1. This is Minnie Rivers. That is Mr. Lewis. 2. Minnie is a writer. Mr. Lewis is a barber. Gail is an artist. He is a photographer. She is a secretary. He's a dentist. She's a doctor. 3. I am a computer programmer. I'm a businessman. I'm a businesswo

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英语词组对话

Bright Star! Would I Were Steadfast as Thou Art BRIGHT star! would I were steadfast as thou art Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night, And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like Natures patient sleepless Eremite, The moving waters at their prie

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Agriculture Report - Prawns and Tobacco Find a Home Together on Some Farms 农业报道 - 烟草与虾共生 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 A cash crop is a crop grown for money. F

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迷你对话: A:Sorry, honey, something has cropped up again. I have to deal with it. Perhaps I will go to back home till very late. 对不起,亲爱的,又发生了点意外的事情,我得留下来处理,坑呢要很晚才能回家。 B:I

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Dale Aden has been farming most of his life, just like his father, and his fathers father. I am a third generation farmer on this land. His land is in Okabena, Minnesota, right along the Okabena creek, where for many years, Aden watched helplessly a

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As It Is - Long Drought Affects Farmers in Southwestern US 长期干旱影响到美国西南部的农民 Parts of the southwestern American states of Texas and Oklahoma have experienced severe dry weather for several years. This droughthas affected t

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Victor Otazu, a aeroponic specialist with the International Potato Center, tends to some aeroponic potato plants in Nairobi, Kenya Kenyans love to eat maize. It's the country's favorite food. But researchers at the Kenya Agricultural Research Institu

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Advantages threatened by poor management Steve Baragona | Washington, DC 15 April 2010 No-till agriculture is one of the benefits of GE crops that is threatened by poor management Related Links National Research Council report Genetically engineered

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Experts say it may be the latest warning of how climate change in some key farming regions could threaten world food supplies. In the new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers examined six years of data from 227 fa

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Stevia: a Sweetener for Kenyan Exporters and Farmers Pockets Stevia, known worldwide as a natural sweetener, comes from plants that are grown in the tropics and subtropics. The leaves of the popular plant are sweet and ideal for people conscious of t

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Afghan Opium Crop Headed for Record High The sun is shining in Afghanistan's Helmand province, and farmers are busy harvesting their opium poppies. This year, for the third year in a row, they are looking at a bigger opium crop. Farmer Faiz Mohammed

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By Craig Fitzpatrick Calvert County, Maryland 06 February 2006 watch Tobacco Farmers report In recent months, several countries in Europe have banned cigarette smoking in enclosed public spaces, somet

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Wheat helped create civilization in the Middle East. Its a staple crop for 30 percent of the worlds population. And now, with the publication of four articles in the journal Science, were close to a detailed understanding of the bread wheat genome. W

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Wheat helped create civilization in the Middle East. Its a staple crop for 30 percent of the worlds population. And now, with the publication of four articles in the journal Science, were close to a detailed understanding of the bread wheat genome. W

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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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By Ade Astuti and Susy Tekunan Palm Springs, California 12 October 2007 Dates have been a staple food in the Middle East for thousands of years -- and they are especially consumed by Muslims during Ramadan. Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran are the world'

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今天我们要学的词是staple。 Staple, 做为名词,指必不可少的东西。 Rice is a staple in the region, 米饭是这个地区居民的主食。 Hot dogs are a staple for barbecue parties in the summer, 热狗是夏天烧烤餐会不可缺

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Critics question safety of the pest-resistant strain Steve Baragona | Washington, DC 05 February 2010 An Indian seed company has developed an eggplant that it says will dramatically reduce the need for pesticides. Related Links Mahyco Navdanya Indian

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Is China the world's cleverest country? China achieved 'remarkable' results in the Pisa international education tests, which measure pupils' key skills: reading, numeracy and science. The results indicate that China's education system is not only abo

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Once, the old man said. Once. 都是过去的事,老人说:过去的事了。 So you see, Jon, I do know... and knowing, I will not tell you stay or go. 所以,琼恩,你看,我的确是明白你的感受正因为明白,所以我不会要求

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