The Meatland Packing Company is a cattle slaughterhouse in southern California. Because of rumors that workers were mistreating animals, a member of the Humane Society managed to visit the slaughterhouse one day. With his video camera, he secretly fi...
The federal government, displaying even less sense than usual, has yielded to the French fry industry. Frozen French friessliced, fried in oil, and then packagedare now approved as fresh vegetables by the US Department of Agriculture. The French fry...
She was a fast eater. She liked to eat fast. She ate like a wolf. I am like a wolf, she said. He was a slow eater. He liked to eat slow. He ate like a turtle. You are like a turtle, she said. She didnt talk at the dinner table. All she did was eat. H...
Sandra picked up the bag of peanuts. It was a bag of roasted peanuts. She opened the bag. She poured out some roasted peanuts onto the table. There were about eight peanuts on the table. The peanuts were still in their shells. Each peanut was in its...
Jenna was at the airport. She was waiting for her plane. Her plane would leave at 7 p.m. It was only 2 p.m. She had time to eat. She had time to study. She went to the airport restaurant. The restaurant was on the third floor. The restaurant was full...
VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the reporter and food expert Michael Pollan. Mister Pollan is a professor of journalism at the University of California, Berke...
【1+1英文】 Angela: "I can't believe you sold him your motorcycle for so much money!" Andy: "Hey, it's a dog-eat-dog world." 【1+1中文】 安吉拉:我简直不敢相信你以那么高的价钱...
Eating a crow,难道有人喜欢吃乌鸦肉?据说乌鸦肉是很难吃的,因为乌鸦是饮食不清爽的食肉动物,可是照这个逻辑,素食主义者的肉应该很鲜美了? 其实...
HEALTH REPORT – December 18, 2002: Eating Nuts Prevents Diabetes By Jerilyn Watson This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study shows that eating nuts and peanut butter may help preven...
Grasp the 1) cone with the right hand firmly but gently between thumb and at least one but not more than three fingers, two-thirds of the way up the cone. Then 2) dart swiftly away to an open area, aw...