AGRICULTURE REPORT - Protecting the Nation's Forests By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The Forest Service is respon

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In this photo taken 05 Aug 2005, an S-300 surface-to-air missile blasts off at the Ashuluk firing range, in Astrakhan region, 1280 km south of Moscow, Russia. The S-300 , similar to the US Patriot missile, is capable of shooting down aircraft, cruise

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(二月)

Pacific Northwest Looks to Jump-Start Green Jet Fuel Industry The U.S. Navy's F-18 fighter planes ran test flights last year using jet fuel partially made from plant oils. In May the U.S. Air Force's famed Thunderbirds unit of F-16 fighter/bombers be

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Unrest continues in France as the government debates a reform to France's retirement system that has sparked more than a week of action targeting transport. Demonstrators blocked access to Marseille airport and continue to block fuel depots halting g

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Company Takes Biodiesel From Field to Fryer to Fuel In the worldwide search for alternative energy sources, vegetable oil is becoming an increasingly popular substitute for crude oil. Diesel-engine fuel can be made easily from soybean, canola or othe

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G-20 Subsidizing Fossil Fuels by $452 Billion, Research Shows G-20补贴矿物燃料4520亿美元 As leaders of the Group of 20 major economies gather in Turkey for the 2015 summit, campaigners are calling on them to stick to their pledge to stop sub

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Background: 维珍集团总裁 Richard Branson 向公众展示了世界上第一艘商业载人宇宙飞船。等通过严格的试航测试以后,六名乘客将有机会登上这艘子弹型飞船,真正感受宇宙旅行的刺激。 Its 60 fee

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There's a gasoline shortage in Florida, and it's getting worse. As Hurricane Irma heads towards the state, a lot of people are on highways, trying to get away from the storm's path. Even those that are staying put are filling their

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At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this week, there are hundreds of new cars on display that achieve high fuel efficiency and reduce pollution. Also on hand are representatives of the private X Prize Foundation, which is sponsor

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Food is fuel.You get picky about what you put in the tank, your engine is gonna die.----Ratatouille 食物就是燃油。你对燃油挑三拣四,你的引擎就会熄灭。《美食总动员》 图片1

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Gains in Aid for Poor Nations Fuel Talk of 'Dutch Disease' By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, July 25, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Development Report. Earlier t

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China is set to begin its historic moon-landing mission on Monday, with the launch of its Change-3 lunar probe. Preparations at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center have now passed the crucial fuel injection stage, the start of the main launch process

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The US Pacific Command has said an American Marine Corps helicopter offering quake relief in Nepal was declared missing with eight people on board. Six US Marines and two Nepalese soldiers were on board. The helicopter was last seen after another hel

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There is growing concern from the international community about the four-day Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip, after the territory's only power station shut down for lack of fuel. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has phoned Israeli leaders to warn

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 03 November 2009 North Korea says it has manufactured more material useable in nuclear weapons. The announcement is widely seen as a tactic to pressure the United States into bilateral talks, and comes a little more than a week b

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Turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa in the past few months has driven the price of oil on the world market to more than $100 a barrel, causing a spike in fuel prices in the United States that is putting a crimp in transportation budgets for f

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President Bush and Republican presidential candidate John McCain are both calling for an end to a moratorium on developing oil and natural gas resources along much of the U.S. coastline. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama opposes such a m

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: This year, California saw the most destructive wildfire season in its history. Take last month's Camp Fire in Northern California, which decimated more than 18,000 structures, many of them homes in the town of Paradise. It's

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On the morning of July 16, 1969, Neil and his two fellow Apollo 11 crewmen rose at 4:15 A.M. They had steak and eggs for breakfast, the same breakfast all astronauts had before a flight. The night before a special visitor had arrived for dinner to wi

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In 1979, there was an incident at a nuclear power plant on Three Mile Island, in Pennsylvania, when radioactive steam leaked into the open air. Nobody was hurt, although thousands of people fled the area. Seven years later, a much worse accident happ

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