By Tom Rivers London 04 August 2007 Foot-and-mouth disease has appeared again in Britain, six years after it sparked the widespread slaughter of about seven million cows throughout the country in an effort to contain the outbreak. For VOA, Tom Rivers

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(131) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(八月)

By Steve Herman Tokyo 24 September 2006 American beef is back in the Japanese market and slated to return to South Korea soon. But for America's beef exporters, who lost two of their three largest markets in 2003 after a few cases of mad cow disease

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By Greg Flakus Houston, TX 29 March 2007 Watch Houston LIvestock Show Rodeos and livestock shows are a common part of life in many parts of the United States, but if there is one special event of this kind, it is the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: A drought is deepening over much of the West, and it's costing ranchers a lot of money and causing a lot of heartache. They're already hauling water to thirsty cattle in remote parts of Oregon. The Northwest News Network's

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A: Isnt this great? I always wanted to own a farm, live out in the country, grow my own food! B: This is very beautiful. Though I have to confess, I dont know the first thing about farming! A: Thats fine! Dont worry about it! B: What was that? A: Rel

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By the 11th century, the Vikings who had settled in Ireland, the Hiberno-Norse, had been here for over a century and a half. Theyd intermarried, become Christian and formed local alliances. Theyd founded thriving port cities like Waterford, Wexford,

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By the mid 1800s, the horse and the cowboy had come to symbolize the wild west. And of course, with the cowboys came cattle. As the bison quickly vanished from the landscape, cattle filled their place. Meanwhile increasing numbers of the tame horses

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Piero: Whats all this? Annie: Im visiting my sister and brother-in-laws new ranch next month and Im getting ready for it. I know Im a city girl, but I plan to fit right in on that ranch and work alongside all of the other cowboys. Piero: Well, you lo

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By Arjun Kohli Nairobi 06 July 2007 Cattle-herding nomads from western Kenya confirm United Nations and aid agency reports that forces of the Ugandan army are using helicopter gunships and mortar against communities living on the Kenya-Uganda border.

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By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 04 January 2007 watch Blizzard Impact Blizzard impact: digging out of the snow It could take weeks to restore power in parts of the United States Midwest hit hard by back-to-back snowstorms. Many roads remain impassable

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By VOA News 18 February 2008 U.S. schools and fast-food restaurants are taking one brand of beef off their menus Monday as part of the largest beef recall in American history - 65 million kilograms. The meat was produced by a California processor acc

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By Jeff Swicord Cheyenne, Wyoming 10 September 2007 Workers at adairy farm There is growing concern that farms and ranches in the western U.S. could become the target of agroterrorism. The devastating outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in Britain a

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This is a man's world This is a man's world But it would be nothing Nothing without a woman or a girl You see man made the cars To take us over the road Man made the train To carry the heavy load Man made the electric lights To take us out of the dar

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