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Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. On this show, we explore language. Where do expressions come from? And how do we use them? Today we go down on the farm the dairy farm, to be exact. Many female animals, such as cows and

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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

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. BP is coming under mounting pressure to step up its response to the country's worst ever oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico. It's coming down from top Obama administration officials who've been dispatched

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CNN 2008-01-27

I'm Asieh Namdar at the CNN.com news room in Atlanta. Here is a look at what is happening NOW IN THE NEWS. The polls are open in South Carolina. It is the first southern state to hold the Democratic primary this year. And the stakes are high for all

2007-12-25, Crop Circles--麦田怪圈

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.

国家地理:Real-Life CSI: Corpse Farm CSI: 尸体农场

Imagine that a partly decomposed body is found lying in the woods. Was the person murdered and how long could he have been dead? To find out, investigators come here, a place known as the Body Farm. This 2-acre compound at the University of Tennessee

英语听书《海底两万里》第522期 第32章 海湾暖流(13)

I withdrew. From that day forward our position was very strained. 我只好退出来。从那天起，我们的处境就变得非常紧张。 I reported this conversation to my two companions. 我向我的两个同伴汇报了我的谈话。 Now we k

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I didn't tell my two companions about this new danger. 我并不让我的两个同伴知道这个危险。 There was no point in dampening the energy they were putting into our arduous rescue work. 以免他们做这种辛苦救护工作的勇气受到

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SSS 2010-05-14

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. Thisll just take a minute. Bisphenol A. Also called BPA, it's used to make shatter-proof plastic known as polycarbonate, found in everything from water bottles to medical devices to

NPR 2009-11-02

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Carol Van Dam. President Obama is in New Jersey today. He is stumping for Jon Corzine, the only governor seeking re-election this fall. The President called on Democrats to head to the polls on Tuesday. You've had a

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My companions and I then witnessed an unusual sight. The panels in the lounge were open, and since the Nautilus's beacon was off, 我的同伴和我，在这时亲眼看到一种很新奇的景象。客厅的嵌板敞开，由于诺第留斯号的探照

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When the Nautilus returned to the surface of the ocean, I could take in Reao Island over its whole flat, wooded expanse. 当诺第留斯号回到海面上来的时候，我可以望见这个低洼的和多树的克列蒙瑞尼岛发展的全部过程。