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Lesson Nine Section One: News in Brief Tapescript 1. There was an assassination attempt against Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi today. A man fired several shots at Gandhi and other Indian leaders p

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51.That’ll be $63.74, please. 52.Here you are. $ 80 – keep the change! 53.Excuse me, Miss! 54.Yes, sir? Can I help you? 55.I want to know if a Mr. Bruce Cobber has checked in for the 19:25 flight

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Once upon a time there lived a farmer. He had amassed wealth by selling the produces that he got from his farms. He distributed that wealth to all the needy people. So, the whole village revered him for his magnanimity. But he had a persistent proble

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Three companies want to build big dairy farms in the centre of the South Island called the Mackenzie Country. This is a beautiful part of New Zealand with lakes and mountains. It is near Mt Cook, Lake Tekapo, Lake Pukaki and Lake Ohau. If you drive t

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Renee Montagne: This is Morning Edition from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne. Steve Inskeep: And I'm Steve Inskeep. Federal environmental officials are starting to monitor the source of air-pollution that they largely ignored in the past--farms. As par

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Conventional poultry farms use antibiotics extensively, which contributes to the rise of antibiotic-resistant pathogens. But farms that turn to organic

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. University of Delaware scientists say trees can reduce emissions of dust, ammonia and odor from poultry farms Planting trees around poultry farms can improve air and water quality -- and please the

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Planting trees around poultry farms can improve air and water quality -- and relations with neighbors. Research has shown that just three rows of trees near poultry houses can reduce the release of

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: In North Carolina, most of the rain has ended, but flooding continues. Much of the area where Florence dumped the most rainfall is covered with farms - chicken farms, sweet potato farms, hog farms - and the damage to those farms

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Urban Farms Bloom in Concrete Desert Farms are sprouting up in vacant city lots and abandoned properties across the United States. By tilling the soil in places where people have little access to fresh food, these urban farms have the power to change

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By Jeffrey Young Washington 16 October 2007 U.S. farmers have gone through many cycles of boom and bust. But as VOA's Jeffrey Young reports, prospects for American agriculture are looking up, thanks to rising crop prices and land values, especially i

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A Hong Kong company, Natural Dairy, wants to buy 16 dairy farms which belonged to the Crafar family. Thirteen of the farms are dairy farms and in total, the land is 8,815 hectares. The Crafar family went bankrupt and could not pay their debts of arou

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Now, you might wonder, Come on, how much could five percentage points of global electricity be? 现在你可能会问，拜托，全球5%的电力能有多少？ Well, it turns out to be quite a bit. 事实证明还蛮多的。 It's the equivalent of

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On Friday, the Prime Minister announced that a Chinese company, the Shanghai Pengxin group will be allowed to buy the 16 Crafar dairy farms. The owner of the Shanghai Pengxin group is a billionaire, Jiang Zhaobai. Mr Crafar lost his farms when he was

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LAGOS, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian government on Wednesday confirmed the outbreak of bird flu in 11 states. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Akinwumi Adesina made the disclosure at an emergency meeting on Avian Influenza with state