Book Sheds Light on Black Elite in 19th Century New York

While many Americans are familiar with black slavery in the South during the 19th Century and its role in igniting the nation's great Civil War, less attention has been paid to the black experience in northern cities such as New York, where so-called

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新标准初中英语八年级(下):UNIT1 Healthy food

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Fallacies about Food

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Drying Food

Broadcast: Jan 21, 2003 By Gary Garriott Drying food is a simple, low-cost way to keep food safe for eating. Drying removes water that small organisms use to break down food into other substances. Som

新西兰英语 221 Indoor Dairy Farms

Three companies want to build big dairy farms in the centre of the South Island called the Mackenzie Country. This is a beautiful part of New Zealand with lakes and mountains. It is near Mt Cook, Lake Tekapo, Lake Pukaki and Lake Ohau. If you drive t

2006年VOA标准英语-Video Sheds Little Light on Mystery of Uzbek Ma

By Gary Thomas Washington 23 June 2006 Videotape has surfaced in the West of the hours leading up to a reported massacre in the town of Andijon in Uzbekistan just over one year ago. Human rights groups have said the Uzbek government indiscriminately

不能不知道的英语感叹词

感叹词是用来表示说话时表达的喜怒哀乐等情感的词。它不构成后面句子的一个语法成分，却在意义上与它有关连，后面的句子一般说明这种情绪的性质、原因。感叹词是英语口语中最富于表

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VOA标准英语10月-Asian Shares Fall Again as Japanese Market Sheds

Asian share prices have fallen for a third day as investors feared a global recession would badly hit company earnings. Japan's Nikkei index closed at a five-and-a-half year low, down 9.6 percent after the country's electronics giant Sony halved its

VOA标准英语2010年-Brain Study Sheds Light on Language Us

Researchers say a study on the brain is shedding light on how humans process language. The research, conducted in San Diego, Boston and New York, is helping scientists understand an important part of the brain known as Broca's area. Denise Harris, 39

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Morning Star' Opera Sheds New Light On Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Of 1911

SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: Today marks the anniversary of the deadliest industrial disaster in New York City history. In 1911, 146 garment workers - most of them immigrants - lost their lives in a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. The fire devastat

音乐咖啡厅:Realize(Colbie Caillat)

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酒足饭饱后的“food coma”

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food from Japan to be tested for radiation

NEW DELHI, March 16 (Xinhua) -- The Indian government has ordered food originating from（发源于） Japan to be tested for radiation in the wake of explosions at a Japanese nuclear plant following a devastating earthquake-tsunami last Friday, repo

Nearly 6 million children in U.S. have food allergy

LOS ANGELES, June 20 (Xinhua) -- About 8 percent of children, or nearly 6 million in the U.S., have a food allergy, a much higher rate than previously estimated, a new study suggests. Not only is this estimate higher than some previous research has r

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Ghana, Brazil Leaders Share World Food Prize

The world's top honor in food and agriculture this year goes to two former presidents who led dramatic reductions in hunger and poverty in their countries in the past decade. Ghana's President John Agyekum Kufuor and Brazilian President Luis Inacio L

Food poisoning claims 10 lives in Nigeria

KATSINA, Nigeria May 31 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 secondary school teachers are reported to have died of food poisoning, and several others hospitalized in northern Nigeria's Katsina State, the News Agency of Nigeria reported on Tuesday. The incident o

听播客学英语 120 Rhubarb

In this podcast, we are going to meet some words about food some very English sorts of food. Look out for these words rhubarb, pie, crumble, chutney, custard. A lot of people who visit England think that English food is very strange. A lot of English