。The whole town is rooting for the local high school football team, 整个小镇都为当地高中橄榄球校队加油。I always root for the underdog, 我总

学个词Learn a Word 第848期 Root

今天我们要学的词是root。 Root, 做为动词，是为某人打气，捧场的意思。The whole town is rooting for the local high school football team, 整个小镇都为当地高中橄榄球校队加油。I always root for the underdog, 我总

第137期:我已经上路了,你呢

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VOA慢速英语--Resort Keeps Tradition of Harvesting Ice from Lake Alive

In modern times, most people choose to use electrical devices, like refrigerators, to keep drinks cool. But summer visitors at Rockywold-Deephaven Camps in New Hampshire cool their drinks the old-fashioned way - using large blocks of ice in wooden bo

你真的不胖

你真的不胖 If youre one of the legions of slim, fit and healthy people whose BMI (Body Mass Index) makes them technically overweight, this story will be music to your ears. A new test is about to launch called the ABSI. 很多人BMI指数(身体质

Japan's machinery orders increase 4.2% in Jan.

TOKYO, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Japan's core machinery(机械) orders rose 4.2 percent in January from the previous month, marking the second rise in five months, the Cabinet Office said in a report on Wednesday. According to the government data, orders i

托福阅读背景知识之健康指数新算法

很多人BMI指数(身体质量指数)超重，实际上却健康苗条。如果你也是其中的一员的话，那么下面的这个新研究可能会让你觉得很中听。因为一种新的测试体重的指数诞生了。 If you're one of the l