创新英语-Second Explosion at Japan Nuclear Plant

A second explosion has occurred at the nuclear power plant that was damaged in Fridays catastrophic earthquake and tsunami. Nuclear reactor 3 from the Fukushima plant suffered a similar explosion to that which hit reactor 1 on Saturday. Officials say

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Growing 'Love Apples,' Better Known The

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Growing 'Love Apples,' Better Known These Days as Tomatoes By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 I'm Shep O'Neal with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Pl

英闻天下——499 37 People Killed in Iran's Earthquake

The death toll from Tuesday's earthquake in southern Iran has risen to 37. At least 850-others have been injured in the earthquake. The magnitude-6.3 quake has been followed by over a dozen strong aftershocks. Most of those killed are in the city of

No wonder you are late for it is so foggy today.

Let us study more closely the way in which a plant grows. The root pushes itself down into the earth. If it finds no water, it soon dies. If it finds water, it begins to suck it up and change it into

Home Gardens, Part 2

By Mario Ritter Broadcast: September 16, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Last week, we told how to choose a place for a home garden and how to prepare the soi

Home Gardens, Part 1

By Mario Ritter Broadcast: September 9, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. For many people, growing crops on a small piece of land is not a business. For them, a

Fire breaks out at Texas nuclear power plant

HOUSTON, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Fire broke out at a nuclear power plant Tuesday in the U.S. state of Texas, forcing one of two units to be shut down, U.S. media reported. No injuries were reported in the fire, which erupted in the Unit 2 main transformer

China expands its oldest nuclear power plant with new unit

BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Qinshan nuclear power plant, China's first, has finished an expansion project with a new generator unit in operation, said China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) on Sunday. The pressurized water reactor power-generatin

Iran insists on full nuclear rights within NPT: nuclear negotiator

TEHRAN, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said Saturday that the Islamic republic insists on its full nuclear rights within the framework of Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Making the remarks at an annual confe

VOA慢速英语2009-Agriculture Report - Do-It-Yourself: Growing Pot

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. True or false? Potatoes are root vegetables. False. Potatoes are underground stems called tubers. Most kinds of potatoes can be planted during cool weather. But John Masiunas of the University of I

VOA标准英语2009年-Iranian Lawmakers Warn West Ahead of Nucle

By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo 29 September 2009 The reactor building (L) dominates the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran (File) Iran's parliament has warned the world's major powers not to repeat what it called their past mistakes during nuclear talk

VOA标准英语2009年-Iranian, Russian Technicians Test Bushehr Nucle

Iranian and Russian officials began a test run of Iran's first nuclear plant on Wednesday, after repeated delays in making the plant operational. An Iranian official says the test run was done with computers and uranium was not used. The pilot opera

VOA标准英语2015--Hardline Stance on Iran Nuclear Deadline Could Be Pressure Tactic

Hardline Stance on Iran Nuclear Deadline Could Be Pressure Tactic STATE DEPARTMENT As the March 24 deadline nears for Iran nuclear negotiators to agree on the fundamental structure of a final deal, both the U.S. and Iran increasingly have been vocal

Japan to Enforce Exclusion Zone Near Nuclear Plant

Japanese officials have decided to legally enforce an exclusion zone within 20 kilometers of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant starting at midnight Thursday. Japan's Kyodo news agency reports that Prime Minister Naoto Kan will announce the new res

英闻天下——61 Shandong to Build Nuclear Power Plant with Safety Concerns

The coastal city of Weihai in East China's Shandong Province has started building a nuclear plant to address a shortage of power in the region. Power production in Shandong has been largely based on coal-burning, which pollutes the environment but do

2007年VOA标准英语-Experts Investigate Possible Nuclear Plant Leak

By Catherine Makino Tokyo 17 July 2007 A day after a powerful earthquake struck Japan's northwestern coast, officials are investigating the possibility of radioactive leaks at a nuclear power plant. As Catherine Makino reports from Tokyo, the search

New Explosion Heard at Japanese Nuclear Plant

Workers at a nuclear plant in Japan are battling to prevent a meltdown in one of the reactors, following the massive earthquake that struck the north-east part of the country on Friday. The latest government figures figures put the death toll from th

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Farmers may not be able to prevent natural disasters, but they can at least try their best to reduce losses. For example, they can plant crops that are more likely to survive extreme weather. In nor

VOA常速英语2007年-Iranian Nuclear Plant May Be Ready By Late 2008

By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 20 December 2007 The director of the Russian company building Iran's nuclear power station at Bushehr says the facility will not begin operations before the end of 2008. VOA Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports from Moscow. T

Iran unlikely to stop nuclear fuel enrichment

TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Iran said on Sunday it will not stop its nuclear fuel enrichment（丰富,改进） activities although Russia would provide it with the nuclear fuel needed to run its Bushehr nuclear power plant. Head of Iran's Majlis ( P