VOA标准英语2013--Locust Plague Swarms Madagascar

Locust Plague Swarms Madagascar Madagascar is in the midst of a locust plague and its threatening the food security of more than half the population. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, the FAO, says it will take three years to bring the locu

VOA慢速英语2009-Agriculture Report - Working Magic in the Garden

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Beans are a popular choice for home gardens. Specialists at the University of Illinois Extension say bush beans need the least work. The plants do not need supports to stand. Green bush beans used

VOA标准英语2013--Locust Infest More of Madagascar

Locust Infest More of Madagascar The locust plague in Madagascar is getting much worse. More than half the nation is now infested. The U.N. says time is rapidly running out to bring the voracious insects under control. The Food and Agriculture Organi

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Topic1-Volvo Vows End of Combustion Cars with New Electric Push Volvo is the first major car company to announce when it will stop developing cars that run on good ol' internal combustion engines. Starting in 2019, all of Volvo's new models will be h

Snap Beans

By Mario Ritter Broadcast: October 21, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Snap beans possess the good qualities of other beans, but they may be less well known.

VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - Working Magic in

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Beans are a popular choice for home gardens. Specialists at the University of Illinois Extension say bush beans need the least work. The plants do not need supports to stand. Green bush beans used t

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A rubbish bin that makes you look twice. As you throw away your old newspaper, you can read the new headlines. London based firm Renew has invented these unique recycling points. Its bomb-proof containers have LCD screens on each side which show brea

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Beans are a popular choice for home gardens. The University of Illinois Extension service says bush bean plants need the least amount of work. They stand without support. Green bush beans used to be

VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - Unwrapping the Ge

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Cacao or cocoa trees grow in hot, rainy areas of Africa, Asia and Central and South America. Their beans are used to make cocoa powder, cocoa butter and of course chocolate. There are five to six mi

VOA标准英语2008年-Locusts Threaten to Inflict More Misery on Aust

Locusts are threatening to inflict more pain on some of the most drought-ravaged parts of eastern Australia. Hundreds of farmers have found beds of locust eggs and officials fear that many more have not been reported. Officials have said that recent

VOA标准英语2012--FAO Warns of Locust Threat in Mali and Niger

FAO Warns of Locust Threat in Mali and Niger Heavy rains have fallen over the past three weeks in northern Mali and Niger and thats resulted in growing swarms of Desert locusts. Efforts are underway to contain the insects in a region thats already fo

VOA标准英语2012--Locust Swarms Forming in West Africa

Locust Swarms Forming in West Africa Four countries in West Africa have been put on alert for the likely arrival of swarms of Desert Locusts. If uncontrolled, a small swarm can eat the same amount of food in one day as 35-thousand people. Locust swar

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: And now, how one family found a way to stay in their neighborhood, even after their rent doubled. They moved into someone's backyard. This is the latest from the NPR Cities Project. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: I was a part of the commu

美国国家公共电台 NPR Stressed-Out High Schoolers Advised To Try A Nap Pod

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Preventing yawning in teenagers - and one way to do it is to take a nap at school. And there's some public high schools in New Mexico actually providing napping pods for students. Here's NPR's Patti Neighmond. PATTI NEIGHMOND, BYL

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Locusts in North Africa

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Locusts in North Africa By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Crop damage in Mauritania. An inva

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Warns of Potential Locust Invasion in Flood-

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 15 September 2007 The United Nations warns floods in West Africa could provoke an invasion of locusts in Mali and Niger. It says it is critically important that UN experts be given access to the locust-prone region so they can

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These pods are picked when they are large and full. 豌豆荚长大、长饱满之后, 人们就采下来, The peas are taken out, and boiled for us to eat. 把豌豆剥出来煮着吃。 Let us look at the curious flower of the pea-plant. 咱们再看

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SHANGHAI DAILY A call to relax adoption criteria A Chinese lawmaker is calling for the government to make adoption easier amid the increasing number of families who want to adopt. Jia Weiping, director of the Shanghai Diabetes Institute, says inferti

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French architects are planning to build a water wheel hotel on the banks of the Seine, which resembles the London Eye but with room capsules that would rotate constantly. 法国的设计师们打算在塞纳河边建造一座水上摩天轮旅馆，其