2014年ESL之商务英语 20 Farming and Agribusiness

Farming and Agribusiness Brad: Is this your first visit to this area? Irene: It is and Im surprised to see so many farms. I thought farming was a dying industry. Brad: Family farms and small-scale farming are disappearing, but agribusiness is alive a

Meat for Mecca: Somaliland Exports Livestock for the Hajj

Meat for Mecca: Somaliland Exports Livestock for the Hajj BERBERA, SOMALILAND Every year, the breakaway republic of Somaliland, in east Africa, exports millions of livestock to Saudi Arabia to feed the millions of Muslim faithful making the pilgrimag

美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-07-20

Tucked away in one of the New Deli's hottest shopping areas, a small business selling necklace made of recycle material. Wallet from tactual pad, hung bags made out of scraps. The mission to fill up gap or shortage or products made out of recycle mat

2018年CRI Environmental impact of sunken Iranian oil tanker minimal: experts

Chinese authorities are suggesting the environmental impact from the sinking of an Iranian oil tanker off China's east coast this week is likely to be minimal, despite the massive blaze which engulfed the Sanchi for over a week before it went down. T

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A spoilt daughter I used to tend livestock-pigs and sheep mostly---after I first managed to get out of Yugoslavia. It was loathsome work, and the location wasnt very nice, but what could I do! It provided me with a livelihood. After that, I used to

VOA常速英语2018--加州森林大火依然尚未扑灭

Its been two weeks since a forest fire started in Mendocino County, while the cause and origin of the fire are still under investigations. Officials say it is now that largest wildfire in the states history. A few lucky residents have been allowed to

VOA慢速英语2016 印度街头儿童编撰报纸儿童之声闻名于世

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2007年VOA标准英语-Indonesian Earthquake Survivors Struggling Afte

By Chad Bouchard Yogyakarta, Indonesia 24 May 2007 One year after a massive earthquake struck Indonesia's Java island, thousands of people hit hardest by the disaster still struggle to rebuild their lives. As Chad Bouchard reports from Yogyakarta, ai

VOA标准英语2008年-UN Reports 500,000 Kenyans Will Need Assistance

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 11 January 2008 The United Nations says it expects one half million people in Kenya, whose livelihoods were destroyed during post-election violence, will need assistance in the coming months. U.N. aid agencies report the situat

VOA标准英语2012--NGO: Disaster Relief Efforts Insufficient

NGO: Disaster Relief Efforts Insufficient A development organization says the 21st Century has brought an increase in urban disasters. Its calling for a new approach to relief efforts as the worlds urban centers continue to grow. CHF International sa

VOA标准英语2010年-Illegal Logging Down by One Quarter Wo

Good news has emerged this month for the world's forests. A new report from the London-based research group Chatham House says illegal logging is down by over 20 percent globally and by much more than that in some of the countries worst affected by t

VOA标准英语2010年-Beleaguered BP Boss Relinquishes Gulf

BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward, left, and BP Managing Director Bob Dudley, right, arrive with other BP executives at the White House in Washington, 16 Jun 2010 (file photo) Beleaguered BP boss Tony Hayward has handed over his Gulf of Mexico

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VOA标准英语2009年-Ghana Debates Viability of Biofuels

Africa is central to the worldwide growth in biofuels, with Dutch, American, Swedish, Japanese, German, and British firms all competing for farmland to grow the next generation of energy producing crops. Some farmers in Ghana are concerned about wha

VOA标准英语2014--粮农组织扩大南苏丹援助工作规模

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2015年CRI China-funded Palestinian Foreign Ministry Building Delivered

With Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas looking on, the new Palestinian Foreign Ministry building in the West Bank city of Ramallah, funded by a full grant from China, was officially delivered on Friday. Palestinia

2015年CRI State Council Releases Fresh Measures to Boost Consumption

At Wednesday's regular government meeting, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang called for more reforms and innovation to boost domestic consumption. As part of a raft of policies, the Chinese cabinet has promised to speed up reforms on the household registrat

2016年CRI Fishermen benefit from Sansha City's establishment in South China Sea

46-year-old Chen Yihu and his son Chen Siyu go out to sea almost every day, despite the toil and hardship that fishing for a living often entails. They have to travel quite a distance from their home port in order to find a place where the tide is no

2018年CRI Imports of high-tech products can be increased properly: researchers

Several Chinese researchers have said that the volume of imports of high-tech products from overseas can continue to grow alongside efforts to boost domestic innovation. They say that this kind of dual-track approach can improve the quality of econom

2015年CRI 三中全会传递渐进改革新信号 盘点部分重点内容

More details on the planned reform have been released by authorites in China. A landmark policy document says China will open up the banking sector even wider, on condition of strengthened regulations. It says qualified private capital will be allowe