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美国有线新闻 CNN 美国流感肆虐 疫苗不能有效预防

AZUZ: And a flu strain circulating in the U.S. this year, like the one that hit Australia last year, is a nasty one. Widespread flu activities are being reported in every part of the continental U.S. at the same time. This is the first year that's ha

VOA标准英语2009-Bhopal Continues to Suffer Quarter Century a

The world's worst industrial disaster took place 25 years ago, in central India. A chemical leak at the plant of the Indian subsidiary of an American corporation, Union Carbide, poisoned an estimated half million residents of the city of Bhopal. The

VOA慢速英语2013 Health Report - Study Finds Overweight People Have Lower Risk of Death

Health Report - Study Finds Overweight People Have Lower Risk of Death 健康报道 - 研究发现超重者死亡风险更低 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report in Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 Ne

【趣谈英语】咖啡因的那些事-Caffeine Is A Natural Pesticide

Pre-Listening Vocabulary caffeine: a drug found in some plants, including coffee seeds and tea leaves pesticide: a substance that keeps insects or harmful materials away from a plant alert: awake and paying attention ward off: to keep away something

20 Years after Tragedy in India, New Report Accuses US Compa

In the early morning hours of December 3, 1984, deadly gas leaked from a Union Carbide pesticide factory in Bhopal, India. The accident would result in the worst industrial disaster of the 20th centur

2013年6月英语四级作文预测：食品安全问题

Food Safety 1. 食品安全问题令人担忧。 2. 对此，你有什么看法（可从蔬菜、水果滥用农药、激素方面分析）？ 【范文】 Currently, many problems concerning the safety of food have popped up. As for me, I believe at

VOA慢速英语2013 Study Finds Overweight People Have Lower Risk of Death

Study Finds Overweight People Have Lower Risk of Death From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report in Special English. New research shows that overweight or even mildly obese people have a lower risk of early death than people considered to

VOA慢速英语2012 Health Report - Designing an Alternative to Antibiotics

Health Report - Designing an Alternative to Antibiotics This is the VOA Special English Health Report. In nineteen twenty-eight a British scientist made a chance observation. He noticed that some mold had grown in bacteria in a culture plate in his l

科学家在波兰致力于拯救蜜蜂

Scientists in Poland Work to Save Honeybees 科学家在波兰致力于拯救蜜蜂 Honeybees are in danger worldwide. Their homes -- known as colonies -- are suffering from what scientists call Colony Collapse Disorder. Scientists have linked the di

VOA慢速英语2015 联合国会谈关注有害化学物质

AS IT IS 2015-10-12 UN Talks Focus on Too Many Toxic Chemicals 联合国会谈关注有害化学物质 Only a small number of the 100,000 chemicals sold worldwide have been safety tested. 在销往世界各地的10万多类化学品中，只有其中的

VOA标准英语African Countries Debate Using DDT in Anti-Mal

African Countries Debate Using DDT in Anti-Malaria Efforts The chemical pesticide DDT has been banned by most countries for use in agriculture, but some continue to use it indoors to kill insects that carry malaria. In Zambia, it's an important part

VOA标准英语2012--Pesticides Threaten Thailand’s Reputation as Food Exporter

Pesticides Threaten Thailands Reputation as Food Exporter Here, in the hills of Northern Thailand, farm workers like Inson face the constant pressure of producing optimum harvests for overseas clients. Many farms rely on imported chemical pesticides

VOA标准英语2013--EU Hopes Pesticide Ban Will Halt Bee Decline

EU Hopes Pesticide Ban Will Halt Bee Decline The targeted farm chemicals, which will be banned for two years starting this December 1, belong to a class of insecticides called neonicotinoids. They are a type of insect nerve agent that has been widely

美国国家公共电台 NPR Pesticides Are Harming Bees — But Not Everywhere, Major New Study Shows

DAVID GREENE, HOST: And now some bad news for bees. There is new evidence that they are being harmed by some widely used pesticides though it may be only if the bees already are vulnerable. Here's NPR's Dan Charles. DAN CHARLES, BYLINE: These pestici

VOA双语新闻：1、泰国农产品安全令人担忧

泰国农产品安全令人担忧 Thailand has long been recognized as a leading exporter of rice and other agricultural produce. But tests for pesticide residues are raising concerns about whether the food is safe. 长期以来，泰国是众所周知

VOA双语新闻 - 博帕尔毒气泄露受害者苦等判决2

India is marking the 25th anniversary of the leak at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in the city of Bhopal. The victims have generally been left in a legal haze since the ill-fated night (Dec. 2, 1984) when a toxic-gas cloud spread across the centr

ECONOMICS REPORT - Lower Bond Prices Can Mean a Higher Retur

ECONOMICS REPORT - Lower Bond Prices Can Mean a Higher Return, but Also Risk By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, May 20, 2005 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Governments a

吃鱼或有助于预防失聪

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Consumption of two or more servings of fish per week may reduce the risk of hearing loss in women, U.S. researchers said Wednesday. Acquired hearing loss is a highly prevalent and often disabling chronic health condit

经济学人:全球自杀率下降的背后(3)

Efforts to curb access to the means to kill oneself can help, too. 限制自杀途径也能有所帮助。 Suicide is surprisingly impulsive. 自杀通常都是意料之外的冲动所致。 A study of young Chinese women who had tried to kill themse