Snow blew into the tree house. Jack and Annie wore wool coats, hats, and mittens. Jack'scanvas backpack had turned into a leather briefcase with bucklesand a shoulder strap. Jack and Annie looked out the window. Below the tree house was a wide, snowc

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Just because a plant looks nice does not mean you should eat it. Farmers learn this lesson tragically sometimes when their animals feed on wild plants. In fact, some of the nicest looking plants in

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Anchor: (The) commercial Christmas Tree harvest has already peaked, a third of the Christmas trees sold in the United States are grown in the pacific northwest, Tom Banse reports on the challenges tree farmers face this year. Anchor: The holidays mig

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: For decades, the Colorado River has fed growing cities from Denver to Los Angeles, and a lot of the produce in grocery stores across the country right now was grown with Colorado River water. Now with climate change and severe drou

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Climate scientists are struggling to figure out how a warming planet will affect different ecosystems like forests, swamps and grasslands. So researchers looked back at the end of the last ice age to see what might be in store for

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More than 100 villagers from rural Cambodia were detained briefly by the authorities in Phnom Penh after handing out leaflets detailing how government land concessions are affecting their lives. 柬埔寨农村地区的100多位村民在散发有关政

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China has more plants than anywhere else in the temperate regions of the world. In fact, it has almost twice as many kinds of plants as there are in the United States which is about the same size and about three times as many as there are in Europe.

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Henry paddled almost as fast as Joe for about two hours. Then Joe could see that Henry was behind him. Tired, Henry? Joe shouted, slowing down and waiting for Henry to catch up. A little, Joe, Henry shouted back. How far is it? Not very far now, said

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Teddy Bears / Celebrating Christmas / Christmas music from Brooks and Dunn By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: December 20, 2002 (THEME) HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC --VOA’s radio ma

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week in our Foreign Student Series the subject is grades. Most American colleges and universities use the grading system of A, B, C, D and F. An A is worth four points, a B three points, a C two

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. University of Delaware scientists say trees can reduce emissions of dust, ammonia and odor from poultry farms Planting trees around poultry farms can improve air and water quality -- and please the

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Hit Musical 'Rock of Ages' Gets Movie Makeover It's 1987, and the small-town girl is Sherrie. She's wide-eyed and newly arrived in Hollywood, seeking fame and fortune as a singer. Sherrie meets up with Drew, a bartender at a music club on Sunset Stri

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now I need to warn you that this next story is a slight bummer if you celebrate Christmas and you happen to celebrate with a freshly-cut evergreen. It turns out that you might be getting a Charlie Brown tree this year - you know,

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Barbra Streisand has two Oscars, eight Emmys and millions of album sales. She could probably read and record the stops along the route of the D train through the Bronx and get a million downloads. But she's done something different

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By David McAlary Washington, DC 08 August 2006 watch Global Warming Overview Global Warming Searing summer temperatures are shattering records across much of the northern hemisphere. Some European nuclear power plants have cut output because river w

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And for every dam, there is a new habitat for new life, and a richer, more diverse Yellowstone. But just as Yellowstone reveals the complexity of life, it also exposes its fragility. On its lofty ridges, there are signs that all is not well with the

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For some families like the Villa Reals, theres no substitute for a live Christmas tree. Just you know, watering it every day and just that smell, especially the smell of it in our home, just made it feel more Christmassy to us. But that Christmassy s

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A letter which could stand for evergreen. There are sticks of trees everywhere. Or extreme environment. Bye-bye. Or even for experts. In the vicinity of five minutes, these pants should be in New York. But while these would be suitable selections, th

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