VOA慢速英语 2008 1117a

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Charles Rioba is an engineer and inventor in Kenya. He and his company, Solar World Limited, have developed a product called the PowerPack. The PowerPack is a small solar-lighting system. The devic

VOA慢速英语2009年-Economics Report - In the US, the New Look

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Many people think the search for cleaner energy leads only to renewable resources like sun, wind and water. But it also leads to a fossil fuel. Natural gas is considered the cleanest of the fossil fu

TED演讲：改变荒漠现状,扭转气候变化(8)

I began helping a family in the Karoo Desert in the 1970s turn the desert that you see on the right there back to grassland, 20世纪70年代我开始帮助一个在卡鲁沙漠的家庭，你们看到在右边沙漠变回了草地， and thankfully,

雅思口语 高频词汇：环境问题

环境问题一直雅思口语中经久不衰，比如近水之地、家乡可改变的地方、你关注的环境问题等等...下面雅思频道就为同学们整理了环境问题相关的词汇，希望同学们可以用到雅思口语话题中，

VOA双语新闻：6、研究：G-20补贴矿物燃料4520亿美元

研究：G-20补贴矿物燃料4520亿美元 As leaders of the Group of 20 major economies gather in Turkey for the 2015 summit, campaigners are calling on them to stick to their pledge to stop subsidizing fossil fuels. With the Paris climate summit

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3209 wean

今天我们要学的词是 wean. Wean 的意思是断奶，断绝。Fuel taxes are part of president Macron's strategy of weaning France off fossil fuels. 税收是马克龙希望法国摆脱石化燃料战略的一部分。 The new government of Pa

托福听力短文 I-16-1

(man) Today I want to discuss fossil fuels such as coat, oil, and natural gas. The term fossil fuel refers to the trapped remains of plants and animals in sedimentary rock. You see, living plants trap energy from the sun by the process of photosynth

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

China's clean-energy-generated power usage on rise

China's clean-energy-generated power usage on rise BEIJING, Nov. 24 (Xinhua)-- Consumption of clean-energy-generated electricity has increased in China as it looks to become less reliant on fossil fuels, statistics from the State Electricity Regulato

2007年VOA标准英语-Hominid Fossil Lucy Visits the United States

By Greg Flakus Houston 28 August 2007 Lucy fossil display The fossilized bones of a female hominid creature found in Ethiopia in 1974 and today known around the world as Lucy are now in the United States on an unprecedented tour. The bones are part o

VOA标准英语2010年-Farming with Less Fossil Fuel Won't Me

Researchers get same yields with fewer fertilizers, pesticides Steve Baragona | Washington, DC 18 May 2010 Fossil energy use was compared among different crop rotation systems in a field experiment conducted between 2003 and 2008 in Boone Co., Iowa R

G20仍为化石燃料提供津贴

G20仍为化石燃料提供津贴 In 2009, G-20 members pledged to end subsidies for fossil fuels in the form of direct grants or loans, tax breaks or price supports. 2009年，G20成员国承诺停止以直接补助或贷款，减税或价格支持等

VOA常速英语2015--G-20补贴矿物燃料4520亿美元

G-20 Subsidizing Fossil Fuels by $452 Billion, Research Shows G-20补贴矿物燃料4520亿美元 As leaders of the Group of 20 major economies gather in Turkey for the 2015 summit, campaigners are calling on them to stick to their pledge to stop sub

职业技术英语口语 第83期:环境问题 能源

Energy 能源 A: We've managed to reduce our energy consumption in our factory by about 15 per cent in the last two years. A:在过去的两年内我们已经努力把我们厂的能量消耗降低百分十五。 B: That's excellent. How have you man

TED演讲:小国家的大想法--摒弃化石燃料(5)

So the question is, what is the next big idea for this generation? 那么问题来了，我们这一代的下一个大想法又是什么呢？ And I believe what comes next is for this generation to let go of fossil fuels for good, just as we did wit

TED演讲:小国家的大想法--摒弃化石燃料(10)

People feel powerless, and they are tired of not being heard. 群众很多时候都会觉得自己有心无力，他们再也不希望自己的呼声被无视了。 So what we do is concrete things, 所以我们要做的是基础观念的建立， an

TED演讲:小国家的大想法--摒弃化石燃料(2)

Hydropower, geothermal, wind, solar, biomass. 水力，地热，风力，太阳能以及生物质。 Did you know that last year, for 299 days, 你们知道去年总共有299天， we did not use any fossil fuels in order to generate all our electric

TED演讲:小国家的大想法--摒弃化石燃料(1)

How do we build a society without fossil fuels? 如果不用石油，我们如何让一个社会运转起来？ This is a very complex challenge, 这是个十分严峻的挑战， and I believe developing countries could take the lead in this transit

2007年VOA标准英语-Fossil Lucy Leaves on Controversial US Tour

By Caroline Sawyer Nairobi 08 August 2007 One of the world's oldest hominid fossils, which revolutionized theories of early man, has left Ethiopia to begin a controversial tour of the United States. Anthropologists want the remains of the fossil, kno

VOA标准英语2010年-Raising Food Rivals Fossil Fuels in En

New UN report highlights livestock production as major environmental threat Steve Baragona | Washington, DC 04 June 2010 A new United Nations report singles out food production as a major factor driving environmental degradation. Raising animals for