Chocolate's Story Older Than Once Thought Humans may have been enjoying cacao, the substance used to make chocolate, for much longer than experts had thought. Researchers at the University of British Columbia in Canada have found that humans grew cac

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(163) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

Voice 1 Thank you for joining us for todays Spotlight program. Im Liz Waid. Voice 2 And Im Joshua Leo. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Do

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 环球英语 Spotlight

World Chocolate Day must be one of the best holidays in the world. Its such a great idea. It could be the most celebrated holiday in the world. Everyone loves chocolate. It is probably the most popular food ever. It is also probably the most popular

发表于:2018-12-29 / 阅读(32) / 评论(0) 分类 英语课程学习计划和讲义

Chocolate lovers around the world take note: two separate groups of scientists have unraveled the genetic code of your favorite sweet. It's good news for the millions of small farmers in Africa, Asia and Latin America whose livelihoods depend on the

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(33) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(九)月

BOB DOUGHTY: I'm Bob Doughty. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And I'm Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we travel around the world exploring the history of chocolate. Its story begins with a plant whose scientific name, Theobroma cac

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年慢速英语(二)月

Im Bill Mclaughlin, and Im the creator of plants here the United States Botanic Garden. What we are looking at today is our chocolate tree or cacao tree. The scientific name for this is Theobroma Cacao, and Theobroma is Greek, Theo- is for God and Br

发表于:2019-03-11 / 阅读(1589) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2019年(二月)