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VOA慢速英语2003年-农业与经济 Soil Conservation Meth

By Gary Garriott Broadcast: July 29, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Soil conservation efforts protect soil from wind and water that can blow or wash it away.

不择手段背单词(714):base基底,垒,以...作基础,卑鄙

base, [beis] adj 卑鄙的＝vile；私生的 【例】To betray a friend is a base action 出卖朋友是卑鄙的行为。 【根】base本身作为词根：低的，低下的 【类】debase:value＝attenuate:force 贬低价值＝削弱力量 【反

Mars Rover to Begin Taking Soil Samples This Week

Mars Rover to Begin Taking Soil Samples This Week Jessica Berman NASA engineers say the Mars rover will begin taking its first soil samples as soon as it departs the landing platform . Engineers say t

美国习惯用语: Lesson 219 - Touch Base / Do Lunch

大家都知道，各行各业的人在跟同行业的人讲话时都有一些专门的行业术语。不管是医生，律师还是警察都有他们圈子内用的特殊词汇。这里讲的并不是指

SSS 2009-07-01

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Christie Nicholson. Got a minute? During the last ice age our problem was too little carbon. Unlike today where too much carbon is causing global warming. Past glacial ages occurred partly because

NPR 2009-08-07

The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court. NPR's Audie Cornish reports. Minnesota Senator Al Franken read the tallies at the end of the confirmation vote. On this vote, the yeas are 68 and the nays are 31. Th

美国国家公共电台 NPR After One Year Of Headlines, #MeToo Is Everywhere

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The protests on Capitol Hill, coming years since the advent of the #MeToo movement - the #MeToo movement began when many actresses, models, employees and others said they had sexually harassed or assaulted by Harvey Weinstein, the

Zsa Zsa Gabor rushed to hospital again

BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was rushed again to the hospital in Los Angeles to reattach a feeding tube to her stomach Sunday, her publicist said. The 94-year-old actress was taken from her home to UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical

VOA标准英语2008年-India Reactivates Air Base Close to China in Ka

By Shahnawaz Khan Shrinagar 02 June 2008 India has reactivated a strategic air base close to the Chinese frontier in Indian administered Kashmir, more than 40 years after it was abandoned. As Shahnawaz Khan reports, India plans to revive more bases

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Compost: an Organic Way to Better Soil

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Compost: an Organic Way to Better Soil and Crops By Gary Garriott Broadcast: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Many farmers im

拉丁美洲仍是最不平等，最不安全的地区

拉丁美洲仍是最不平等，最不安全的地区 UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Latin America remained the most unequal and most insecure region in the world, said a UN report released Tuesday, calling for efforts to reduce insecurity thro

Obama: Lawmakers Need to Do Right Thing on Debt

President Barack Obama says congressional leaders from both political parties need to do the right thing and work with him to achieve the largest possible compromise to cut deficit spending and raise the national debt limit. Mr. Obama used a news con

飞翔的梦想与现实

Oh, to be free like a bird. It's been the stuff of fantacy, and of reality. Sort of .A self-contained flying man. This jet pack from 1960s had barely enough fuel to fly 30 seconds. So the dream languished for decades. Everyone agreed it was completel

【英语趣味课堂】关岛

Nick: So, I dont know much about Guam. Id barely heard of Guam until last year so please, tell me something about it. Whats life like? Cheryl: Well, most people have never heard about Guam. Most people who do hear about it are mostly Americans and ev

英语词汇辨析：soil & earth & land & ground

Soil、earth、ground和land都可以表示地面，但这四个词的用法有很大的区别。一起来看看吧! soil意为：泥土、土壤，尤指生长植物的土地。或国家、国土。 The trees have rooted in the rich soil. 树木在肥

人民币对美元连续大涨

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency strengthened 175 basis points on Tuesday, closing at 6.32 to the U.S. dollar. The yuan has stabilized somewhat after a sharp depreciation in August, but remains down 1.8 percent compared to the start of

U.S. hands over last military base to Iraq

BASE IMAM ALI, Iraq, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. military handed over its last base in Iraq to the Iraqi authorities on Friday, a day after the U.S. force marked the end of its mission in the country. The transfer ceremony was held at the base in th

英文摇滚歌曲：Killswitch Engage - Soilborn

time will not stand still today is the day, the day of salvation living for more than just synthetic force fed existence this is my disposition I will strive for the truth time will not stand still today is the day, the day of salvation living for mo

US Military Vacates Pakistani Air Base

U.S. military vacated an air base in Pakistan's southwest Sunday, meeting a December 11 deadline set by Islamabad in response to NATO's November 26 air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. The Pakistani military said it took over the Shamsi base