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Lesson 9 Is It a Good Idea to Control Population Growth in the World? Text What Overpopulation Feels Like We moved slowly through the city in a taxi and entered a crowded slum district. The temperatur
[00:01.00]Lesson 8 Should We Diet in Order to Keep Fit?; [00:00.69]II. Read; [00:03.88]Read the following passages. Underline the important view- points while reading; [00:11.81]1.We Should All Grow Fat and Be Happy; [00:18.
Broadcast: Jan 06, 2003 In Zimbabwe, shortages of food are being blamed for two riots in recent days. One of the riots took place Sunday, the other on Friday. Both happened because of shortages of mai
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 29 April 2008 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he will head a new task force to tackle the global food crisis that is plunging tens of millions of people into poverty and hunger. He is calling for international donors to
AS IT IS - Women trying to compete in a mans world Hello. It is nice to be with you again. Im Jim Tedder in Washington. Today we hear about some Africans who have moved to Moscow hoping for a better life. Also a look inside the human body at trillion
Agriculture Report - Irrigation Pioneer Wins World Food Prize 农业报道 - 滴灌技术开创者获得世界粮食奖 From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report in Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 A r
Isnt food one of lifes greatest pleasures? Do you know anyone who doesnt like food? I dont. There is so much delicious food in the world. You could spend a whole lifetime eating a different dish every day. Whats the tastiest food in the world? This i
Customers at a Washington DC falafel shop are praising the tasty food as well as the owners efforts to help refugees. Falafel Inc. is located in the Georgetown area, one of the citys most expensive places to eat and live. Many people cannot believe t
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. There may be something in your food that you cannot see and cannot taste. But it could be killing you. It is an artificial oil commonly called trans fat. Trans fat is a toxic chemical th
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 January 2006 An elderly woman carries part of the food ration she received from the World Food Program in the drought-stricken southern Somali town of Wajid The World Food Pr
By Scott Stearns White House 01 May 2008 U.S. President George Bush is asking Congress for $770 million to help ease food shortages and rising prices around the world. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. President Bush says he
Arab World Faces Serious Poverty, Food Security Challenges A new report says Arab countries face a serious food security challenge and that poverty rates are much higher than official numbers suggest. It blames the situation on vulnerability to volat
UN World Food Security Committee Meets in Rome The U.N. Committee on World Food Security opened its new session in Rome Monday. The meeting follows Sundays observance of World Food Day with the theme: Food Prices from Crisis to Stability. Actor Jerem
The United Nations says the number of hungry people in the world has gone down by almost 1 million in the last year but the figure still stands at 925 million. 2010 is a significant date in the world's fight against global hunger: it marks 30 years s
Its being called the worlds worst food crisis since the 1970s. Around the globe, food prices have risen about 40% in the last year, sparking protests and violence in at least 14 countries, and pushing the problem to center stage at the United Nations
By Tendai Maphosa London 23 April 2008 Rising prices are putting food beyond the reach of more people and affecting places where food insecurity has not been an issue. Tendai Maphosa reports for VOA from London that the World Food Program says that a
With food demand leaping in China and India, Russia has the potential to emerge as a new world food power. But first, Russian farmers need to overcome years of decline. One hundred years ago, Czarist Russia was the breadbasket of Europe, and the Amer
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 16 October 2009 School children eat free lunch at government school in Hyderabad on World Food Day,16 Oct 2009 Despite a goal set by world leaders nine years ago to cut the number of hungry people in half by 2015, the num
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank stressed the need for continued cooperation(合作协作) among world economies, saying the global financial system remains vulnerable to further shocks. The warning comes as the world lending in
The worlds food system is dangerously out of balance, according to a prominent group of agriculture researchers. And they say food security problems will only grow as the population increases and the climate changes. In a new report ahead of this sum