Trains Drive Baltimore Holiday Display BALTIMORE During the Christmas season, fire stations in the port city of Baltimore, Maryland, draw a number of excited visitors. The fire stations have a long-standing tradition of hosting holiday train gardens,

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2.The Hanging Gardens of Babyllon The approach to the Gardens sloped like a hillside and the several parts of the structure rose from one another tier on tier.On all this, the earth had been piled and was thickly planted with trees of every kind that

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How To Defend Your Gardens From Frostbite: Antifreeze For Plants D:Why is the glum face,Yeal? Y:I spend a small fortune on plants for my garden this year,but an early frost destroied half of them. D:You are not the only person who is lost plants to a

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Down by the salley garden是根据Yeats(叶芝,1865-1939,爱尔兰剧作家、诗人、获1923年诺贝尔文学奖)的同名诗歌《Down By the Salley Garden》谱曲而成,最初翻译为《柳园里》,是叶芝早年的诗作。他的早年诗歌韵律优美,感情细腻,辞藻华丽,象征意味浓郁,明显受到

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Tulips at the Public Gardens in Boston, Massachusetts (file photo) We have a question from a Chinese student who is interested in floriculture. Wang Yue wants to know what kinds of flowers American

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ANNOUNCER: Biltmore Estate Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. This week, Rich Kleinfeldt and Shirley Griffith are your guides as we take you to the Biltmore Estate. This huge home was built more than a century ago near the mountains

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CaliforniaCompanyHelpsExtendReachofFresh-GrownFood A growing number of Americans grow fruit and vegetables at home in their own gardens. These small plots let gardeners savor the flavor of fresh-picked produce and improve their diet. One company in L

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AmeriCorps Grantee Serves Up New Approach to Childhood Obesity WHITE HOUSE The kindergarten students at John Burroughs Elementary School are staying an hour later on this day not to brush up on their reading or math skills, but to taste kale many for

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Friday, April 22, is Earth Day, a time set aside to appreciate nature and to dedicate ourselves to protecting and sustaining it. New York City, a place many think of as an urban jungle, is home to more than 500 community gardens where the crops are a

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Spring makes Wenatchee come alive. Because there are so many flowering trees, like Dogwoods and Magnolias, the town becomes full of pink and white. There are also lots of orchards still; apple, pear, apricot, and cherry trees are grown in this area,

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Competition Pushes the Limits of Longwood Gardens Organ 全世界最大风琴洛伍德花园风琴 A century ago, American industrialist and philanthropist Pierre du Pont put his fortune to work planting an elaborate garden in Kennett Square, Pennsyl

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By Tabinda Naeem Washington 17 April 2007 Visitors to The Smithsonian Museum's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, D.C. are experiencing the beauty and splendor of Asian gardens without taking a step outside. The exhibit, called East of Eden: Ga

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A number of wells providing water for Christchurch city were damaged during the September 4th earthquake. Christchurch residents are fortunate. The water that comes out of taps in peoples homes is pure and natural because it comes from under the grou

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