This the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Norman Borlaug led what was known as the Green Revolution. As a plant scientist, he may have saved more lives than anyone else in history -- as many as a billion, by some estimates. He traveled the wo

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(38) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(九)月

You see the strangest people in the most unlikely places sometimes. I was at the bank the other day, making a deposit, when I heard a, Clomp, clomp, clomp to my side. I turned to look at the person next to me, and standing there was a Norman soldier.

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Doug Johnson. Today we tell about the American plant scientist Norman Borlaug. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to increase food product

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SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember. Norman Rockwell was one of the most popular American artists of the twentieth century. His drawings and paintings appeared in a

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Gerald Albright Teams Up with Norman Brown, on '24/7' Its a match made in smooth jazz heaven: saxophonist Gerald Albright and guitarist Norman Brown. Their first collaborative effoft, 24/7, features the song Keep It Moving. The duo first met in the 1

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By David Hubler and Faith Lapidus Washington 10 November 2007 For nearly 60 years, Norman Mailer was one of America's most prolific and controversial authors. A colleague says Mailer died early Saturday at a hospital in New York City. He was 84. Mail

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