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Agriculture Report - Surviving a Drought: A Farmer's Old-Fashioned Lessons This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. In recent days the remains of what had been Hurricane Isaac moved into the American Midwest. The storm brought rain to some
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
Rwanda's 'Specialty Coffee' Under Attack by Stink Bugs Rwanda is gaining a worldwide reputation for its bourbon and other specialty coffee, a crop grown in the country's rich volcanic soils. Specialty coffee comprises almost one-third of Rwanda's agr
Idiom: Not sb's keeper 不是某人的监护人 Hit the book: Quibble Consensus Absolve Conspiracy Coverup Retrofitting Flaw
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.
to give somebody a piece of one's mind to tell someone off 你有没有因为十分生气而对别人大发雷霆?美国人有一个说法是形容这种情绪的,那就是:to give someone a pie
Experts say it may be the latest warning of how climate change in some key farming regions could threaten world food supplies. In the new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers examined six years of data from 227 fa
Rising Crop Prices Linked to Decline in World's Bee Population Terrence Ingram considers himself a naturalist. He said hes best able to commune with the natural world around him at the center of a swarm... of bees. I love beekeeping. Its one of Gods
[00:00]J:Shit! Hey, get down! Hey! [00:07]C:Hey! Is this what they call copping a feel? [00:09]J:What? No! Get up. Jesus! [00:13]C:What's your name? [00:14]J:My name? Mud... if anybody sees you.
NOEL KING, HOST: Across the Midwest, it's grain harvesting time. And this year, there are three big problems. One is wet fields, two, low crop prices exacerbated by a trade war that decimated the Chinese market for soybeans, and third, some twists fr
By Craig Fitzpatrick Calvert County, Maryland 06 February 2006 watch Tobacco Farmers report In recent months, several countries in Europe have banned cigarette smoking in enclosed public spaces, somet
Hope is the thing with feathers Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stopsat all And sweetest in the Gale is heart And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kep
Todd: So Jonathan, I thought we would talk about UFOs. Jonathan: Sure. Todd: So do you believe in UFOs? Jonathan: I think that the chance that there is intelligent life in the universe is overwhelmingly likely. But I don't think they're constantly vi
to turn one's back on someone to get on someone's back 予首先我们要讲的是:to turn one's back on someone。从字面上解释,这是把自己的背对着某人。可是,实际上这是指根
By Steve Baragona Washington 16 September 2009 Norman Borlaug Photo courtesy Texas AM University Norman Borlaug, an American plant breeder credited with saving millions from starvation in the 1960s and '70s, died September 12 at the age of 95. Borla
By Margaret Kennedy New Orleans 07 July 2006 watch New Orleans report New Orleans has been rebuilding since Hurricane Katrina struck the city last August. Broken levees are repaired and between a third and half of the population has returned. Still,
By Trish Anderton Bali, Indonesia 04 December 2007 The anti-poverty group Oxfam says global warming is altering the human food supply and threatening some of the world's poorest people with hunger. At the United Nations Conference on Climate Change i
By Nico Colombant Dakar 14 February 2007 The small, impoverished former Portuguese colony, Guinea Bissau, has one cash crop - cashews. It accounts for an estimated 80 percent of foreign exchange earnings. Eighty-five percent of the population depend
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Summer's here, of course, that means fresh peaches. When it comes to peaches, lots of people think of Georgia. But Georgia peaches are having a tough year. The state is missing something like 85 percent of its usual crop. Georgia P
Poppy cultivation(栽培) and production in Afghanistan has decreased sharply, according to a United Nations report. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime says opium(鸦片) cultivation has dropped by 22% in a year and production by 10%. The biggest falls