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Airbus announced that they will be able to finance the development of their new A350 XWB wide-body aircraft without any government subsidies. The United States government had been preparing to file a suit against Airbus in the World Trade Organizati
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. We talked last week about growing beets. Today we have advice about growing another root vegetable, carrots. Carrots are easy to raise and easy to harvest. They taste good. And they contain a lot o
一. 三级笔译实务 (1)英译汉部分的命题仍然取材于《纽约时报》。本次考题的主题内容是:在一些发展中国家,水源短缺严重并且水源的状况也令人担心。建议各国政府及地区投资改善这
'Silent Spring' Turns Fifty In the 1950s, the U.S. Department of Agriculture was spraying more than a quarter-million kilograms of pesticides each year. Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson, revealed that pesticides like DDT were lethal not only for insec
By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 12 October 2007 The United Nations says that more than 850 million people in the world do not have enough to eat. Poverty, disease and conflict have always threatened food security. But other causes of hunger have emer
By Jordan Davis Dakar 21 January 2007 People march during the opening of the World Social Forum in Nairobi, 20 Jan 2007 At this week's World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya fair-trade campaigners are putting a priority on restarting the so-called Doha
Words and Their Stories: Green Expressions 词汇典故:和绿色相关的词汇 Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. 这里是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 Green is an important color in nature. It is the
The U.N. holds a high-level conference on world food security this week in Rome. In Washington, a research group says greater investment in female farmers would increase agricultural productivity. Transcript of radio broadcast: 01 June 2008 This is
Agriculture Report - A Call for Equal Rights for Women Farmers 农业报道 - 呼吁在农业上赋予女性农民平等权利 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 A new report says if w
Securing Rights for Women Farmers Despite the large role women play in agriculture in the developing world, experts say they continue to face discrimination, gender inequality and a lack of access to credit. A global partnership is campaigning to sec
They were chosen from among 800 candidates to receive a special agricultural fellowship for African women. And among this year winners -- a plant pathologist, a catfish breeder, a soybean specialist. They all hope to benefit from the two-year program
Puth La, 62, an ethnic minority Suy woman, standing next to a digger that villagers say is being used by a Singaporean company to destroy thousands of hectares of land they claim as their own in the province of Kampong Speu, south-west of the capital
A U-N agency says there are major funding gaps in efforts to help the agricultural sector adapt to climate change. The Food and Agriculture Organization, the FAO, says this could affect food security. The warning comes as the U-N Climate Change Confe
Initiative Empowers Rural Women October 15th is International Day of Rural Women. The United Nations says rural women play a critical role in development, food security and eradicating poverty. Four U.N. agencies recently launched a five year initiat
Agriculture is one of the most important economic activities in Africa. In addition to providing employment, agriculture has the potential to transform African societies through the increased export of produce to Western markets. Many agree that tran
Two weeks after Haiti's earthquake, the international community is beginning to focus on long-term aid for the devastated nation. International donors are meeting in Montreal, Monday. A United Nations agency is calling on international donors to focu
In Afghanistan, the vast majority of the population relies on agriculture for its livelihood. Three decades of war have not changed the central importance of farming in this country, only its difficulty. 在阿富汗,绝大多数人靠农业为生。
Chinese President Xi Jinping co-chairs the second summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation with South African President Jacob Zuma from Friday to Saturday in South Africa's Johannesburg. He made a keynote speech at the opening ceremony, announ
AGRICULTURE REPORT - Mike Johanns, Nominee for U.S. Agriculture Secretary By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. AP Photo
China and Canada have a long history of cooperation in science, trade, and agriculture. The Deputy Minister of Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food, Andrea Lyon, along with 67 delegates from government and industrial sectors, are in Chinas southwest ci