How do you like a behind-the-scenes look at one of the nature's most luxurious full service, hippos' spas. Our dominant male hippo customer has already arrived here at the Mezima Spring in Kenya, Africa. The carp goes right to work. It uses its wide,

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2008年

Aquaponics Could Signal Future of Food Imagine growing vegetables and fish in the same space. Thats the idea behind aquaponics, a marriage of fish farming and soil-less plant cultivation in a single, sustainable closed system. Supporters believe aqua

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(一月)

Katia: Hello Felipe, how are you? Felipe: Hello, I'm fine thank you and you? Katia: Good. Listen I was reading about the Galapagos and I think that you might know a lot more than what I can find in the books. Can you tell me a little bit more about G

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说一口流利的英语,从简单的单词开始。 听听,读读,背背,今天你的词汇量又增加了5个。 单词/词义 中英例句 单词听读 single [ 5siN^l ] She buys a single ne

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Stephen Foster, 1826-1864: America's First Popular Songwriter He wrote more than two hundred songs during the eighteen forties and eighteen fifties. VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(131) / 评论(0) 分类 名人轶事

By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 05 January 2007 Fedynsky report In English, a golden parachute is a term that describes very generous compensation paid to a corporate executive who is retiring or being removed for poor performance. This kind of par

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Joachim: I'm really having second thoughts about hiring a firm to do corporate spying for us. I don't want to do anything that's ethically questionable . Dawn: We have no choice but to do it. All of our competitors conduct corporate espionage . Joach

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The US Environmental Protection Agency lists stormwater as the primary cause of water pollution in the United States. Roads, shopping centers and housing developments are generally seen as enhancing a community's quality of life. But they can also di

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(八)月

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 22 October 2007 In Bangladesh, the interim government has ruled out the possibility of a dialogue with political parties. But as Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, political parties have welcomed a renewed pledge by

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 22 June 2007 The former president of Botswana is flying to Lesotho Monday to mediate a dispute over parliamentary seats that led to attacks on political leaders and a nighttime curfew. Correspondent Scott Bobb spoke with Ke

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STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus. Every ten years the United States government counts the national population and asks people questions about how they live. Results fr

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By David Byrd Washington 21 December 2006 Italy captured football's (soccer's) World Cup, Roger Federer dominated men's tennis, Tiger Woods overcame sadness to rule the golf course, and drugs and scandal tainted the sports world. As VOA's David Byrd

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By Stephanie Ho Washington 05 August 2007 Senior Bush administration officials say the surge of U.S. troops in Iraq is showing some military success. At the same time, they say they are concerned with the slow pace of movement toward national politic

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US Treasury Sec, Greenspan Paint Positive Picture of US Economy Barry Wood Treasury Secretary John Snow says the U.S. economy is on a strong growth path. Mr. Snow told a Washington gathering that an e

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China celebrated the opening of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai with an evening of fireworks and fanfare. Dubbed the Economic Olympics, by Chinese officials, some 190 nations and 50 international organizations are participating in the multi-billion d

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 07 March 2007 Thailand's military-installed government has appointed a former World Bank economist to the post of finance minister in a partial cabinet reshuffle. Ron Corben reports from Bangkok that the appointment, aimed at bo

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Scotch whiskey is said, by some, to have many magical qualities. Now, scientists in Scotland have discovered one more: it can be a weapon against polluted waste sites. A by-product of the spirit is 99.96 percent effective in cleaning contaminated gr

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 October 2007 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, warns that thousands of African Union and UN peacekeepers will be unable to guarantee security in Sudan's conflict-ridden province of Darfur w

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The chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has proposed establishing an independent commission to investigate Bush administration policies dealing with such controversial issues as detainees and wiretapping, as well as decisions that led to

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An opera company from Belgium will stage a classic one-act opera in Beijing on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. The opera, named Midnight in Paris, centers on a desperate young woman who lives in the 1950s. Naomi Beeldens is the young Belgian

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