生活英语情景口语:如何应对压力...

W: would you like to come over for dinner tonight? A: sure, but I have to tell you that I've become a vegetarian. I don't eat any kind of meat. W: when did you decide to become a vegetarian? A: I saw a program a few months ago about how animals are r

VOA慢速英语2012--Agriculture Report - The Limits to Organic Farming in Feeding the World

Agriculture Report - The Limits to Organic Farming in Feeding the World This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Organic farming avoids the use of chemical pesticides and manmade fertilizers. Supporters say organic farming is better for th

US Treasury Secretary Nominee Touts Bush Tax Cut

Broadcast: Jan 30 2003 John Snow, the railroad executive tapped by President Bush to succeed another industrialist as U.S. treasury secretary, says the economy can sustain large budget deficits in the

美国习惯用语: Lesson 198 - CUT A DEAL / CUT CORNERS

今天我们要给大家介绍的两个习惯用语都是以cut这个字为主的。Cut这个字和其他有些英文字一样，在跟别的字合在一起成为俗语，俚语的时候会有不同的意

VOA标准英语2009年-Panic Follows Fraud Charges Against US Billiona

Havoc and panic stemming from fraud charges against U.S. billionaire Allen Stanford have spread to Latin America, prompting several governments to swing into action. Venezuelan policemen pass in front of a closed Stanford Bank office in Caracas, 19

学个词Learn a Word 第384期 Panic

今天我们要学的词是panic。 Panic, 是恐慌的意思。Panic button, 是紧急按钮。The U.S. Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to put an end to the panic in the stock market, 美国联邦储备委员会紧急下调利率，以消除市

美国习惯用语: Lesson 199 - CUT OUT FOR/CUT OUT TO BE / CUT-U

我们已经讲过两个以cut 这个字为主的习惯用语。让我们先来复习一下cut是怎么拼的。Cut这个字最普通的意思就是用刀把什么东西切开。可是，在今天我们

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Organic Farming Study

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AGRICULTURE REPORT - Organic Food Labeling

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学个词Learn a Word 第1030期 Organic

今天我们要学的词是organic。 Organic, 有机的，绿色的。 Organic product, 有机产品。近年来，美国很多消费者开始崇尚绿色、有机食 品。不过，统计数字显示， Organic food accounted for only 3.5% of the f

VOA标准英语2011-- Restaurant Redefines Green, Organic

MobileRestaurantRedefinesGreen,Organic In major metropolitan areas across the United States, food-vending trucks have become a common sight. For the truck merchants selling everything from fresh vegetables to fast food to fancy meals, they are an eas

VOA标准英语2011--Senegal Quranic School Puts Children Fir

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VOA标准英语2011--Halloween Recalls Radio Drama Which Spre

Halloween Recalls Radio Drama Which Spread Panic in US Halloween - October 31 - is a time to wear spooky costumes and tell scary stories. Perhaps the scariest tale was told on Halloween eve in 1938, when a radio drama spread panic along the U.S. East

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学个词Learn a Word 第435期 Clear-cut

今天我们要学的词是clear-cut。 Clear-cut, 是清楚的，明确的。There was no clear-cut winner in the debate, 这场辩论没有明确的胜利者。Last year's championship team is not the clear-cut favorite for this season, 去年的冠军

Titanic returns to China in 3D

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Titanic 3D biggest foreign movie tax contributor

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学个词Learn a Word 第880期 cut back

今天我们要学的词是cut back。 To cut back, 意思是减少。由于冬天客流量少，A rail service will cut back the number of trains it runs from 18 to 10, 一家火车公司决定将客运列车数量从18列减少为10列。General Mi

Belarus Shoppers Panic as Ruble Collapses

Panicky shoppers in Belarus are buying up consumer goods and scarce food supplies as fast as they can, after a sharp devaluation of the ruble failed to halt a slide in the national currency's value. Weeks of economic crisis have prompted many Belarus

Cut that out

Three guys are in a bar discussing how much their wives bitch at them. Theydecide that when they get home, they'll do everything that the women ask. The next weekend, they are in the same bar. The first guy says Man, I don't think that our idea was s