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Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. On this show, we explore language. Where do expressions come from? And how do we use them? Today we go down on the farm the dairy farm, to be exact. Many female animals, such as cows and

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The hardest-hit state is Iowa, the leading corn state and last year's top soybean producer. Transcript of radio broadcast: 24 June 2008 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Farmers in parts of the American Midwest face a difficult rec

VOA标准英语2015--Study: Rats Pose Plague Risk in Croplands

Study: Rats Pose Plague Risk in Croplands Efforts to boost food production in East Africa may increase the risk of plague. A new study says the conversion of natural lands into croplands in Tanzania has been accompanied by a large increase in the rod

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No. 31 I'd like to pick up my dry cleaning 第三十一课 我想提取干洗的衣物 Practice Listen and Repeat A 1. The dry cleaners hangs the cloths on a hanger. 干洗店都是把衣服挂在衣架上。 2. My cloths come cleaned and pressed. 我的

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Johnny, looking out there. What do you see? field, some hay. No, its more than that, mate. Come on, now work with me here. What is it? Honestly man, I just see a field. It's a cosmic canvas. It's a blank supernatural sheet for extra terrestrial art.

VOA慢速英语2017--烤吐司会致癌吗？

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Many Americans have toasted bread first thing in the morning. For some, the morning meal also includes hash browned potatoes. Or later in the day, they might enjoy potato chips or crispy

SSS 2010-06-01

This is Scientific America's 60-Second Science. I am Karen Hopkin. Thisll just take a minute. Mmm, sticky rice. Its a glutinous side dish thats perfect for practicing your chopstick skills, for sopping up curry sauce and, amazingly, for building real

VOA标准英语2009年-New Initiative to Boost Crop Yield in South Asi

A new international initiative to increase grain crop yields could help raise incomes for six million farmers in South Asia and combat hunger in one of the poorest regions of the world. Indian farmer women winnow mustard crop at Baraikapurva village

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Voice 1 Thank you for joining us for todays Spotlight. Im Courtney Schutt. Voice 2 And Im Ryan Geertsma. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 I

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没错 但这可附带一只零钱袋呢 Yeah,but it comes with a little coin purse. 帕唐风筝有吗 Does a Patang? 你还是不懂 是吗 Wow,you just don't get it,do you? 就算你给我买什么可爱的小玩意 Buying me something pretty isn'

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Corn, Part 2

AGRICULTURE REPORT — December 3, 2002: Corn, Part 2 By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Last week, we told about the use of corn to feed cows in the cattle industry.

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Cover Crops

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Cover Crops By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The idea to grow a crop that improves the land

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Are bananas fattening? 吃香蕉会胖吗？ Those who claim they are argue that bananas cause the body to make lots of insulin, and insulin causes fat growth. 那些声称香蕉使人发胖的人辩称香蕉促进人体分泌大量胰岛素，胰岛素

VOA标准英语2008年-High Crop Prices Squeezing US Farmland Conserva

By Brian Wagner Miami 14 May 2008 As crop prices remain high, farmers and other landowners are working to expand their output and take advantage of big profits for wheat, corn and soybeans. The boom is creating pressure to begin farming on lands enro

Climate Change Already Reducing Crop Yields

Climate change is already beginning to hurt maize and wheat production, according to a new study. Higher average growing season temperatures(温度) in most major grain-producing countries are beginning to work against the progress made by improving

VOA标准英语2011--Texas Farmers Want More Crop Per Drop

Texas Farmers Want More Crop Per Drop With water scarcity emerging as a major global issue in the 21st century, a drought in the southern U.S. state of Texas highlights the need for farmers to get more out of limited water supplies. Some are using ne

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Most of us who've ever had tapioca know it to be the chewy, small pearls found in a bowl of pudding. Or maybe the bigger, still chewy balls floating around in the now-globally-popular sweet Asian bubble teas. But not many of us actually know what the

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Key Sentences（重点句子） 114．Excuse me．Have you any laundry？ 对不起，请问有没有要洗的衣服？ 115．The laundry man is here to collect it． 洗衣房服务员来这儿收要洗的衣服了。 116．If you have any，please

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There has been a lot of research done on the significance of food combining when we eat. Many believe that our stomach is designed to only digest food correctly one food type at a time or eating foods together that are compatible with each other. Thi

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Ryan Geertsma. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand - no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 A group of six buildings stands