BEP 29 INT – Meetings: Disagreeing

In the previous episode (BEP 28) of this 2 part series, we looked at expressing agreement. We practiced four ways of agreeing: Using standard phrases, using synonyms, giving an example and making a general comment. In this Business English Podcast, w

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Growing Wheat

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Barry called Gene from work. The two of them talked only occasionally. They used to be best friends. Barry asked how everything was. He asked about Gene's health. While Gene was answering, he heard someone talking to Barry. What's going on, Gene wond

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Always finding excuses to skip the gym? Congratsyou might be able to blame your genes. Because the mere desire to exercise may be inherited, at least in mice. So says a study in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The experiment started b

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双语：女人爱购物 都是基因惹的祸

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基因疗法将可能治愈色盲患者

Now, heres something you dont see every day: scientists cure color-blind monkeys. According to a report published online in the journal Nature, researchers have used gene therapy to allow color-blind squirrel monkeys to look at their fruit in a whol

经济学人:进化生物学:古人类异血缘交配的证据 (2)

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If you want to boost your childs results at school, you could do a lot worse than ensuring that they do plenty of exercise. Scientists have already shown that physical activity can make you brainier. But a team in America has used scans to show that

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A lot of people love that fresh-dirt smell. The surprising thing, though, is that it isnt coming from the dirt itself. Microbiologists have traced the pleasant odor to an organic chemical called geosmin. A microbial geneticist named Keith Chater at t

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I love your outift,you look fantastic.This is an honor of you 我很喜欢你的外套 真漂亮 这是特意为你准备的 I was hoping you'd come out in a short sleeve dress,Oh really?Then I own you,yes 我还以为你会穿短袖呢 当真 那太感

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今天我们要学的词是 genetic. Genetic 形容词，遗传的，基因的。For the first time, the FDA will allow a company to sell genetic tests for disease risks directly to consumers. 美国食物药物管理局首次允许一家公司直接向