In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired to build a spectacular[壮观的] bridge connecting New York with Long Island. However bridge-building experts throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told Roebling

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 英文故事剧

Little girls are made of sugar and spice and, according to a study published in the journal Cell, a fierce determination to maintain their girlishness. Because it seems that a single gene keeps their ovaries from turning into testes. Scientists have

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(十二)月

Today's podcast is going to test your knowledge of ethanol. What is it? How is it made? And what are the advantages and disadvantages of using it? I asked myself these questions recently, when I drove past a gas station that had a sign saying 'No eth

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(31) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

Alternative Fuel Ethanol Hits a Wall 替代燃料乙醇遭遇难题/撞墙 When U.S. drivers fill their tanks with ethanol, they are essentially buying fermented corn grown by American farmers. A 2007 law requires gasoline makers to add increasing am

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By Greg Flakus Houston 16 October 2007 In recent months food costs in the United States have gone up by well over six percent and some economists see government-mandated use of bio-fuels as a key reason. But, as VOA's Greg Flakus reports from Houston

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By Jeffrey Young Washington 16 October 2007 U.S. farmers have gone through many cycles of boom and bust. But as VOA's Jeffrey Young reports, prospects for American agriculture are looking up, thanks to rising crop prices and land values, especially i

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