常春藤生活英语【49】Murphy's Law　莫非定律

Candy signed up for a cooking class because she wanted to improve her cooking skills. After she browsed through the list, she chose a baking class. Candy had often thought that becoming a pastry chef would be fun. However, she had always been too hes

散文:Zeritsky's Law

It is often said that cats have nine lives, that they are lucky enough to escape from danger again and again. Here is a science fiction tale about how one such lucky escape by a cat led to a discovery that was able to change the course of people's l

2017年CRI Experts share insights on draft of China's e-commerce law

China has been making efforts to compile its first comprehensive law regulating the E-commerce market. A seminar, hosted by the China Consumers' Association, has been held to discuss the draft of the law and how to protect consumers' rights and inter

Pakistan's First Female Police Chief Breaking Cultural Taboos

Pakistan's First Female Police Chief Breaking Cultural Taboos Rizwana Hameed made history a month ago when she became the first female head of a male police station in Pakistans Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, or KPK, where conservative cultural and rel

VOA标准英语2012--Pentagon's Electromagnetic Gun Awaits Use

Pentagon's Electromagnetic Gun Awaits Use Marines stage a scene that has become more frequent for U.S. forces in Afghanistan. The mock protesters are harmlessly dispersed with a high-tech device. It is called the Active Denial System. Using an electr

VOA标准英语2010年-Indonesia's Anti-Pornography Law Raise

A man browses at pictures of Japanese porn star Maria Ozawa posted on a local Web site at a public Internet service in Jakarta (Sep 2009 file photo) The recent arrest of six people in Indonesia over a nightclub show is raising concerns among minority

VOA标准英语2009-India's Congress Party Starts Work on Forming a

In India, the ruling Congress Party got down to the job of choosing partners and forming a new government, a day after it beat forecasts to win a better-than-expected victory in general elections. The Congress Party-led alliance has won 261 seats in

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Rise Of Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's Son-In-Law

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美国国家公共电台 NPR How California's 'Paid Family Leave' Law Buys Time For New Parents

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英语单词大师：'Murphy's Law'

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- the story of one of life's little truths. RS: It's a law we all live under, and it goes this way: If anything can go wrong, it will. It's known as Murphy's Law. AA: Murphy was E

Revised Elderly People's Welfare Law Goes into Effect

A revised version of the elderly people's welfare law is now in effect in China. As CRI's Su Yi reports, it forces the families of elderly people to regularly visit and care for them. The revised Law for the Protection of the Rights and Interests of

2017年CRI Trump's son-in-law denies collusion with Russians

Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law, has denied that he colluded with Russians during the President's campaign. He also released an 11-page-statement prior to a closed-door hearing on Capitol Hill, giving mor

Public feedback invited on disabled law's implementation

BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature has invited the public to give feedback on the enforcement of the Law on Protection of the Disabled, in a bid to check the law's implementation. Till June 30, the public can log on www.npc.gov.cn, t

Brazil's Kuerten enters tennis Hall of Fame

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian tennis legend Gustavo Guga Kuerten received his official induction into the Hall of Fame of tennis on Thursday. The athlete received the prestigious honor in Sao Paulo by the current directors of the Hall

2015年CRI China's Revised Criminal Law Takes Effect

Under the new amendments, those convicted of abusing a child or an elderly person can face up to 3-years in prison, a move many here in China are applauding. Laws are supposed to protect the disadvantaged. Everyone will get old, and most people can h

Draft copyright law enrages China's music industry

BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese music writers are enraged over a draft amendment to the copyright law as they believe it would diminish their professional rights if passed. However, legal experts suggest the writers misunderstand the draft and

2016年CRI China's First Anti-domestic Violence Law Takes Effect

Figures from China Law Society show about one-third of Chinese families have dealt with some form of domestic violence. More than 90-percent of the reported cases involve the abuse of women, children and the elderly. One-in-four Chinese women have su

2016年CRI China's new child law boosts online baby products

Nie Hui, a 37-year-old mother living in Beijing, started going online to buy children's products eight years ago. Now she gets everything online, from daily necessities like food, to toys and clothes. The first time was when I saw a skirt on a United

CCTV9英语新闻：Draft of China's 1st charity law being discussed

To establish a more standard and transparent environment around charity donations in China and encourage involvement, the draft of the country's first charity law will be discussed during the Two Sessions. The country's first Charity Law-- a heated t

CCTV9英语新闻：Japan's new security law violates constitution

It took more than a year for the drafting, reviewing, and the final pass of the new security-related legislation in Japan. Many scholars and members of the public cast doubts on the motives of the legislation, and the legal basis of it. One Japanese