Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. On this show, we explore language. Where do expressions come from? And how do we use them? Today we go down on the farm the dairy farm, to be exact. Many female animals, such as cows and

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

11. Catch-22 读过美国作家 Joseph Heller小说Catch-22吗? 在当代英语中catch-22作为一个独立的单词,使用频率也是非常高的。Catch-22现在用来形容任何自相矛盾、不合逻辑的规定或条件所造成的无法脱

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The hardest-hit state is Iowa, the leading corn state and last year's top soybean producer. Transcript of radio broadcast: 24 June 2008 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Farmers in parts of the American Midwest face a difficult rec

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Study: Rats Pose Plague Risk in Croplands Efforts to boost food production in East Africa may increase the risk of plague. A new study says the conversion of natural lands into croplands in Tanzania has been accompanied by a large increase in the rod

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今天讨论的话题与农业有关。什么是主要粮食作物? Alice: Hello, I'm Alice. Yvonne: And I'm Yvonne. Alice: And this is 6 Minute English! And in todays programme were talking about farming in Africa. Yvonne: The study of farming is

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bookseller ['bukselə] n.书商 crop [krɔp] n. v.收割(获) fairly ['feəli] ad.相当地,公正地 harvest ['ha:vist] n.v.收获咱们 later ['leitə] ad.后来,以后 naughty ['nɔ:ti] a.顽皮的,淘气的 prepare [pri'peə] v.准备,预备

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Johnny, looking out there. What do you see? field, some hay. No, its more than that, mate. Come on, now work with me here. What is it? Honestly man, I just see a field. It's a cosmic canvas. It's a blank supernatural sheet for extra terrestrial art.

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. Olive oil producers generally guess the best time to harvest their olives by checking the fruits color. The olive has to hit that perfect spot where they

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[00:07.00]Listening Task [02:12.65]Listening Task [03:55.42]READING TASK [04:03.98]AN APRIL FOOL'S JOKE:THE NOODLE HARVEST [04:09.55]A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. [04:15.61]April Fool's Day,or April lst, [04:22.77]is known in ma

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A new international initiative to increase grain crop yields could help raise incomes for six million farmers in South Asia and combat hunger in one of the poorest regions of the world. Indian farmer women winnow mustard crop at Baraikapurva village

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Voice 1 Thank you for joining us for todays Spotlight. Im Courtney Schutt. Voice 2 And Im Ryan Geertsma. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 I

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AGRICULTURE REPORT - Cover Crops By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The idea to grow a crop that improves the land

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By Brian Wagner Miami 14 May 2008 As crop prices remain high, farmers and other landowners are working to expand their output and take advantage of big profits for wheat, corn and soybeans. The boom is creating pressure to begin farming on lands enro

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Climate change is already beginning to hurt maize and wheat production, according to a new study. Higher average growing season temperatures(温度) in most major grain-producing countries are beginning to work against the progress made by improving

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打薄剪刀thinning 乱发shock 修剪trim 平顶头crop 分发 part hair 做发型 cuttingstyling 电烫 permanent wave 点烫药水 setting lotion 女子做发 hairdo 点烫发机 electric hair curler 压发 hair fixer 束发结 snood 发网 hairn

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理发英语常用语 剪刀打薄thinning 乱发shock 修剪trim 平顶头crop 分发 part hair 做发型 cuttingstyling 电烫 permanent wave 点烫药水 setting lotion 女子做发 hairdo 点烫发机 electric hair curler 压发 hair fixer 束发结

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Texas Farmers Want More Crop Per Drop With water scarcity emerging as a major global issue in the 21st century, a drought in the southern U.S. state of Texas highlights the need for farmers to get more out of limited water supplies. Some are using ne

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Bright Starby John KeatsBright star, would I were stedfast as thou artNot in lone splendour hung aloft the nightAnd Watching, with eternal lids apart,Like nature's patient, sleepless Eremite,The moving waters at their priestlike taskOf pure ablution

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They make an intriguing posse: about 160 scouts in jeans and muddy boots, 他们组编了一支有趣的民兵队伍:约有160位童军,他们穿着工装裤和泥糊糊的靴子 jumping out of cars with ropes in hand, plunging deep into corn (ma

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Ryan Geertsma. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand - no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 A group of six buildings stands

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