This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Heat and drought are threatening some of America's most productive farmland. The Department of Agriculture says an early summer heat wave across the West has increased demand for water to save dry c

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2007年(七)月

President Obama says it will probably be at least a year before home prices start rising again and sales pick up. It will probably take this year and next year for us to see a slow appreciation again in the housing market. And he says the federal gov

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一、哥本哈根联合国气候会议 As world leaders are in Copenhagen (哥本哈根)this month,talks about climate change are gathering steam. But is climate change the most pressing threat(威胁)for mankind? Write an essay to show your opini

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Friends and neighbors of army staff sergeant Robert Bales in Tacoma Washington say they are shocked by the accusation that he murdered 16 Afghan villagers last weekend in a sudden shooting spree.Cathy Holland lives near Bales',his wife and two childr

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Zespri is the New Zealand company which markets New Zealand kiwifruit here and overseas. Zespri owned a branch company in China to manage importing kiwifruit between 2008 and 2010. Now a Shanghai court has found one employee of that company guilty of

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发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英文语法词汇

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Scientists are working to develop crop plants that can reduce the amount of water used for agriculture. Almost sixty percent of the world's freshwater withdrawals from rivers, lakes and other water

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AS IT IS 2015-07-07 Extremely Dry Weather Raises HIV Risk 极端干旱天气与艾滋病传播的关系 Could saving money reduce the spread of HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus? A new study finds protecting people from financial hardship may red

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AS IT IS 2016-08-19 Firefighters Battle Western U.S. Wildfires 消防员与美国西部野外火情战斗 This week, a fast-moving fire forced American officials to order the removal of more than 82,000 people from an area north of San Bernardino, Ca

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Farmers in Zimbabwe say they face another difficult agricultural season, as the dry spell that has hit the country continues. Weeks into the agricultural season, the rains are nowhere near normal and the crops are showing it. Zimbabwe Farmers Union D

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The second story has to do with something that I'm sure most of you have seen or will remember. 第二个故事,和那些我相信你们大多数人都见过或者记得相关事情。 Very often, countries in Africa suffer drought and floods, 非洲

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As rainstorms continue to raid much of China. Having brought a full day of downpours in Southwestern China, the rain clouds will move north to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze river in the next three days. Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, and par

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By Cache Seel Shalatin, Egypt 10 July 2007 Facing Drought and the loss of grazing land for their herds, many Bedouin of southeastern Egypt are giving up their traditional lifestyle. The Egyptian Government and aid organizations have stepped in to hel

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1. At least five people were dead after an Amtrak train went off the rails in Philadelphia Tuesday night. Dozens were injured. 2. Five people were found shot dead Tuesday evening in a home in Tucson, Arizona. Police suspected it was a murder suicide.

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The United Nations has called it the worst humanitarian crisis since 1945, and, just today, the lead editorial in The Washington Post called it the worst crisis you have never heard of. Drought and famine threaten 20 million people in the war-torn co

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ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- China on Saturday delivered portion of the first batch of emergency food assistance to Ethiopia. Wei Hongtian, Charge d'Affairs at the Chinese Embassy in Ethiopia, handed over the assistance certificate to Wondirad Ma

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Woke up this morning With this feeling inside me that I cant explain Like a weight that Ive carried Has been carried away, away But I know something is coming I dont know what it is But I know its amazing, you save me My time is coming And Ill find m

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The Minister for the Environment, Dr Nick Smith, said today that the government will spend money on controlling our fresh water and will make some important laws. New Zealand is number 3 in the world for the amount of water per person. We have many r

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Have you visited England? What do you remember about your visit? How about our English weather? It always rains in England, doesnt it? Well, actually, no often it does not rain. In fact, for the past 14 months rainfall in many parts of England has be

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