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Acid Rain 酸雨 Damage from acid rain is widespread - not just in eastern North America, but throughout Europe, Japan, China, and Southeast Asia. Is the rain that's falling on your umbrella acidic? A listener's question -- on today's Earth and Sky. J

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Wants Economic Stimulus Passed Soon

.S. President Barack Obama says the country's economic crisis demands that Congress act soon on his economic stimulus plan. Mr. Obama met Friday with top Democratic and Republican lawmakers at the White House. President Barack Obama speaks to report

知性英语－Acid rain 酸雨

How does acid deposition affect human health? We eat food, drink water, and breathe air that has come in contact with acid deposition. Canadian and U.S. studies indicate that there is a link between t

英语导读1000句[28]:Acid Rain

Section 28 Acid Rain 50 years ago, no one talked about acid rain. Then we didn't really know the harm it was causing to the world. Today almost every adult and school child is aware of acid rain and i

VOA慢速英语2013 Can Folic Acid Prevent Childhood Autism?

Can Folic Acid Prevent Childhood Autism? From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report in Special English. A new study found that women who took folic acid supplements in early pregnancy were less likely to have a child with autism. Folic acid

AS IT IS 2016-02-13 Work Soothes Pain of Acid Attacks In India

AS IT IS 2016-02-13 Work Soothes Pain of Acid Attacks In India A caf in India is hiring women who once stayed in hiding after being attacked with acid. One woman, Dolly Kumari, says she stayed inside for two years after a man threw acid on her. He wa

voa标准英语2008-Obama: Economic Stimulus Plan Crucial

President-elect Barack Obama seized on more gloomy economic news Tuesday to prod Congress into passing an economic stimulus plan early in the New Year. President-elect Barack Obama introduces Education Secretary-designate Arne Duncan during a news c

VOA标准英语 Obama: No One Country Can Fix Economic Crisis

U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown are calling for global unity as world leaders gather in London for an emergency economic summit. The two leaders downplayed differences on steps to reverse the current economic slid

VOA标准英语2012--Acid Attacks Continue in Cambodia Despite Harsher Punishments

Acid Attacks Continue in Cambodia Despite Harsher Punishments For Som Bunnarith, memories of the day acid violence changed his life forever are as vivid in his mind as the scars on his skin. When it splashed on me, it felt hot. It even burned through

VOA标准英语2012--Pakistani Acid-Attack Victim Enjoys New Life in Texas

Pakistani Acid-Attack Victim Enjoys New Life in Texas After taking the oath of citizenship, Julie Aftab celebrated. I have waited eight-and-a-half years to hear those words, and those words mean so much to me, she said. Ten years ago, when she was 16

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama's Skills Put to Test in Economic Stimulus

The U.S. Congress is poised to give final approval to President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan, handing the new president a major political victory in his first few weeks in office. Mr. Obama waged a two-front campaign on behalf of the bill.

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama: Economic Stimulus Plan First Step Toward

As U.S. lawmakers were voting on a giant economic recovery plan, President Barack Obama again emphasized the many challenges facing the nation's economy. President Barack Obama makes remarks to business leaders at the White House, 13 Feb 2009 Presid

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Signs Economic Stimulus Bill into Law

U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law Tuesday the biggest economic stimulus plan in the nation's history. The almost $800 billion in government spending and tax cuts is designed to get America's economy back on track. President Barack Obama si

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama to Sign Massive Economic Stimulus Bill In

U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to sign the $787 billion economic stimulus plan into law at a ceremony in the western city of Denver, Colorado on Tuesday. Mr. Obama calls it a major milestone on the road to recovery for the U.S. economy, wh

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Economic Team has Wide-Ranging Assessment

Economic aides to President Barack Obama are offering varying assessments of where the U.S. economy stands two months into the new administration. Leaders of Mr. Obama's economic team took to the airwaves Sunday. New York Stock Exchange Last week sa

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Urges Global Economic Coordination

U.S. President Barack Obama is calling on America's allies to further coordinate efforts to jump-start their economies. The president also is expected to sign a bill Wednesday to keep the U.S. government running through September, while calling for

VOA标准英语2013--Magnetic Ring Used to Stop Acid Reflux

Magnetic Ring Used to Stop Acid Reflux Heartburn is usually linked to gastric acid that reaches the esophagus when a weak muscle does not close as it should after swallowing. When stomach juices back up into the esophagus, the acid can cause a burnin

VOA常速英语2007年-Acid Attacks Are a Growing Form of Revenge in U

By Birungi Machrine Kampala 26 November 2007 Attacks using acid are becoming more frequent in Uganda. Up to 2003, there were only 145 recorded attacks, but over the last three years, there have already been 87. Survivors often suffer from severe emot

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama: Delay on Economic Plan Invites 'Catastro

U.S. President Barack Obama says Congress is flirting with catastrophe by failing to agree on a massive economic stimulus package. Mr. Obama spoke after the government reported another month of severe job losses in the United States. President Barac

新西兰英语 172 Folic Acid in Bread

On September 18th, all New Zealand bread was going to have folic acid added to it. However, now the government has decided to wait three years. New Zealand and Australia have an agreement about food standards. Australia is going to add folic acid to