China to spend massively on farmland improvement BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- The government will spend 37.36 billion yuan(about 5.93 billion U.S. dollars) to improve the quality of farmland this year, the Ministry of Finance said Thursday. The fund,...
California Economy Sees Improvement, Continuing Trouble The economic recession hit California hard in 2008 and 2009, and parts of its economy remain dismal. The state's unemployment rate, at almost 12 percent, is nearly three points higher than the n...
When you own a house, there is always something that needs work . I have been putting off repainting the garage and I decided that I would do it this weekend. I went to the home improvement store early in the morning to get the supplies Id need. I wa...
【今日基础词】 Improvement 【Transcript】 A: I saw a photo on internet just now; its a photo of a big family. B: There must be many people in it. A: Yeah, 150 members of Gao in De Chang county took the photo. B: How great the family is! A: I...
The United States Thursday joined European monitors in citing improvement in the conduct of Azerbaijan's presidential election, despite the huge victory margin of President Ilham Aliyev. Official figures give the incumbent leader 89 percent of the v...
One student to another: How are your English lessons coming along? Fine. I used to be the one who couldn't understand Englishmen, and now it's Englishmen who can't understand me. 一位学生对另一位说:你的英语最近学的怎么样了? 很好,我过去不懂英国人...
SCIENCE REPORT – January 31, 2002: Hubble Improvements By Paul Thompson 1993 service flight This is the VOA Special English Science Report. American space agency astronauts will soon replace much of...