Grandpa’s Bees

A long time before I was born, my grandma and grandpa moved into the house on Beechwood Avenue. They had a young family of four little girls. The little girls slept in the 1) attic in a big feather be

国家地理:Attack of the Killer Bees 杀人蜂

Costa Rica, 1986. 30 years after Doctor Cur's fateful African trip, graduate students from the University of Miami are on a field trip exploring caves. Moving ahead of the group, 24-year-old Inn-Saing Ooi climbs into a deep crevasse . He's not alone.

Bees and Beekeeping1

Broadcast: May 13, 2003 By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Most people have heard the sound of bees among flowers. Bees live almost everywhere in the world--except the

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Bees Keep Busy Producing More Than Just

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Bees Keep Busy Producing More Than Just Honey (Part 2 of 3) By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.

The Strange Way 'Birds and Bees' Help Us

Now, its time for Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. Spring is in the air! Well, at least, in half of the world. The amount of daylight in the northern half is increasing, day by day. And air temperatures are slowly rising. Spring is

Italian Program Prepares Immigrants for Jobs as Beekeepers

A group in Italy is preparing immigrants, mostly from Africa, for jobs as beekeepers. The group then helps to set-up meetings between these migrants and honey producers who need employees. International aid groups say European Union (EU) efforts to r

The Bees and the Wasp

Some bees once built a fine honeycomb in a hollow tree-trunk．Now there are two kinds of bees in a hive：worker bees，who gather pollen and make honey all their lives，and drones，who lie lazily in the hive all day long doing nothing．It happen

美国习惯用语:452 bird dog; the birds and bees...

上一次我们讲了三个带有bird这个词的习惯用语。它们是: bird brain。 Bird brain指没头脑、愚蠢的人和early bird special。 Early bird special是给早来顾客的特价优惠。还有strictly for the birds。 Strictly for

美国乡村音乐:The Birds And The Bees

The Birds And The Bees - 美国乡村音乐 Let me tell about the birds and the bees让我给你讲一些关于鸟儿和蜜蜂 And the flowers and the trees还有花儿和树 And the moon up above还有天上的月亮 And a thing called Love还有一种东西叫做爱 Let me tell you about

VOA常速英语2007-Italian Government to Offer Incentives so Young

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 13 October 2007 Hoping to reverse a trend of young men clinging to their parents' nest, the Italian government has decided to offer financial incentives to help young adults leave home earlier. Italy's finance minister has

英文乡村歌曲：The Birds And The Bees

Let me tell about the birds and the bees让我给你讲一些关于鸟儿和蜜蜂 And the flowers and the trees还有花儿和树 And the moon up above还有天上的月亮 And a thing called Love还有一种东西叫做爱 Let me tell you about the

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

美国国家公共电台 NPR My Grandmother Was Italian. Why Aren't My Genes Italian?

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Chances are you have seen an ad for a test to find out about your ancestry. Maybe you got a kit for Christmas, and now you're waiting for your results. So what do you need to know when you open these results? Health editor Gisele

AGRICULTURE REPORT - All About the Birds and the Bees -- No,

AGRICULTURE REPORT - All About the Birds and the Bees -- No, Just the Bees By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Most p

AGRICULTURE REPORT - The Buzz About Bees

AGRICULTURE REPORT - The Buzz About Bees By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. More than ninety kinds of fruits, vegetables,

Italian scientists protest against jail sentence over 2009 earthquake

Italian scientists protest against jail sentence over 2009 earthquake ROME, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Italian scientific community on Tuesday contested a court verdict over the deadly 2009 quake in the central city of L'Aquila, saying it set a damaging

美国国家公共电台 NPR NPR's Bees (Moderate, Middle Of The Road Bees) Up And Left

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A swarm of potential stingers were unleashed on Washington, D.C., this week. This is not a political statement. A swarm of bees from one of the two hives atop NPR headquarters buzzed over the streets as they followed their queen ou

Italy Says US, British Forces Freed Italian Ship

Italy says U.S. and British forces have freed an Italian vessel that was hijacked off Somalia on Monday. The MV Montecristo had been seized 1,000 kilometers off Somalia's eastern coast, carrying 23 crew members from Italy, Ukraine and India. The Ital

英文乡村歌曲：Honig - Choke on bees

And when the bee sat down upon my tongue I was pretty sure I would be stung I needed calming words to sooth my mind Cause my imagination was running wild If you hold your breath till the swellings past You could still be with us next morning But if y

Italian Parliament Approves Latest Austerity Plan

The Italian government has overwhelmingly won a crucial parliamentary vote of confidence Friday over an austerity package intended to help the third largest economy in the eurozone get its finances in order. The lower house of parliament voted 495-88