英语口语1+1:An arm and a leg

VOA慢速英语--Agriculture Report - Surviving a Drought: A Farmer's Old-Fashioned Lessons

Agriculture Report - Surviving a Drought: A Farmer's Old-Fashioned Lessons This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. In recent days the remains of what had been Hurricane Isaac moved into the American Midwest. The storm brought rain to some

Why Is 'Cream of the Crop' the Best of the Best?

Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. On this show, we explore language. Where do expressions come from? And how do we use them? Today we go down on the farm the dairy farm, to be exact. Many female animals, such as cows and

VOA慢速英语2011--Prawns and Tobacco Find a Home Together on Some Farms

Agriculture Report - Prawns and Tobacco Find a Home Together on Some Farms 农业报道 - 烟草与虾共生 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 A cash crop is a crop grown for money. F

VOA慢速英语-Agriculture Report - Adding Up Crop Losses From Midw

The hardest-hit state is Iowa, the leading corn state and last year's top soybean producer. Transcript of radio broadcast: 24 June 2008 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Farmers in parts of the American Midwest face a difficult rec

第24期: arm, finger, head, noisy, newspaper

说一口流利的英语，从简单的单词开始。 听听，读读，背背，今天你的词汇量又增加了5个。 单词/词义 中英例句 单词听读 arm [ B:m ] There must be something wr

2007-12-25, Crop Circles--麦田怪圈

Johnny, looking out there. What do you see? field, some hay. No, its more than that, mate. Come on, now work with me here. What is it? Honestly man, I just see a field. It's a cosmic canvas. It's a blank supernatural sheet for extra terrestrial art.

国家地理:Octopus Loses Arm 章鱼逃命大法

Here in the Timor Sea off northern Australia, take a look at a creature that seems to have the soul of a riverboat gambler. It moves through turf dominated by large hungry predators, and it fights these predators in a way that will astound you. This

Lesson 22 - TWIST ONE'S ARM / CHARGE SOMEONE AN ARM AND A LE

To twist someone's arm To charge someone an arm and a leg 今天我们要讲的两个习惯用语是由 arm，也就是手臂和leg，也就是腿这两个字组成的。我们要介绍的第一个词汇

VOA标准英语2012--Drought Kindles US Farmers' Appetite for African Grain Sorghum

Drought Kindles US Farmers' Appetite for African Grain Sorghum Walking through lush, green fields of sorghum, Nebraska farmer Fred Prokop treads on ground deeply scarred by weeks of drought. But he says the sorghum crop is patient. It'll wait for wat

VOA标准英语2012--Amid Drought, Midwest Farmers Embrace Changes to Farm Bill

Amid Drought, Midwest Farmers Embrace Changes to Farm Bill Legislation commonly known as the U.S. Farm Bill expires at the end of September. The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act, its formal name, comes up for renewal every five years. It directs th

VOA标准英语2012--Mystery Maize Disease Strikes Kenya Farms 玉米疾病威胁肯尼亚粮食安全

Mystery Maize Disease Strikes Kenya Farms 玉米疾病威胁肯尼亚粮食安全 A maize disease is sweeping through Kenyas small farming communities and, in the South Rift Valley, there are few who havent been affected. Holding up evidence of his d

VOA标准英语2011--Tobacco Farmers Harvest Shrimp

Tobacco Farmers Harvest Shrimp Its harvest time in Tennessee, but the Corbin family matriarch isnt gearing up to harvest the typical corn, cotton, or soybeans. Jane Corbin and her sons are draining a pond to gather the fresh water shrimp, or prawns,

VOA标准英语2013--Stevia: a Sweetener for Kenyan Exporters – and Farmers’ Pockets

Stevia: a Sweetener for Kenyan Exporters and Farmers Pockets Stevia, known worldwide as a natural sweetener, comes from plants that are grown in the tropics and subtropics. The leaves of the popular plant are sweet and ideal for people conscious of t

VOA标准英语2013--High Tech Cotton Gin Offers Secure Future for Farmers

High Tech Cotton Gin Offers Secure Future for Farmers Olam International, a leading global integrated supply chain manager, that has been active in Mozambique for 15 years, announced this year, the construction of its first state-of-the-art roller co

美国习惯用语:537 A shot in the arm

我们今天要学的习惯用语都有这样一个关键词： shot。 Shot最普通的解释是开枪射击，然而它用在不同的地方会产生不同的意义。例如在今天要学的第一个习惯用语里， shot这个词的原意是打针

英语听力：自然百科 Farm Restoration 农场变湿地

Dale Aden has been farming most of his life, just like his father, and his fathers father. I am a third generation farmer on this land. His land is in Okabena, Minnesota, right along the Okabena creek, where for many years, Aden watched helplessly as

VOA标准英语2008年-High Crop Prices Squeezing US Farmland Conserva

By Brian Wagner Miami 14 May 2008 As crop prices remain high, farmers and other landowners are working to expand their output and take advantage of big profits for wheat, corn and soybeans. The boom is creating pressure to begin farming on lands enro

VOA标准英语2011--Texas Farmers Want More Crop Per Drop

Texas Farmers Want More Crop Per Drop With water scarcity emerging as a major global issue in the 21st century, a drought in the southern U.S. state of Texas highlights the need for farmers to get more out of limited water supplies. Some are using ne

美国习惯用语:388 paper-pusher

上次我们已经讲了两个由paper这个词发展而来的习惯用语，今天我们继续讲两个。千百年来人们书面交流必须依靠纸张。不论是报章杂志还是书籍文件用的都是纸。纸的功劳不可抹煞，然而近年