After supper, a few days later, the children sat resting in the doorway of the barn. Listen! said Violet suddenly. Since Violet never said anything suddenly, everyone looked at her in surprise and listened. Then they heard the sound of a violin. Who

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 2 Surprise Island 奇异岛

And fishing can be dangerous. A southern sea lion. It uses the speed of a breaking wave to catch up with the gentoos. Sea lions normally eat fish. So he is used to catching streamline swimmers. But the gentoos seem more than his match-up at sea. He m

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Today we will analyze part of a newspaper article in depth. Wukan, China - The Chinese fishing village that went into open revolt(1) against government control last year held elections on Saturday, an event that(2) some local people said was the firs

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Since the food crisis of a few years ago, much attention has been paid to improving agriculture and conserving the land. But land is not the only source of food. The oceans provide food and jobs for millions of people, yet very little is being done t

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The Chinese government has issued a new promise to honor its commitments to cap its carbon-emission growth by 2030. The pledge has been made as a Chinese delegation prepares to head to a UN climate conference in Peru next week. The UN Climate Confere

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Everyone knows that ships are a favorite target of pirates. But another problem takes place under the sea and often gets less attention: fish piracy. The technical term is illegal, unreported and u

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Agriculture Report - How Overfishing Threatens Asia's Wild Fish Stocks 农业报道 - 过度捕捞威胁亚洲鱼类资源 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 The pressure to feed Asia'

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Commerical fisherman Chad Isaak and a partner haul in a boatload of invasive Asian Carp, Jul 2010 The multi-billion-dollar commercial fishing industry in the Great Lakes region of the United States employs more than 800,000 people, but is threatened

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Women and children are commonly believed to be the main targets of human traffickers. But in Cambodia, scores of men have recounted stories of modern-day slavery on board Thai and Malaysian fishing boats. Manfred Hornung, a legal adviser with the Cam

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Australia has agreed to protect one million square kilometers of ocean off its northeast coast. The Coral Sea Conservation Zone will help safeguard an area described by conservationists as a spectacular marine jewel while the region is assessed for

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Worries Grow About Decline in Asia's Fish Stocks In the southern Philippines fishing town of Sindangan a certain scene is becoming more common across Asia, with soaring fish prices and falling wild fish catches. A fisherman says more fishing boats ar

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用国际协议限制非法捕捞活动 Its estimated that illicit fishing accounts for up 26 million tons of seafood a year and costs the global economy as much as 26 billion dollars annually. An international agreement to help curb the problem is g

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Louisiana Using BP Settlement Funds to Restore Coast 路易斯安那州使用BP赔偿资金恢复海岸生态 GRANDE ISLE, LOUISIANA Five years ago, technicians capped a well in the Gulf of Mexico that had been spilling oil for 87 days, polluting bea

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Cash Brings Relief, But Not Recovery, to Oil-Polluted Nigerian Community 现金只能带来救济油污染尼日利亚社区 BODO, NIGERIA A pair of oil spills in 2008 and 2009 polluted the waters around the town of Bodo, in Nigerias southern Rivers

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: A fishing mogul known as the Codfather could be sentenced to prison this week for tax evasion and smuggling. Carlos Rafael built a small empire in New Bedford, Mass., and the confiscation of his boats would deliver a harsh

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Over the next few weeks, we're going to meet a series of people who are pursuing the American dream through the most basic part of life, food. Today we're going to meet a fisherman in Massachusetts, a place where people once made a

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Alaska's halibut and black cod fishermen are in a food fight with killer whales. But some fishermen are now using a new piece of gear that prevents the whales from stealing their catch. From member station KBBI in Homer, Al

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By Steve Herman Tokyo 16 August 2006 Japanese FM Taro Aso, left, shakes hanads with Acting Ambassador of Russia Mikhail Y. Galuzin prior to their meeting at his office in Tokyo Wednesday, August 16, 2006 In the first such incident in half a century,

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By Elaine Lu Washington, D.C. 15 May 2006 watch Alaska Salmon report Wild salmon fishing used to be a big part of Alaska's way of life. Today it is part of the state's tourism industry, as its commerc

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By Douglas Bakshian General Santos City 06 September 2007 Worldwide tuna catches are falling as demand strains the supply. Tuna stocks in the Atlantic and Mediterranean have dropped, in recent years, prompting a cut in catch quotas. Supplies also app

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