VOA慢速英语2011--Getting to the Root of How to Water Tree

Agriculture Report - Getting to the Root of How to Water Trees This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Some trees can survive a long time without water. Think of trees that grow in the desert. But other trees may need more moisture than t

VOA慢速英语2011--How Root Beer Changed the Business World

THIS IS AMERICA - How Root Beer Changed the Business World BARBARA KLEIN: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: And I'm Christopher Cruise. This week on our program, we look at the history of root b

Eztalk美语【121】root for the school team 为校队加油

Yi-jun: So people can go and root for their old school team? Taylor: Yep. And relive those good old high school days. Yi-jun: You don't sound too excited about going to your reunion. Taylor: I'm not. I get a stomachache just thinking about it. Yi-jun

4.3 Two drops of oil 两滴油

A merchant sent his son to learn the Secret of Happiness from the wisest of men. The young man wandered through the desert for forty days until he reached a beautiful castle at the top of a mountain. There lived the sage that the young man was lookin

The Oil Painting

An elderly woman decided to have her portrait painted. She told the the artist.... .....Paint me with diamond earrings, a diamond necklace, emerald bracelets(绿宝石手镯）, a ruby（红宝石） broach, and gold Rolex（劳力士手表）. But y

VOA标准英语2008年-US Oil Companies Finding More Oil in Old Fields

The price of oil has dropped around 20 percent in recent weeks, but remains more than double what it was just a couple of years ago. The high price has given oil companies the incentive to revisit old fields long ago abandoned as unprofitable. As VO

VOA标准英语2010年-Website of the Week – The Root

News and analysis from an African American perspective Art Chimes | Washington, DC 19 February 2010 Related Links The Root February is African American History Month here in the United States, and so this week we feature a site that looks at news and

2006年VOA标准英语-High Oil Prices Have Broad Impact on Price

By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 04 May 2006 watch Ripple Effect of Oil report The latest data on consumer spending shows the U.S. economy continues to expand at a healthy pace. But some economists fear o

English quotes 英文谚语：金钱是万恶之源 Money is the root of all evil

Money is the root of all evil. Do you think this is true? How can money lead people to do bad things? Do you think money can do good things? If so, give examples! (Note: Although many people repeat this quote, the original saying was Love of money is

VOA标准英语2008年-Oil Price Spike Drives Up Other Costs

Rising fuel costs are making it more expensive to move food and other goods to the marketplace. That means prices are going up for consumers, but incomes may not be rising enough to keep pace with inflation. As VOA's Kent Klein reports, it also mean

学个词Learn a Word 第1699-root-cause

今天我们要学的词是 root cause。Root cause 根本原因。世界经济论坛说，The lack of competitiveness in Europe is the root cause of financial instability and rising unemployment numbers in the region. 缺乏竞争力是欧洲经济不

每日一词【848】root：为某人打气，捧场

今天我们要学的词是root。 Root, 做为动词，是为某人打气，捧场的意思。The whole town is rooting for the local high school football team, 整个小镇都为当地高中橄榄球校队加油。I always root for the underdog, 我总

学个词Learn a Word 第848期 Root

今天我们要学的词是root。 Root, 做为动词，是为某人打气，捧场的意思。The whole town is rooting for the local high school football team, 整个小镇都为当地高中橄榄球校队加油。I always root for the underdog, 我总

BP discovers new oil in Gulf of Mexico

HOUSTON, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- British oil giant BP announced Wednesday it had a major oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico. An appraisal well the company drilled in a previously untested northern segment of the Mad Dog field in the Gulf of Mexico found

Iran denies crude oil to Greece: local media

TEHRAN, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Iran has refused to deliver oil to Greece in Persian Gulf, the local Fars news agency reported on Sunday. The Islamic republic refused to deliver a shipment of 500,000 barrels of crude oil to one of the refineries in Greec

Obama Promotes Domestic Oil Production

U.S. President Barack Obama is announcing a new initiative to increase domestic oil production, while moving toward lowering the country's dependence on imported oil. In his weekly address Saturday, Obama said his administration plans to extend drill

Saudis Set to Boost Oil Production

Saudi Arabia is signaling that it is going to boost its supply of oil on its own after failing to convince other oil producers to jointly agree to more production. Several news agencies reported Saturday that the Saudis could increase their oil produ

Oil rises on tighter supply outlook

NEW YORK, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Crude prices rose on Friday as supplies tended to be tight on new Iran sanctions and production problems in North Sea. There was news on Thursday saying that the Obama administration expanded sanctions on Iran, in an eff

你真的不胖

你真的不胖 If youre one of the legions of slim, fit and healthy people whose BMI (Body Mass Index) makes them technically overweight, this story will be music to your ears. A new test is about to launch called the ABSI. 很多人BMI指数(身体质

CCTV9英语新闻：Low oil prices double Cathay Pacific Airways' profit

The plunge of oil prices has helped reduce fuel costs and made airlines big winners. Cathay Pacific Airways said on Wednesday that its annual profit nearly doubled in 2015. The net profit of Hong Kong's biggest airline jumped 90% from the year before