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AGRICULTURE REPORT - Greater Use of Ethanol Fuel Could Drive New Markets for CornBy Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. T

VOA慢速英语 2007 1123a

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. With oil around one hundred dollars a barrel, this may be a good time for a short history of petroleum. Petroleum has been important since ancient times. The Greek historian Herodotus told of its use

VOA慢速英语 2008 0212a

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Farmers in the United States sometimes plant switchgrass as a border crop. But could this tall grass lower the nation's dependence on foreign oil? South Dakota State University professor Arvid Boe

托福听力短文 II-10-2

(MA-AT) Since we've been discussing alternative fuels lately, I wanted to pass on to you some information I read about a new fuel that's been in the news a lot lately. It's called A-21. It's composed of water and a chemical known as naphtha. It seem

托福听力短文 I-16-1

(man) Today I want to discuss fossil fuels such as coat, oil, and natural gas. The term fossil fuel refers to the trapped remains of plants and animals in sedimentary rock. You see, living plants trap energy from the sun by the process of photosynth

CNN 2008-05-28

From the CNN Center in Atlanta, I am Nicole Lapin. Here is a look at what is happening NOW IN THE NEWS. There are more massive evacuations from parts of China's Sichuan Province. Water levels are rising rapidly in lakes formed after the May 12th ear

VOA慢速英语20060529a

DEVELOPMENT REPORT - With Solid Fuels, a Deadly Risk of Indoor Air PollutionBy Lawan Davis Broadcast: Monday, May 29, 2006 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Development Report. Charcoal sel

Robot Explores Fukushima Reactor

A robot entered a damaged reactor at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant this week to take pictures of the reactor destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011. The robot, nicknamed 'The Little Sunfish,' is very small about the size of a loaf of bread.

Californian Drivers Feel the Pain of

Mike O'Sullivan and Bela Skopal With the New York commodity market price for oil at more than $40 a barrel, gasoline has reached record prices throughout the United States. The pain is being felt most

VOA慢速英语 2007 0309a

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. A US fuel pump for 85 percent ethanol, 15 percent gasoline What happens when a food crop becomes a fuel crop? This is a question many people are trying to answer as demand for ethanol increases. The

日本三菱就燃效测试作弊接受调查

AS IT IS 2016-04-22 Japan Investigates Mitsubishi for Fuel Test Cheating 日本三菱就燃效测试作弊接受调查 It is not just Volkswagen trying to manipulate testing of its cars. This time it is a Japanese company, Mitsubishi. The Japanese au

VOA标准英语2009年-US Signs Nuclear Deal with UAE

The new deal allows the United Arab Emirates to receive sensitive information and materials from the United States to help create the Arab world's first civilian nuclear power industry. Phillip Walter Wellman | Dubai 18 December 2009 Photo: VOA - P.

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Why are you not reaching the success? 你为什么没有成功？ You don't have avision. 你没有一个远景。 Setting goals is important but isn't enough to drive you to the finish line; it's important, too, to be able to imagine yourself as the

异类之不一样的成功启示录 第129期:阿维安卡52号的坠机事故

Could it handle one of the biggest jets in the sky, at sixty tons over its normal landing weight? 在超出正常着陆重量60吨的情况下，他是否能够控制空中最重的飞机之一？ But most of all, he had to talk, the passengers, to t

Preparing Shuttle for Space Flight

65 航天飞机的飞行准备 DATE=7-4-01 TITLE=EXPLORATIONS #1959 - Preparing Shuttle for Space Flight BYLINE=Paul Thompson VOICE ONE: This is Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember wi

奥迪用“空气和水”合成新燃料

German Car Manufacturer Audi Creates Fuel From Air And Water 奥迪用空气和水合成新燃料 Creating an alternative green or carbon neutral fuel to replace gasoline has been the holy grail for scientists for many years. However, while there has

New Refinery in India Could Boost Trade with Pakistan

A new Indian oil refinery near its border with Pakistan could boost trade between the two countries through fuel sales. The South Asian rivals are hoping that stepped up trade will help the reconciliation process. The $4 billion refinery near Bhatind

Defunct U.S. satellite crash avoidable: Chinese expert

BEIJING, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- A defunct U.S. satellite is expected to crash down to Earth Friday, with nobody knowing where or when exactly it will hit. This was avoidable, a Chinese expert said Thursday. Pang Zhihao, a researcher from the Chinese Re

军事英语词汇

军事英语词汇 导弹 missiles 洲际导弹 intercontinental missile 中程导弹 mediurn-range missile 巡航导弹 cruise missile 核弹头 nuclearwerhead 地对地导弹 surface to-surface missile 地对空导弹 surface-to-air missile 舰对空导弹 ship-to-air missile 空对空导

U.S. researchers discover way to produce biofuels

LOS ANGELES, March 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. researchers have successfully used certain microbes to produce biofuels(生物燃料), opening a door to developing cheaper green energy. The discovery was made by researchers at the University of California, Los