VOA标准英语2013--Prototype Solar Cars Train Future Alternative Energy Experts

Prototype Solar Cars Train Future Alternative Energy Experts JOHANNESBURG In South Africa, students at the University of Johannesburg have taken on the challenge of building their own solar cars and racing them in competitions. While it offers plenty

2006年VOA标准英语-Demand for Alternative Energy Poses Many C

By John Shields Washington, DC 28 February 2006 watch Food vs Fuel report With the world's oil supply increasingly at risk of terrorist attacks and other disruptions, there is an international rush to

SSS 2008-01-31

This is Scientific Americans' 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? The search for alternative fuels to gasoline has led to surprising possibilities, for instance, the waste oil for making French fries. But one of the most unusual alterna

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When the wind picks up at the foot of the Rockies, there are those who believe they can hear the future. At the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, making alternative power sources competitive with fossil fuels has been a mission since the energy

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Cats and Man Cats struck a bargain with 1 man about 5,000 years ago when he shifted from a nomadic 2 to an agrarian 3 society. As man began to farm, he stored grain. The grain attracted rodents 4 , wh

英语语法：135 "Alternate" Versus "Alternative"

This week well discuss choices about how best to use the words option and alternative. Frequently the words option and alternative are used interchangeably, but there is a difference. Do you know what it is? Lets say Horatio has a primary plan of act

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So it began to occur to me: during this long extension of the precommitment stage, 于是我突然想到：在这个长期婚前准备期， if you can get rid of bad relationships before you marry, maybe we're going to see more happy marriages. 如果

Tres Chicas' Sweetwater Offers Country Fans Alternative Root

By Katherine Cole Tres Chicas is a rarity on the music charts: A vocal group in which all three singers are frontwomen in their own right. And don't get ready to rumba, because despite their Latin nam

VOA常速英语2007年-German Investments in Clean Alternative Energy

By Brian Padden Washington 25 December 2007 With virtually no oil or natural gas resources of its own, Germany relies on Russia for 20 percent of its oil and one-third of its gas imports. But with Russia displaying a willingness to use oil as a polit

2007年VOA标准英语-President and Congress Push Alternative Fuels

By Jim Fry Washington, D.C. 26 February 2007 watch Energy report President Bush is looking for new ways to encourage the use of alternative energy, and Democratic Party leaders who control Congress appear to be only too ready to comply. That leaves

2006年VOA标准英语-Wind Power Grows as Alternative US Energy

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 01 March 2006 Windmills in California Windmills are sprouting across the United States, as Americans search for non-polluting alternative energy sources. The West Coast

VOA标准英语 Obama Promotes Alternative Energy On Earth Day

President Barack Obama says the United States should depend more on so-called clean forms of energy, like wind and solar, and less on oil. The president promoted his alternative energy plan on an Earth Day visit to the central state of Iowa. Preside

VOA标准英语2011--Farmers Urged to Throw Plow Away

Farmers Urged to Throw Plow Away Since the dawn of agriculture, tilling the soil has been fundamental to farming. But today, experts say this age-old practice may do more harm than good, at least in some places. That's why they've been telling farmer

英闻天下——410 Alternative Energy to Improve China's Air Quality

China's energy production relies heavily on coal-fired power stations. As the world's highest emitter of greenhouse gasses, China consumed more than 400 million tones of coal last year. As many parts of China have been shrouded in a gray haze over th

Alternative Education

By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: July 17, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Education Report. Some young people in the United States attend 1)alternative schools. These are schools that

2007年VOA标准英语-Alternative Intelligence on Iraq Called Dubious

By Gary Thomas Washington 09 February 2007 The controversy over the Bush Administration's pre-war intelligence on Iraq was further fuelled Friday by an internal Pentagon critique of the work of a little-known Defense Department office. As VOA corresp

教你如何摆脱“学生气”

1.Think Two Steps Ahead 第一招：先想一步 I've never met a boss who doesn't love proactive employees. Instead of waiting around for instruction, take it upon yourself to hop on what you expect comes next。 我从未见过老板不喜欢工作积

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2881 plow into

今天我们要学的词组是plow into。Plow into，意思是大力撞击。 At least 13 people have died after a van plowed into pedestrians in the center of Barcelona on Aug 17th in what police said was a terrorist attack. 8月17日，一辆厢式货

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2810 alternative

今天我们要学的词是 alternative. Alternative 作为形容词，意思是另外的，可以用于替代的。Stephen Hawking predicts that planet Earth will only survive another 100 years, and it's urgent to consider an alternative planet. 霍金