2007年VOA标准英语-Bush Promises to Veto War Spending Bill

By Scott Stearns White House 31 March 2007 President Bush says he will veto an emergency spending bill for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, because opposition Democrats have included timetables for a troop withdrawal. VOA White House Correspondent Scott

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Amber: Hello, I'm Amber and this is bbclearningenglish.com. In Entertainment today, we listen to extracts from an interview with John Major, who was the British Prime Minister before Tony Blair. He's written a th book about the history of cricket fr

【跟着英剧练发音】Jimmys Food Factory S1E3- 4 Egg 2

文本： 48,000 eggs fail the crack test here every day. Theyre not strong enough to safeguard their precious contents during packing, transport and storage. You might expect all these dud eggs to be wasted. But theres a big market for this liquid e

【跟着英剧练发音】Jimmys Food Factory S1E4- 1 Ice cream 1

文本： They're all natural ingredients - milk, flavourings and colourings. and of course, sugar and butter oil. 这些都是天然材料，牛奶、香料、色素，当然还有糖和黄油。

【跟着英剧练发音】Jimmys Food Factory S1E4- 3 Cola 1

文本： Now, that was a lot of fizz.The reason I got such a soaking there was the fact that the mint caused all thecarbon dioxide, all the fizz in the drink, to come rushing out. Here we go, watchthis. Thats like a whales blow hole! Ok, messing abo

【跟着英剧练发音】Jimmys Food Factory S1E1-3 InstantCoffee

文本： The last item on my breakfast menu is instant coffee. It says on the jar, 100 per cent coffee, but I have to admit I've always assumed that they've added extra ingredients, like flavouring or chemicals to the real coffee. The best way to fi

【跟着英剧练发音】Jimmys Food Factory S1E2- 2 Tomato

The methane gas is burnt to produce electricity, which is then used to heat all the glasshouses. By burning the methane, John is producing a lot of carbon dioxide, and here's one of Johns really clever ideas. Tomatoes ripen much more quickly when the

【跟着英剧练发音】Jimmys Food Factory S1E3- 3 Egg 1

文本： Crack detectors work by sound. If you get two good eggs and just tap them together, you get a nice ringing noise if its good or a dull noise if its broken. And on the machines, youve got sensors and they touch the egg 16 times, each egg. An

【跟着英剧练发音】Jimmys Food Factory S1E1 -2 milk

As afarmer, I think its important to keep farm animals happy.Im concernedabout the pressures put on dairy cows, to produce 20 litres of milk a day.I was astonished to discover that robots might come to the help of cows.

【跟着英剧练发音】Jimmys Food Factory S1E2- 3 Salad

文本： The next stage, as you see here, is the second bouncing belt. This bouncing belt has holes that are small enough to let the leaf carry on going up, but large enough to let insects fall through.

2007年VOA标准英语-Lawmakers Discussing Post-Veto Strategies on Ir

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 26 April 2007 U.S. lawmakers are already consulting on next steps after President Bush's expected veto next week of Iraq-Afghanistan war funding legislation. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, Democrats and Rep

2007年VOA标准英语-Bush Vows to Veto Legislation Calling for US Ir

By Scott Stearns White House 23 March 2007 U.S. President George Bush says he will veto an emergency spending bill for the war in Iraq because opposition Democrats attached a timetable for the withdrawal of troops there. VOA White House Correspondent

VOA标准英语2011--Archaeologists Hope to Solve Ancient Mys

Archaeologists Hope to Solve Ancient Mystery Many archaeologists believe humans first migrated to North America over the Bering Strait 15,000-to-18,000 years ago. They lived a nomadic lifestyle of hunting and gathering. Then, starting about 2,000 yea

2007年VOA标准英语-Iraq Funding Bill Vetoed by Bush

By Scott Stearns White House 01 May 2007 President Bush has vetoed more than $124 billion worth of funding for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq because the measure includes a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. VOA White House Correspo

2007年VOA标准英语-Bush Says He Will Veto 'Excessive Spending'

By Scott Stearns Whtie House 16 June 2007 President Bush says opposition legislators want to raise taxes on Americans, undermining what he says is his pro-growth economic policy. Democrats say they want to help boost economic growth by lowering energ

【跟着英剧练发音】Jimmys Food Factory S1E X’s -1

文本： They look amazing. Look at that, look how much chocolate its got on it. Theres a really good one,now look at his big brother whos trying to hide away.Look at that.Thats more like a chocolate potato.There must be about six Brazil buts inther

【跟着英剧练发音】Jimmys Food Factory S1E X’s -2

文本： Weve also taken from abroad an ingenious way of making foods taste smoky and festive.Smoked products. Got some smoked bacon and smoked cheese.How do you reckon they get the smoke favour into food?Burning oak chips or something like that.Rig

【跟着英剧练发音】Jimmys Food Factory S1E X’s -4

文本： Lets have a little taste. Lets do the traditional one first, so this is the bacon that I smoked in the cupboard. Mmm, nice sort of wardrobe flavor actually,that smoke has done its job, and its really penetrated the bacon. And this is the ba

【跟着英剧练发音】Jimmys Food Factory S1E X’s -3

文本： Nothing here gets wasted. 这里可没有可浪费的东西。 Then to make sure itll keep for as long as possible, Andy has another trick up his sleeve. 为了保证馅饼保存的时间长一些，Andy自由锦囊妙计。 post it: ① tr

2006年VOA标准英语-US Vetoes UN Resolution Condemning Israeli Gaza

By Peter Heinlein United Nations 11 November 2006 The United States has used its Security Council veto to block a U.N. draft resolution condemning a deadly Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip. Sponsors of the resolution are planning to take the matter