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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A new study says almost forty percent of China is losing soil because of wind and water erosion. The Chinese government recently announced the results of a three-year study. The study was the large
The Geographic Board wants New Zealanders to choose whether to use a Maori or an English name for the North and South Islands. The Board has recommended this to the Land Information Minister, Maurice Williamson. It is now his decision. If he agrees,
By Delia Robertson Changing the demographics of land ownership in South Africa is an ongoing and enormous challenge. Under apartheid, 87 percent of the land mass was earmarked for whites who comprised
Grant Wood 格兰特伍德 Do you know Grant Wood? 你知道格兰特伍德吗? He is one of the greatest painters in American history. 他是美国历史上最伟大的画家之一. He was born in a rural area of Iowa in 1891. 1891年,他出生在爱
Frightful Future Presented in Film 'The Maze Runner' 可怕的未来展现在电影《移动迷宫》里 Welcome to American Mosaic from VOA Learning English. Im Caty Weaver. This year has been a good one for teenage movie lovers. Hollywood has produ
A female worker is working on a colorful fan to be sold via retail website Taobao.com [Photo: China Plus] Chinese e-commerce is seen as little short of a miracle, with billions of transactions made every day across the country. Recently there's been
The HillBurton Act on Today's Congressional Moment. Few people remember this today, but universal healthcare was on the national agenda six decades ago. President Harry Truman tried, and failed, to convince the Congress to pass universal coverage. Wh
All the hospitals but one in the capital city were destroyed 首都只剩下一所医院未被毁掉 I, working with my friend Dr. Paul Farmer, helped rebuild them in every part of the country 我跟我的朋友保罗法默博士一起帮助重建这个
Improving Quality of Life for Rural Nigerians Over the past five years, the Feed the Future Nigeria livelihoods project has helped pull some of the most vulnerable families in Nigeria out of poverty. This U.S. government foreign assistance program ha
A small group of villages in Senegal is slowly reversing the migration of workers to urban areas by creating community-driven employment opportunities at home. In 1988, Yanhobah Sy did the opposite of what hundreds of thousands of other Senegalese we
As the Kenyan Red Cross moves to meet a condom shortage in Kenya, the group is seeing positive changes in attitudes towards sexual health. On Friday, the Kenya Red Cross delivered an emergency shipment of male and female condoms to the people of Mash
Topic 1-Parents of rural students accompany them to study According to an article written by a middle school teacher in Anhui Province, many parents of rural students accompany their children while they are studying outside their hometown. The parent
Affco is a meat company with seven processing plants (or factories) in the North Island. At the processing plants, animals are killed for meat and the meat is prepared for sale in New Zealand or overseas. Frozen or chilled meat is our second largest
Marion: So you lived in Dublin for awhile, didn't you Mauve? What's life like in Dublin? Mauve: I think life in Dublin is very different from everywhere else in the country. It's the biggest city in Ireland. It's got a population of about a million I
They say life is so much sweeter Through the telephoto lens of fame Around here you get just as much attention Cheerin' at the high school football game I dreamed of going to Nashville Put my money down and placed my bet But I just got the first buck
Colombian rebel leaders have demanded the presence of the nation's top agriculture official to discuss the issue of agrarian reform at ongoing peace talks in Havana. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) negotiator Jesus Santrich: For thi
Topic 1-Expired Medicine Sold to Rural Area Most families keep some commonly used medicine in their emergency medical kit at home. However, we don't check the expiration date of these medicines regularly. So does expired medicine go to the waste? A r
Chinese president ends Cannes trip after G20 summit Chinese President Hu Jintao has returned to Beijing after paying a state visit to Austria and attending the sixth summit of the Group of Twenty (G20) in Cannes, France, at which G-20 leaders discuss
Hu's speech at G20 summit draws positive international comments President Hu Jintao's speech at the recent G-20 Summit has drawn positive comments from the international community, which praised the address for proposals for efforts to maintain world
Marion: So you lived in Dublin for awhile, didn't you Mauve? What's life like in Dublin? Mauve: I think life in Dublin is very different from everywhere else in the country. It's the biggest city in Ireland. It's got a population of about a million I