Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight and full of violence. So God said to Noah, I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 英文童话故事

Though many people think it is an American festival, Halloween is a festival which began in Ireland thousands of years ago called Samhain. It was a celebration of the end of the harvest season, when livestock was killed to store for winter. People be

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Somalia has one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters, with hundreds of thousands of people displaced due to conflict. Now, a prolonged drought is adding to the country's many problems. A top U.N. official says he wants the Somali people to kno

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(二月)

Effort Launched to Save Africas Lions The African Lion Environmental Research Trust, or ALERT, a conservation and restoration charity, is one of the organizations that will help to kick off the event. The non-profit organization said the lion is a na

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In today's interconnected world, a pathogen can travel around the globe in as little as 36 hours.Interactions between wildlife, domesticated animals, and humans can give rise to new andemerging infections. Spurred by urban density and international a

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Kenya Oil Deposits Fuel Inter-Communal Conflicts 肯尼亚石油储藏引爆种族冲突 TURKANA, KENYA More than two years after Kenya struck oil for the first time in its northern-most county, Turkana, the two ethnic groups that live on either side

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肯尼亚设法制止野生动物和人类发生冲突 In Laikipia, Kenyan rangers are driving game farther into a 36,000 hectare conservancy to protect the animals from conflict with encroaching humans. Wildlife officials use trucks and helicopters

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A new study by researchers at Rice University in Houston, Texas warns that expanded production of crops to produce biofuels could damage water resources. The researchers suggest policy makers take into account what they call the water footprint when

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By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 12 October 2007 The United Nations says that more than 850 million people in the world do not have enough to eat. Poverty, disease and conflict have always threatened food security. But other causes of hunger have emer

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A cow with East Coast fever Each year a million cows in Africa die from East Coast fever. The disease is spread by tick bites. Young cows are most at risk; they can die within days. Farmers and her

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Agriculture Report - Test Your Word Knowledge With a Quiz About Farm Terms This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Today we have a vocabulary quiz. We start with two questions about terms for plants. OK, first question: What is the name f

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AS IT IS 2015-03-07 Trail Rides Kick off Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo 休斯顿牛仔竞技节和牲畜展 The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is the largest event of its kind in the world. The yearly event features horse and bull riders from al

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 20 July 2007 The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights is urging the Government of Sudan to take immediate action to protect thousands of civilians in the village of Bir Dagig, located about 30 kilometers north of El Geneina

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 01 August 2007 In Sudan, torrential rains and overflowing rivers are causing misery for tens of thousands of people across the country. The unusually heavy downpours began several weeks ago and have especially affected the less-

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In Afghanistan, the vast majority of the population relies on agriculture for its livelihood. Three decades of war have not changed the central importance of farming in this country, only its difficulty. 在阿富汗,绝大多数人靠农业为生。

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Chinese President Xi Jinping co-chairs the second summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation with South African President Jacob Zuma from Friday to Saturday in South Africa's Johannesburg. He made a keynote speech at the opening ceremony, announ

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The business world is sometimes described figuratively as doggy dog. In the state of Maharastra, in western India, the situation is literally cat eat dog. Where the cats are leopards and dogs are, well, dogs. That's the findings of a wildlife conserv

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Today, I want to talk about something that most of you know alreadyit's hot outside. 今天,我想谈论的事情想必你们已经知道它在外面已经被炒的沸沸扬扬。 It's really hot. 真的非常火爆。 And if this feels worse than no

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(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's time now for StoryCorps. Today, a story about the railroad. It comes to us from Barnie Botone in Bismarck, N.D. In 1875, his ancestor, along with dozens of other Native American leaders, was taken by tra

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The main road through Longmeadow was busy. People traveling to and from Connecticut and New York brought news. In 1783 Johnny learned that the Revolutionary War was officially over. The colonies had finally gotten what they wantedindependence. Now al

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