VOA慢速英语2011--High Food Prices, Revolutions, and the Future

Agriculture Report - High Food Prices, Revolutions, and the Future 农业报道 - 高粮价的影响及未来 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 Food prices are down from their record

No Link Between Some 1)High-Carbohydrate Foods and Cancer

Broadcast: Jan 30 2003 Researchers say there appears to be no link between a substance found in some high-carbohydrate foods and the development of some types of cancer. U.S. and Swedish researchers c

VOA常速英语2008年-Haiti's Rising Cost of Food Worries Aid Groups

By Brian Wagner Port-au-Prince 17 April 2008 Foreign aid groups in Haiti say they are hurt by the high cost of food just as much as ordinary citizens whose anger over the rising prices led to violent protests in the Caribbean nation last week. In Por

Food price increases drive China's inflation to 10-month high

BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua)-- China's annual consumer inflation rebounds to a 10-month high of 3.2 percent in February on accounts of rising food prices during the Spring Festival season, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data showed Sa

VOA标准英语2008年-Food Security High on Agenda at ECOWAS Meeting

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 19 May 2008 West African agricultural and trade ministers are holding emergency talks in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, to plot strategies for a regional solution to the rising food prices. The Economic Community of West African

VOA慢速英语-Agriculture Report - World Gets a Call to Raise Food

A U.N. meeting on the food inflation crisis ends with an agreement to invest more in agriculture, but no settlement on biofuels. Transcript of radio broadcast: 09 June 2008 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A United Nations confere

VOA慢速英语2011-World Food Prices Expected to Stay High o

Economists across the world are expressing concern about rising food prices. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization recently released its Food Price Index. The list showed that a number of foods cost more than during the world food cris

VOA慢速英语2011--Trying to Improve Food Safety With a Cam

Agriculture Report - Trying to Improve Food Safety With a Camera 农业报道 - 一种提高食品安全的扫描装置 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 Europe's deadly outbreak of a

VOA慢速英语2011--Poor Suffer as Food Prices Likely to Stay High

Agriculture Report - Poor Suffer as Food Prices Likely to Stay High 农业报道 - 粮价高企穷人遭殃 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 There are growing concerns about food ins

VOA常速英语2008年-Food Prices Spike Worldwide

By Michael Bowman Washington 26 March 2008 In recent months, prices for basic foods have risen dramatically in many parts of the world, adding to the misery of impoverished regions and straining the budgets of families across the globe. VOA's Michael

VOA标准英语2011--High Food Prices Expected to Climb Furth

HighFoodPricesExpectedtoClimbFurther World food prices remain near record-high levels, according to the latest UN world food price index, and they're expected to climb even higher. The index hit a record in January and has not come down much since. T

VOA标准英语2011--World Bank Discusses High Food Prices

World Bank Discusses High Food Prices Global food prices have risen by 36 percent in the past year, according to figures released this week by the World Bank. The Bank hosted its spring meetings in Washington this week, where it called on policymaker

VOA标准英语2010年-Already Struggling With Food Security,

Kenya ranks near the bottom of the world in food security. While the government works to stave off a coming drought, experts say Kenya must retool its local food markets to prevent future shortfalls. As World Food Day approaches, Kenya stands at a cr

VOA常速英语2008年-Food Price Hikes Affecting Aid Agencies

By Tendai Maphosa London 23 April 2008 Rising prices are putting food beyond the reach of more people and affecting places where food insecurity has not been an issue. Tendai Maphosa reports for VOA from London that the World Food Program says that a

G20 Farm Ministers Take Steps to Control Food Prices

The world's top 20 economic powers agreed Thursday on measures aimed at controlling high and volatile food prices. Farm ministers from the G20 group of leading and emerging economies met for the first time in Paris Wednesday and Thursday. Following n

每日一词【955】junk food：没营养的垃圾食物

今天我们要学的词是junk food。 Junk food, 指那些没营养的垃圾食物。美国第一夫人米歇尔.奥巴马呼吁食品工业多生产健康食品。 She urged the major food makers to produce more healthy food, rather than junk food

VOA双语新闻 --- Food Prices Spike Worldwide

In recent months, prices for basic foods have risen dramatically in many parts of the world, adding to the misery of impoverished regions and straining the budgets of families across the globe. A complex set of factors is causing global demand for fo

新西兰英语 547 Mining Lignite

Lignite is low grade coal which contains more moisture than high grade coal and is dirty to burn. Southland has ten areas with lignite. Solid Energy, which is a government company, plans to mine this lignite. The company has plans to build a $25m bri

学个词Learn a Word 第955期 Junk food

今天我们要学的词是junk food。 Junk food, 指那些没营养的垃圾食物。美国第一夫人米歇尔.奥巴马呼吁食品工业多生产健康食品。 She urged the major food makers to produce more healthy food, rather than junk food

Food price rise does not signify crisis: WFP

Food price rise does not signify crisis: WFP BEIJING, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The current rise in food prices does not signify a global crisis, as the situation is fundamentally different from previous crises, according to Brett Rierson, director of the