A: How are you? B: I'm fine. How can I help you? A: I need to get a haircut, so can I schedule an appointment? B: What day would you like to make the appointment? A: I was thinking Saturday. B: All right. Let me check to see if we have any openings t

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(169) / 评论(0) 分类 英语情景对话-日常生活

By Tendai Maphosa London 30 April 2007 The third-annual Palestinian Film Festival is underway in London. For VOA Tendai Maphosa speaks to one of the participating directors who says even under extreme conditions, people get on with life. The two-week

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(113) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(四月)

By Paula Wolfson New York 20 September 2006 President Bush (R) meets with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas in New York, Sept 20, 2006 President Bush has reaffirmed his support for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, calling him a man of peace. Th

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 23 January 2007 Palestinian girl, shows wedding picture of her father Adnan Abdullah at her apartment inBaghdad's eastern Baladiat district, after the arrest of her father and uncles by Iraqi police (File photo - 26 March 2006)

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 25 January 2007 A week before the Bush administration tries to revive stalled Middle East peace talks, Israeli and Palestinian politicians pledged new efforts Thursday to secure a breakthrough during a high-level conference in D

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, speaks with US Mideast envoy George Mitchell during their meeting at Abbas' office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, 10 Aug 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama's point man in the Middle East is on a new peace

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(八)月

Palestinians in East Jerusalem are protesting what they say are preparations by Israel to demolish scores of Arab homes. The Arab residents accuse the Israelis of trying to push them out of Jerusalem, which both Israel and the Palestinians claim as

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Republicans are smoothing out the details of their tax overhaul legislation. They're hoping for final passage this month. They say the changes will lead to more jobs, more investment. Most economists, though, are questioning

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Books and Arts; Book Review; Culture on television; The cruellest cut; 文艺;书评;电视上的艺术;最粗鲁的裁汰; The South Bank Show: Final Cut. By Melvyn Bragg. 《南岸秀:最终裁汰》Melvyn Bragg著。 The South Bank Show

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Books and Arts; Book Review;Joseph Heller and his fiction;The first cut is the deepest; 文艺;书评;约瑟夫海勒和他的小说;一刀见血; Just One Catch: A Biography of Joseph Heller. By Tracy Daugherty. 《只有一条军规:约瑟夫

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By Kurt Achin Kyoto 07 May 2007 ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda answers to questions during a press conference, at Kyoto International Conference Center, 07 May 2007 The chief of the Asian Development Bank says the organization will not sacrifice its e

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(149) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(五月)

今天我们要学的词是cut-throat。 Cut-throat, 残酷无情的。 Cut-throat competition, 残酷无情的竞争。 Professional football is a cut-throat sport, 职业足球是一项竞争异常激烈的运动。 The cell phone maker declared ba

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HELSINKI, Nov.23 (Xinhua) -- Nokia Siemens Networks is planning to cut its workforce by 17,000 worldwide by the end of 2013, the company said in a statement on Wednesday in Espoo, Finland. The company said the measures are part of an extensive global

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 17 March 2007 The new Palestinian national unity government has been sworn in, after it was overwhelmingly approved by parliament Saturday. The ruling Islamic militant group Hamas now begins to share power with the rival an

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(三月)

LOS ANGELES, April 6 (Xinhua) -- The number of award categories(种类) will be reduced from 109 to 78 for next year's Grammy Awards, a move intended to streamline the ceremony, it was announced on Wednesday. The reduction will not affect top categor

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Experts tracking the economic impact of Hurricane Sandy say storm damage could cut U.S. economic growth three-tenths of one percent in the last few months of this year. Gregory Daco, of IHS Global Insight said rebuilding activity probably will keep t

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

By Luis Ramirez Jerusalem 01 November 2009 Palestinian leaders are voicing frustration after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised Israel for making what she said are unprecedented concessions in efforts to restart peace negotiations. Isra

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(十一月)

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 10 December 2006 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is threatening to call early elections Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to end an impasse with the ruling Islamic militant group, Hamas. As Robert Berger reports from

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(195) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(十二月)

A major financial services company says that Italy faces a significant chance of having its credit rating cut soon, but that it has no plans to downgrade France's top credit standing. Fitch Ratings said Tuesday it is confident that the 17-nation Euro

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Local governments have also taken up the responsibility of caring for them. Children are meant to grow up with the warmth of a parent's embrace. But for some, it's been a lonely childhood as their parents leave for cities in search of higher-paying j

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