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Campaign Begins to End Locust Plague 帮助马达加斯加消灭蝗灾 More than a year after a locust plague was declared in Madagascar, a control program finally is about to begin. Massive swarms of the insects have damaged or destroyed large areas
VOA常速英语2013年(九月)
Locust Plague Swarms Madagascar Madagascar is in the midst of a locust plague and its threatening the food security of more than half the population. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, the FAO, says it will take three years to bring the locu
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Locust Infest More of Madagascar The locust plague in Madagascar is getting much worse. More than half the nation is now infested. The U.N. says time is rapidly running out to bring the voracious insects under control. The Food and Agriculture Organi
VOA标准英语2013年(六月)
Locust Swarms Fill Antananarivo Skies 塔那那利佛遭遇蝗灾 Locust swarms filled the skies over Madagascars capital this week. However, an expert says it does not mean the locust plague in the nation has returned. Annie Monard said the locust s
VOA标准英语2014年(九月)
Don: Hey Yal, what do locusts, neurons, robots and the movie Star Wars have in common? Yal: You got me, Don. D: The answer is: Doctor Claire Rind, a [dict]biologist[/dict] and robotics expert at the University of Newcastle, England. Dr. Rind wanted t
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By Carrie Giardino Talks between a militia leader and the Nigerian president aimed at ending further violence in the oil-rich southern region are in a third day in Abuja. But the rebel leader has accu
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FAO Warns of Locust Threat in Mali and Niger Heavy rains have fallen over the past three weeks in northern Mali and Niger and thats resulted in growing swarms of Desert locusts. Efforts are underway to contain the insects in a region thats already fo
VOA标准英语2012年(七月)
Locust Swarms Forming in West Africa Four countries in West Africa have been put on alert for the likely arrival of swarms of Desert Locusts. If uncontrolled, a small swarm can eat the same amount of food in one day as 35-thousand people. Locust swar
VOA标准英语2012年(十月)
The United Nations refugee agency says it finally managed to gain access over a week ago to a remote northern area of the Central African Republic, following months of insecurity. A UNHCR spokesman tells VOA aid workers found more than 2,000 displac
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By Arjun Kohli Nairobi 11 July 2007 In Sudan, unusually heavy rainfall in recent days has left tens of thousands homeless in several regions. As Arjun Kohli reports from our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi, the rains have created another humanitarian c
2007年VOA标准英语（七月）
Real live insects like spiders, locusts, and butterflies play crucial roles in many memorable blockbuster films. 蜘蛛、蝗虫和蝴蝶之类活生生的昆虫，在许多令人印象深刻的卖座电影中都担任关键要角。学习重点： 1
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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 15 September 2007 The United Nations warns floods in West Africa could provoke an invasion of locusts in Mali and Niger. It says it is critically important that UN experts be given access to the locust-prone region so they can
2007年VOA标准英语（九月）
This is what hundreds of farmers across Australia are waiting up to, and it's going to get a lot of worse. A locust invasion which could be the most devastating in decades. A locust has been around, forever around, you know the biblical play thing in
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