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If I Had A Hammer If I had a hammer I'd hammer in the morning I'd hammer in the evening All over this land I'd hammer out danger I'd hammer out a warning I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my
The world's worst industrial disaster took place 25 years ago, in central India. A chemical leak at the plant of the Indian subsidiary of an American corporation, Union Carbide, poisoned an estimated half million residents of the city of Bhopal. The
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, a program in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith. This week, we will tell about a study involving monkeys and a gene from jellyfish. We will tell about an agreement to ban
Agriculture Report - New Findings About Loss of Bees This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Bees add an estimated eighteen billion dollars a year to the value of American crops. They pollinate flowers that become fruits, nuts and vegetab
A conservation cleanup project and an accidentalscholarship offer. That's coming up this Thursday on CNN student news. But ourfirst story involved the civil war in Syria. U.S. officials say they haveevidence that chemical weapons have been used in Sy
Cerumenis a lovely word especially considering that is means earwax.And we're nothingonly species that produces the stuff.Some whales built up waxes along withlipids and charaten protein into what's called earplugs.And now researchers nowknow that ex
By Steve Herman Bhopal, India 08 January 2008 Dow Chemical, the world's second-largest chemical manufacturer, is facing difficulties trying to expand in India. The company is haunted by the 1984 leak of methyl isocyanate, one of the most lethal chemi
By Steve Mort Tampa, Florida 11 April 2007 Farmers in the United States say they are growing increasingly concerned about a mysterious shortage of honeybees. The U.S. government says it is investigating a dramatic decline in the bee population over
Supporters of victims of world's worst industrial disaster, which happened 25 years ago this week, are releasing new scientific studies claiming a continuing environmental disaster in the central Indian city, Bhopal. Steve Herman | New Delhi 30 Novem
Technology Report - WHO Finding Adds to Debate Over Mobile Phones, Brain Cancer 世卫组织加大手机致脑癌的讨论 This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。 The World Health Organizati
Dealers Show Marijuana Products at DC Show 商人在华盛顿展上展示大麻产品 Many trade shows are held in the Washington, D.C. area. Jewelry, cars, electronics and other industries have shown their products and services in the past. But rece
Popular Weed Killer Stirs Health, Environmental Concerns Jamie Jamison produces corn, wheat and soybeans on his 500-hectare farm. To boost production, he uses genetically modified seeds. To control weeds, he uses Atrazine. It gives us good long-seaso
African Countries Debate Using DDT in Anti-Malaria Efforts The chemical pesticide DDT has been banned by most countries for use in agriculture, but some continue to use it indoors to kill insects that carry malaria. In Zambia, it's an important part
A: Do you have any idea why I pulled you over today? B: I'm not sure. A: One of your brake lights is out. B: Really? I'm sorry. I did not know that. A: I'm going to give you a ticket. B: Why can't you just let me off with a warning? A: It's just a ti
India is marking the 25th anniversary of the leak at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in the city of Bhopal. The victims have generally been left in a legal haze since the ill-fated night (Dec. 2, 1984) when a toxic-gas cloud spread across the centr
Real live insects like spiders, locusts, and butterflies play crucial roles in many memorable blockbuster films. 蜘蛛、蝗虫和蝴蝶之类活生生的昆虫,在许多令人印象深刻的卖座电影中都担任关键要角。学习重点: 1
December 3rd, 1967Surgeons in Cape Town, South Africa, led by Dr. Christiaan Barnard, perform the first human heart transplant, the patient Louis Washkansky lives 18 days with his new heart. 1984A horrific industrial accident kills thousands of peopl
December 3rd, 1967, surgeons in Cape Town, South Africa, led by Dr. Christiaan Barnard, perform the first human heart transplant. The patient Louis Washkansky lives 18 days with his new heart. 1984, a horrific industrial accident kills thousands of p
December 3rd, 1967, surgeons in Cape Town, South Africa, led by Dr. Christiaan Barnard, perform the first human heart transplant. The patient Louis Washkansky lives 18 days with his new heart. 1984, a horrific industrial accident kills thousands of p
This tiny sensor mounted on a bumblebee is monitoring all kinds of important environmental data. This is the brainchild of a group of researchers at the University of Washington. What made us start the aim of this was our prior work on building insec