大城市小世界 Series 1 Episode 6 - He's a pest!

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Plans for Haiti's recovery from the devastating earthquake are on the agenda at the United Nations donors' conference, March 31 in New York. Among the country's top priorities are the estimated 600,000 people who fled the capital, Port-au-Prince, for

VOA标准英语2012--Malaria Programs at Risk From Funding Cuts

Malaria Programs at Risk From Funding Cuts Ami Diabate, has brought her three children to a rural clinic to get the latest anti-malarial drugs. The aid agency Mdecins Sans Frontires - or Doctors Without Borders - is rolling out the pilot program acro

VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - A Cotton Plant Ki

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. In two thousand eight, scientists reported on a study of cotton grown in six provinces in northern China. The study involved bollworms, a major threat to cotton farmers. It also involved Bt cotton,

VOA标准英语2012--Studies Link Bee Decline to Insecticide

Studies Link Bee Decline to Insecticide Billion-dollar bees Bees pollinate the flowers that become fruits, nuts and vegetables. The work these insects do is worth about $18 billion a year to U.S. farmers. But honeybee colonies in the United States ha

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It's bad enough that mosquitoes suck our blood, and sometimes pass on disease. But there's more. They can actually give you a disease and pee on you at the same time. Adding insult to injury if you will. Jerod Denton, a pharmacologist at Vanderbilt U

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The spokesman for the Lord's Resistance Army says Congolese forces and U.N. peacekeepers in Congo Kinshasa are preparing to move against the rebel group, which has yet to sign a peace deal to end a 20-year reign-of-terror in the region. VOA Correspo

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By Zulima Palacio Washington, D.C. 15 December 2006 watch Malaria Summit report President Bush and his wife Laura hosted a White House summit on Malaria Thursday. The conference brought together health ministers from countries affected by malaria, h

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Pest Management

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Farmers know that if you reduce harmful insects and diseases in your crops, you have a chance for a better harvest. Today, many farmers and experts praise Integrated Pest Management, or IPM. IPM is

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VOA标准英语2011--Malaria Drugs Add to Bed Net Protection

New studies confirm that giving anti-malaria drugs to children who are already sleeping under insecticide-treated bed nets provides additional protection in helping control the disease. Smallpox was conquered with a single vaccine. The fight against

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Integrated Pest Management

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VOA常速英语2007年-Global Fund Says Insecticide-Treated Bed Nets R

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 27 November 2007 The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria reports nearly every family with children in Africa soon could have a bed net to protect against malaria. The Geneva-based Global Fund says it has delive

“歉意”怎么说出口？

1. Forgive me, I didn't mean to offend you. 请原谅，我不是有意惹您生气。 2. I can't tell you how sorry I am. 我真的是很抱歉。 3. I didn't mean it that way. 事情闹成这样并非我的本意。 4. Sorry to be a pest. 不好意思

Pest damage worsens in rice-producing provinces

CHANGSHA, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Pests are posing an increasing challenge for the country's major rice-producing areas amid an important harvest year, according to agricultural officials. The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) held a meeting on pest control

VOA标准英语2011--Spraying Insecticide Indoors Reduces Spr

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China adds 200 mln yuan for pest control

BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday that it has allocated an additional 200 million yuan (31.75 million U.S. dollars) in subsidies to assist in pest control efforts. The funds, together with 400 million yuan issued

如何摆脱拖延症-只需迈出第一步(3)

How to get rid of procrastination? 如何摆脱拖延症？ Just take the first step. 只需迈出第一步。 When you start to look too far into the future any task or project can seem close to impossible. And so you shut down because you become ov