各大品牌英文介绍 Burger King

Burger King is a global chain of hamburger and fast food restaurants. It was founded in 1955 by David Edgerton and James McLamore in Miami, Florida. It has since grown to 12,000 restaurants in over 70 countries and is now one of the worlds biggest re

VOA标准英语2010-Food Aid Hurts Haiti's Farmers

Helping in a crisis can pose dilemma for local farmers and merchants Steve Baragona | Artibonite Valley, Haiti 29 April 2010 Rice farmers can be adversely affected by food aid. About three hours north of Port-au-Prince, the Artibonite Valley is the c

美国国家公共电台 NPR U.S. Palestinian Aid Cuts Hit Programs Providing Food And Health For Gaza's Poorest

U.S. Palestinian Aid Cuts Hit Programs Providing Food And Health For Gaza's Poorest RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The U.S. government is a major aid donor to the Palestinians, but this year, the Trump administration has withheld millions of dollars even for p

McDonald's Fast-Food Company is Facing Legal Action

Broadcast: Jan 22 , 2003 By Jerilyn Watson The McDonald's fast-food company is facing legal action by people who say its food made them fat and sick. In New York City, legal action was recently brough

VOA常速英语2008年-Haiti's Rising Cost of Food Worries Aid Groups

By Brian Wagner Port-au-Prince 17 April 2008 Foreign aid groups in Haiti say they are hurt by the high cost of food just as much as ordinary citizens whose anger over the rising prices led to violent protests in the Caribbean nation last week. In Por

Food price increases drive China's inflation to 10-month high

BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua)-- China's annual consumer inflation rebounds to a 10-month high of 3.2 percent in February on accounts of rising food prices during the Spring Festival season, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data showed Sa

VOA常速英语2008年-Food Inflation Hits World's Poor Hardest

By Brian Padden Washington 15 April 2008 The rising cost of food has triggered riots in a number of countries in recent weeks. Economic policy makers warn that the inflationary effect could push millions back into poverty. And aid organizations are c

VOA慢速英语2012 AMERICAN MOSAIC - Pop Singer Lionel Richie Heads South for Home with 'Tuskegee'

AMERICAN MOSAIC - Pop Singer Lionel Richie Heads South for Home with 'Tuskegee' JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im June Simms. This week on our program, we hear new music from Lionel Richie... And, talk to a man

VOA标准英语2011--WFP: Ethiopia's Emergency Food Reserve N

WFP: Ethiopia's Emergency Food Reserve Near Zero The head of the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) in Ethiopia says the country's emergency food stocks are almost completely exhausted, with drought conditions expected to worsen before they improve. There

VOA标准英语2009年-Kenya's Food Crisis Worsening

Kenya's government is announcing new emergency steps to address the country's growing food crisis. But critics say the government's actions are too little, too late. The emergency plan announced by the Kenyan Cabinet this week includes mobilizing th

VOA标准英语2008年-Famine Warning Network Says Zimbabwe's Food Cri

By Peta Thornycroft Harare 09 June 2008 Zimbabwe's current food crisis is the worst since government records began and is expected to worsen as summer crops will feed no more than 28 percent of the population according to an alert just issued by the

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Adviser's Warning About Food Supply Takeover Met With Skepticism

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The White House's top trade adviser is offering a bleak and suspicious view of global trade. The head of the president's National Trade Council says foreign firms buying U.S. companies pose a threat to national security. As NPR's C

美国国家公共电台 NPR How Might Trump's Food Box Plan Affect Health? Native Americans Know All Too Well

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: The Trump administration caused an uproar with its plan to overhaul the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly called food stamps. Instead of some benefits, people would get a box of nonperishable, not fresh fo

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Visit To Houston's Himalaya: Pakistani And Indian Food With Deep Texas Roots

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Just off a Houston freeway, in a strip mall with an Indian tailor and a South Asian grocery store, is a small restaurant with an outsized reputation. It's called Himalaya, and its chef and owner is a Houston institution. KA

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Speed Dating' For Farmers And Chefs: ISO A Perfect Local-Food Match

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There was a gathering here in Washington, D.C. last week that had nothing to do with the inauguration or with politics. It was an occasion for matchmaking, although not a romantic kind. Here, farmers got set up with chefs in an e

美国国家公共电台 NPR Food Safety Scares Are Up In 2018. Here's Why You Shouldn't Freak Out

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It seems like we've been hearing a lot about unsafe food these days. Just this year, there have been recalls for romaine lettuce, some varieties of the snack Goldfish and a Taco Bell-brand queso dip. McDonald's stopped selling sa

2007年VOA标准英语-Singer Ben Taylor Releases New CD 'Another Run

By Larry London and Gary Jaffe Washington 02 February 2007 watch Ben Taylor report It is hard to imagine that a child growing up in the same house with two music superstar parents would not immediately be drawn to that world. Such was the case with

Lawmakers demand reform of China's food monitoring system

BEIJING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese lawmakers and political advisors have urged the government to restructure the country's food supervisory system to regain customer confidence as Hong Kong's newly-adopted purchase ban on baby formula refueled the

Ben Affleck's “The Town”tops N American box office

BEIJING, Sept. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Ben Affleck's latest work The Town took No. 1 this weekend at the North American box office with 23.8 million U.S. dollars, media reported Monday. The story, about a corner of Boston that produces more bank robbers pe

美国国家公共电台 NPR Tasting Food For The Führer At 'The Wolf's Table'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The novel At The Wolf's Table begins with what sounds like a fine meal - string beans doused with melted butter, roasted peppers, rice and peas, apple strudel for dessert. Opulent cuisine, really, for 1943 Germany, and Rosa Sauer i