VOA慢速英语 2008 0212a

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Farmers in the United States sometimes plant switchgrass as a border crop. But could this tall grass lower the nation's dependence on foreign oil? South Dakota State University professor Arvid Boe

VOA慢速英语--科学家列出四种捕获碳的方法 限制气温上升

Scientists List Four Ways to Capture Carbon, Limit Rising Temperatures A new report suggests four simple ways to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is among the gases linked to the increase in the Earths temperature. The Nation

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Oil is good and bad. Its good because it helps our energy needs. Its bad because it causes pollution. Oil is a fossil fuel. Burning it produces carbon dioxide (CO2). This is one of the biggest causes of global warming. There isnt much oil left in the

ENVIRONMENT REPORT - Sport Utility Vehicles

ENVIRONMENT REPORT - October 4, 2002: Sport Utility Vehicles By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. One of the most popular kinds of car in the United States is not really

CNN 2012-05-11

Take for an example, bio-diesel fuel can be made from vegetable oil and animal fats, and its chemical make up includes carbin chains, joush worth knows that he didn't learn the chemistry class and hasn't taken chemistry yet. Brook horper, a field in

VOA英语2010年-Movie Inspiration Fuels Wood-Powered Truck

From electric automobiles to solar wheels, hybrid cars are the wave of the future. But what about a truck that runs on the energy of the past? An unconventional doctoral student is determined to make the original renewable fuel an efficient, economic

VOA慢速英语2013 SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - A Silent Killer – Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - A Silent Killer Carbon Monoxide Poisoning This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Christopher Cruise. And I'm Bob Doughty. Winter has brought cold weather to many parts of Earths northern hemisphere. With the co

科学美国人60秒 SSS 2016-8-13

If you've gone shopping for a car lately, you might have noticed that fuel economythe number of miles per gallonis creeping up. One reason is a more efficient type of fuel injection, called gas direct injection. Its a feature of half the new cars sol

纯正英语一分钟-Oil

Oil is good and bad. Its good because it helps our energy needs. Its bad because it causes pollution. Oil is a fossil fuel. Burning it produces carbon dioxide (CO2). This is one of the biggest causes of global warming. There isnt much oil left in the

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This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Christopher Cruise. And I'm Bob Doughty. Winter has brought cold weather to many parts of Earths northern hemisphere. With the cold comes a danger as old as mans knowledge of fire -- death or i

VOA标准英语2008年-US Envoy Heads Home After Nuclear Talks in Pyon

By David Gollust Washington 12 June 2008 A senior U.S. diplomat is en route back to Washington after talks with North Korean officials on the stalled six-party nuclear accord. North Korea has agreed to accelerate compliance with the disarmament deal

人类粪便或成未来汽车燃料

While experts are developing 'greener' alternative fuel sources, a group of undergrads are creating a more natural one. 当专家们还在研发更环保的燃料时，一群在校生已经开始制作一种天然的燃料。 The team is working towa

奥迪用“空气和水”合成新燃料

German Car Manufacturer Audi Creates Fuel From Air And Water 奥迪用空气和水合成新燃料 Creating an alternative green or carbon neutral fuel to replace gasoline has been the holy grail for scientists for many years. However, while there has

VOA标准英语2009年-New Process Uses Algae to Produce Alternat

Researchers around the world are trying to find alternative fuels to replace fossil fuels, which are finite and might not be available in sufficient quantities in coming decades to meet the growing world demand for energy. In addition, burning fossi

Prices Proposed for Carbon Dioxide from Cars

Drivers in the eastern United States may soon start paying for the pollution made by their motor vehicles. Nine eastern states and Washington, D.C. are launching a system of pricing the carbon dioxide produced from burning gasoline and diesel fuel. M

【英音模仿秀】重返节俭

模仿句子：Now there's long been talk about peak oil, the point of which the amount of hydrocarbons available to us starts an inexorable downward decline. 翻译：很久前人们就提到过石油峰值，即在达到某一峰值时，可供我们

英语听力精选进阶版 7163

Background: F1 也就是一级方程式赛车，因其动力十足、昂贵和耗油的特点向来都不是一项与环保相关联的运动。但是现在，一级方程式赛车的组织者宣布他们正在计划减少这项比赛的碳排放量。

美国国家公共电台 NPR How One Company Pulls Carbon From The Air, Aiming To Avert A Climate Catastrophe

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: At a climate meeting in Poland this week, almost 200 countries are trying to reach a deal - a deal to dramatically reduce carbon emissions. A recent U.N. report finds that may not be enough to avoid the most dangerous climate eff

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In 1979, there was an incident at a nuclear power plant on Three Mile Island, in Pennsylvania, when radioactive steam leaked into the open air. Nobody was hurt, although thousands of people fled the area. Seven years later, a much worse accident happ

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What Is Fire? 火是物质燃烧过程中散发出光和热的现象，是能量释放的一种方式。火焰分为焰心、中焰和外焰，温度由内向外依次增高。燃烧过程必须有可燃物、燃点温度、氧化剂三项并存，缺一