VOA慢速英语2009年-Agriculture Report - Seeking Balance in Fe

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Fertilizer use differs from country to country, and from too little to too much. Nitrogen and phosphorus can produce big crops. But they can also pollute water and air. A recent policy discussion i

VOA常速英语2018--非营利组织为逃避虐待、成瘾、创伤的妇女提供避难所

Behind this small shop lies a big backyard, a backyard filled with stories of hope and recovery.Thistle Farms is a nonprofit organization that helps survivors of human trafficking,drug and alcohol addiction, sexual violence and other traumatic experi

VOA慢速英语2012 Agriculture Report - Teaching Coffee Farmers About the Birds and the Bees

Agriculture Report - Teaching Coffee Farmers About the Birds and the Bees 农业报道 - 种植更多树木和鲜花对咖啡生产的帮助 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 The Univ

VOA慢速英语2012 Agriculture Report - The Appeal of Urban Farming

Agriculture Report - The Appeal of Urban Farming 农业报道 - 生态城市农场的魅力 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 Old properties and empty lots in cities and towns around

VOA慢速英语2011--Refugees Bring Flavor of Home to Community Farms

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Technology May Rescue Male Baby Chicks From The Grinder

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2007年VOA标准英语-Family Farms Sell Directly to Restaurants, Cons

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles, CA 09 July 2007 Around the United States, small family farms are struggling to stay afloat financially. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan reports that some have teamed up with big companies, while others have returned to tradition

VOA标准英语2009-Approval Given for Australia's Biggest Wind

The government has approved plans for Australia's biggest wind farm to be built near the outback town of Broken Hill in New South Wales. Almost 600 turbines will generate enough electricity for more than 400,000 homes. A forest of giant turbines wil

VOA标准英语2012--Animal Welfare Drives Changes on US Farms

Animal Welfare Drives Changes on US Farms Battery cage battle Nearly all eggs in the United States come from large facilities where hens are kept in small pens called battery cages. The Humane Society of the United States and other animal-welfare gro

VOA标准英语2009年-Conflicting Statements Show Uneasy Start for Zi

The funeral for Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife, Susan, who died in a car accident, is to be held Wednesday, one month to the day after the country inaugurated its power-sharing government. Morgan Tsvangirai (l) takes the oath of pr

VOA标准英语2013--Wind Power Firms Push to Extend Tax Credit

Wind Power Firms Push to Extend Tax Credit ELLSWORTH, ILLINOIS Kansas cattleman Pete Ferrell almost lost his ranch in the recent drought that ravaged much of the United States, but he credits a series of 100-meter tall wind turbines situated on his p

VOA标准英语2015--科学家致力于提高风力发电的效率

Scientists Aim to Boost Efficiency of Wind Farms 科学家致力于提高风力发电的效率 Modern wind turbines usually operate in groups or so-called wind farms, some of them with more than 100 turbines. But the air turbulence they create decrea

VOA标准英语2014--Israeli, Palestinian Farmers in Jordan Valley Face Twin Crises

Israeli, Palestinian Farmers in Jordan Valley Face Twin Crises JERUSALEM Hannan Pasternak is a worried man. Pasternak coordinates the Netiv Hagedud cooperative of some 60 Jewish families who farm plots of about eight hectares each on this settlement

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'This Was A Beautiful Place': Puerto Rico's Coffee Farms Devastated By Maria

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico almost three weeks ago, it caused much destruction across the island, including the small agricultural sector. By some estimates, 80 percent of crops were destroyed. NPR's Merrit Kennedy repor

美国国家公共电台 NPR Can Anyone, Even Walmart, Stem The Heat-Trapping Flood Of Nitrogen On Farms?

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: A lot of companies have promised to do their part to reduce their releases of greenhouse gases that are trapping heat and giving the planet a fever. Among them are big food companies, including the biggest American grocer, Walmar

2007年VOA标准英语-Britain to Ease Ban on Some Cattle Shipments

By Tom Rivers London 08 August 2007 For the first time since the confirmation of foot-and-mouth disease in Britain earlier this month, the government has decided to ease restrictions on livestock shipments in areas outside of the affected zone in sou

新西兰英语 269 ECan replaced by Commissioners

ECan is short for Environment Canterbury. This is a regional organisation which has been responsible for water, clean air, buses, and many other matters which affect our environment. Every three years, we have voted for people to be on the council of

VOA标准英语2008年-Zimbabwe Farmers Wait for Promised Compensation

One of the reasons Zimbabwe's economy is such a mess is the collapse of the commercial farming sector. This is due in part to the government's chaotic and sometimes violent land-reform program launched in 2000. The recently signed political power-sh

VOA标准英语2009-Union Says Zimbabwe Farm Workers Worst Abuse

By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 13 November 2009 A new report from a Zimbabwe union says workers on the country's white-run farms were subjected to even greater violence than their employers during violent farms seizures under Zimbabwe President

英语听力文摘 English Digest 286、变性的青蛙

Gender-Jumping Toads 美国研究人员说，常用除草剂阿特拉津会令雄蛙变性为雌蛙。美国加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校研究人员把40只雄性非洲爪蛙放入阿特拉津浓度为10亿分之2.5的水中，发现90%雌性化