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Captain Benito Cereno hurried aboard his ship. It was ready to sail. A bright sun and a soft breeze promised good weather ahead. The ship's anchor was raised. And the San Dominick -- old but still seaworthy - moved slowly out of the harbor of Valpara

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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

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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

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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.

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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

'Benito Cereno,' by Herman Melville, Part Two

We present the second of three parts of the short story Benito Cereno. It was written by Herman Melville. Last week, we told how African slaves on a Spanish ship rebelled in seventeen ninety-nine. They killed most of the Spanish sailors. Only the cap

'Benito Cereno,' by Herman Melville, Part Three

We present the last of three parts of the short story Benito Cereno. It was written by Herman Melville. As we told you in earlier parts of our story, rebel slaves seized the ship San Dominick off the coast of Chile. They killed many of its officers a

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We present the first of three parts of the short story Benito Cereno. It was written by Herman Melville. Here is Shep O'Neal with the story. Captain Benito Cereno hurried aboard his ship. It was ready to sail. A bright sun and a soft breeze promised

VOA慢速英语--'Benito Cereno,' by Herman Melville, Part Three

We present the last of three parts of the short story Benito Cereno. It was written by Herman Melville. As we told you in earlier parts of our story, rebel slaves seized the ship San Dominick off the coast of Chile. They killed many of its officers a

VOA慢速英语2018--'Benito Cereno,' by Herman Melville, Part Two

We present the second of three parts of the short story Benito Cereno. It was written by Herman Melville. Last week, we told how African slaves on a Spanish ship rebelled in seventeen ninety-nine. They killed most of the Spanish sailors. Only the cap

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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

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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

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By Barry Newhouse Irbil, Iraq 24 February 2007 Iraqi police say a truck bomb killed 37 people and wounded more than 60 outside a Sunni mosque Satuday in restive Anbar province. Three bomb blasts in Baghdad killed at least five people and wounded 20

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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

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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

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By Suzanne Chislett London 08 August 2007 Tribal villagers from the eastern state of Orissa in India claim the planned expansion of a mine and mineral refinery in their region threatens their way of life. So they sent representatives to London to as

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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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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