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WWOOF: World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms

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Business Channel 2006-12-11&13

Let's start with the General Motors, because it looks like GM is looking to spiff up its car-line by importing one of its most popular European models to this side of the Atlantic. Beginning in the th

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One of the things I like most about Summer is barbecuing. As a person who cooks all the time, it's so nice to have a break from the kitchen, and to do some rapid, easy clean-up cooking on the barby. Over here, it's often the men who are in charge of

SSS 2009-11-16

It seemed like a good ideabecause rivers and ponds in Bangladesh were contaminated with bacteria, Bangladeshis switched to wells. But soon after, in the early 80s, researchers realized those wells were harming Bangladeshis with a new poisonarsenic. T

SSS 2009-11-11

This book stinks! is really a bad review. But even a classic work can start to smell when it gets old enough. Now chemists have developed a technique that identifies what kind of degradation process an old book or historical document is going through

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-07-26

1. At least three people are recovering after a series of explosions at a Dallas facility selling gas canisters . The blast sent flaming debris into the air. Authorities evacuated a half mile area surrounding the facility and shut down parts of two b

每日一词【1030】organic：有机的，绿色的

今天我们要学的词是organic。 Organic, 有机的，绿色的。 Organic product, 有机产品。近年来，美国很多消费者开始崇尚绿色、有机食品。不过，统计数字显示， Organic food accounted for only 3.5% of the fo

职业技术英语口语 第85期:环境问题 空气污染

Air pollution 空气污染 A: I've heard of ground-level ozone but can you explain what it is exactly? A:我听说近地面臭氧，但是你能确切解释一下是什么吗？ B:Yes, it's one of the main air pollutants. Factories don't emit it dire

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A sword, with the red rust on it, 一把剑，红色的锈迹斑斑， That flashed in the battle tide, 回想起，弥漫的战火硝烟， When from Lexington to Yorktown 从克星敦，再到约克镇上， Sorely men's souls were tried; 伤痛灵魂

Compound Nouns: Putting Words Together

What do these five words have in common: hotdog, fireworks, well-being, waistline, sunset and ice cream? They could all describe a fun holiday celebration. For example: My holiday was wonderful! I went to a friends party and we laughed, ate and had a

Business Channel 2006-09-29&10-02

For the second day in a row, the Dow Industrials setting record highs, a triple-digit rally sent the Dows surging past the 11,800 mark for the very first time. This is the NASDAQ Composite rose to a 5

60秒科学:Judging a Book by Its Odor

Judging a Book by Its Odor A study in the journal Analytical Chemistry identifies various organic compounds that old books give off and that can be analyzed noninvasively, offering important clues to an historic work's condition and prognosis. Steve

U.S. initial jobless claims rebound aggressively on seasonal factor

WASHINGTON, July 19 (Xinhua) -- The number of Americans initially applying for unemployment aid last week rose sharply after hitting a record low since mid-May in the previous week, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday. The figure for seasonal

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Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan being demolished

ISLAMABAD, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The living compound of the former al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden in Pakistan's northwest city of Abbottabad is being demolished, said one local media report. Local Urdu TV channel Express said that the front part of bin

ESL Podcast 373 – Ordering Food Delivery

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