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

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(31) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(三月)

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,

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(22) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年VOA慢速英语(五)月

A: What can I do for you? B: I need a passport. A: You can apply for one here. B: When can I do that? A: If you like, you can apply right now. B: That would be great. A: Im going to need you to complete this application. B: What else do I have to do?

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语情景对话-图书馆

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

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年Scientific American(十二)月

To Fight Malaria, Bed Nets Are the Most Important Weapon 蚊帐成为抗疟疾最重要的武器 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. United Nations researchers are reporting progress in the fight against the disease malari

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(37) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

Spraying Insecticide Indoors Reduces Spread of Malaria Researchers in West Africa have shown that spraying insecticide indoors can dramatically reduce malaria transmission. Efforts to develop a malaria vaccine have so far been disappointing, so progr

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(十月)