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AGRICULTURE REPORT - Jojoba: Not Your Usual Oilseed CropBy Mario Ritter Broadcast: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 16:00:00 UTC I'm Shep O'Neal with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Jojoba plants We have a

Billy Ray Cyrus Releases New CD, Time Flies

Mary Morningstar It's been 11 years since Billy Ray Cyrus earned worldwide attention with his breakthrough single, Achy Breaky Heart. Since 1992, the 41-year-old country singer has recorded six albums

VOA慢速英语-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Ray Charles, 1930-2004: Singer,

His work brought together different kinds of music and different kinds of music fans. Transcript of radio broadcast: 21 June 2008 VOICE ONE: This is Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And this is Doug Johnson with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. To

科学美国人60秒 SSS Pesticide Additive Could Be One Culprit in Bee Deaths

Pesticide Additive Could Be One Culprit in Bee Deaths 农药添加剂是蜜蜂死亡的一大诱因 Springtime is flower season. And that includes some 90 million almond trees in California. It's the largest pollination event in the U.S.and beekeeper

TED演讲:一项关于电动车的大胆计划(10)

One car emits four tons. And actually 700 and change million cars today emit 2.8 billion tons of CO2. 一辆汽车排放4吨二氧化碳。现在的7亿辆汽车排放28亿吨二氧化碳。 That's, in the additive, about 25 percent of our problem. 那

TED演讲:一项关于电动车的大胆计划(8)

And that's the difference between problems that are additive, like CO2, 这个就是可添加性问题，像二氧化碳问题， which we go slowly up and then we tip, and problems that are depletive, in which we lose what we have, which oscillate, 慢

英语晨读：战胜恐惧

Conquer Fear To conquer ones fears ,one must see past them .To fear is natural ; to see past them is heroic. Fear is normal additive to life ,symbolizing that there are new ,sometimes extraordinary things to come ,to face .To be able to see these thi

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1. The head of the Transportation Security Administration is admitting that new airport pat-downs are more invasive than what most are used to. But it doesn't sound like they're going away. He tells a Senate committee that the procedures are needed t

原版英语对话：Taking an X-ray(2)

A: My doctor said that I need a chest X-ray. B: Just take your clothes off from the waist up and put this gown on, with the opening in the back. A: What should I do after that? B: You need to come over here and face this plate. A: Am I standing the r

原版英语对话：Taking an X-ray(3)

A: I came here to get a chest X-ray. B: I will need you to take your clothes off from the waist up and put on the gown, leaving the opening in the back. A: What comes next? B: I will need you to face this glass plate right over here. A: Should I do a

原版英语对话：Taking an X-ray(1)

A: I was told to come to you to get a chest X-ray. B: No problem. Just take your clothes off from the waist up and put the gown on, with the opening in the back. A: Then what should I do? B: You will stand over here up against this plate. A: Should I

TED演讲:下一次工业革命就在眼前(5)

Last year in the US, they helped Amazon prepare and ship all the products required for Cyber Monday, 去年在美国，机器人帮助亚马逊发货，以应对网络星期一带来的 the annual peak of online retail. 年度线上零售消费高峰。

PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Ray Charles, Pt. 2

PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Ray Charles, Pt. 2 By Paul Thompson Broadcast: Sunday, July 18, 2004 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And this is Doug Johnson with People In America in VOA Spe

经济学人: 回收:塑料公路 (3)

Cleaning and sorting plastic made out of multiple polymers can be relatively expensive, 清理和将多种聚合物制成的塑料进行分类的成本相对昂贵， especially if it is used to make low value products such as packaging. 尤其是这些

经济学人86:3D印刷 印刷未来

Science and Technology Three-dimensional printing An image of the future 科技 3D印刷 印刷未来 One of the biggest manufacturers in the world gives 3D printing a go 世界龙头机器制造商用3D印刷术进行了一次格外成功的应用 U

每天两餐西红柿 永葆肌肤年轻

At this rate, scientists will have to come up with a better description for the tomato than mere 'superfood'. While it has long been credited with cutting cholesterol and preventing some cancers, the fruit now appears to have two more healthgiving be

X-ray

A young girl was told she needed an X-ray. She went in and seemed especially nervous. When she came out of the X-ray room, she told her mother, They took a picture of my bones.Yes, dear, replied the mother. Did everything go all right?Sure, said the

经济学人224:定制宠物 只需按一下打印键

Science and technology 科学技术 Bespoke pets 定制宠物 Just press print 只需按一下打印键 It will soon be possible to design and build household animals to order 按需定制宠物很快将成为现实 I could have sworn I ordered this

2015十大新兴技术：未来会有多酷炫？

The 2015 list of the greatest emerging technologies was recently published by Bernard Meyerson, chief innovation officer of IBM and chair of the World Economic Forums Meta-Council on Emerging Technologies. 最近IBM的首席创新官兼世界经济论坛

万物简史 第213期:把铅撵出去(2)

Lead is a neurotoxin. Get too much of it and you can irreparably damage the brain and central nervous system. Among the many symptoms associated with overexposure are blindness, insomnia, kidney failure, hearing loss, cancer, palsies, and convulsions