VOA慢速英语 2008 1209a

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A new study says almost forty percent of China is losing soil because of wind and water erosion. The Chinese government recently announced the results of a three-year study. The study was the large

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By Delia Robertson Changing the demographics of land ownership in South Africa is an ongoing and enormous challenge. Under apartheid, 87 percent of the land mass was earmarked for whites who comprised

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Yesterday, the Minister of Finance, Bill English, read the Budget in Parliament. One important matter in the Budget was a plan to bring down house prices, especially in Auckland. In the last year, house prices have increased by 8% throughout the whol

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By Peter Fedynsky Stariy Sokil, Ukraine 01 November 2007 The United Nations predicts Ukraine, Russia and Belarus will lose up to 50 percent of their people by the year 2050 due to declining birth rates, low life expectancy and emigration. All of thes

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By Peta Thornycroft Harare 27 March 2008 For the first time, many people in Zimbabwe's rural areas have dropped their long-standing support of President Robert Mugabe and the ruling ZANU-PF, which has depended on the rural vote for victory. Peta Thor

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BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) -- China's General Administration of Press and Publication has urged further efforts to ensure the accessibility of dictionaries for the students in the country's rural and less-developed areas. The administration's appeal cam

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. So the story of Cliven Bundy and his family has been closely followed by ranchers across the West. Let's remember here Bundy is the rancher who led armed standoffs against government officials. Those officials were tryi

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In his report, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said at least 10 million rural residents will be lifted out of poverty this year. And the country will lift 70 million people out of poverty by 2020, according to the draft outline of Chinas 13th Five-Year Pl

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BEIJING, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature is considering fairer recompense for farmers whose land has been expropriated, by breaking the legal compensation ceiling and covering them with a social security package. A draft amendment to the

China to improve rural students' nutrition

BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- China plans to build enough school canteens to provide safe and nutritional meals for all primary and junior high school students in impoverished rural regions by 2015. According to a circular, jointly released Saturday by

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land,soil 土壤 arable land, tilled land 耕地 dry soil 旱田 fertile soil 沃土，肥沃的土壤 humus 腐殖质 irrigable land 水浇地 lean soil, poor soil 贫瘠土壤 wasteland, barren land

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BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China included farmers' property rights into its government report for the first time Tuesday, suggesting enhanced protection of their rights amid the country's frequent land transfers. The report, delivered to the ongoin

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Colombian rebel leaders have demanded the presence of the nation's top agriculture official to discuss the issue of agrarian reform at ongoing peace talks in Havana. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) negotiator Jesus Santrich: For thi

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land,soil 土壤 arable land, tilled land 耕地 dry soil 旱田 fertile soil 沃土,肥沃的土壤 humus 腐殖质 irrigable land 水浇地 lean soil, poor soil 贫瘠土壤 wasteland, barren land 荒地 grass 草 grassland 草地 meadow 草甸 prairie 大草原 pasture land 牧场

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The earlier phase of urbanization in China was often seen as an excessive conversion of rural land into urban areas. In the work report delivered at the fourth session of the 12th National Peoples Congress Saturday, Premier Li Keqiang reiterated that