2008年ESL之商务英语 23 Finding a Niche in Business

23 Finding a Niche in Business GLOSSARY at (someones) request doing something because someone asked one to do it * At your request, I am sending you a copy of the McMannon report. niche specialty; something that is well adapted for one person who can

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These aren't miniatures, they are life-size. So far, the Chinese have only dug up 10% of the site. And already thousands of warriors and some 10,000 weapons have been discovered. Look closely at the f

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Throughout their long history, the Chinese have been farmers. If you are committed to your land, you stay put and accumulate possessions--land, livestock and homes that you fill with furniture and goo

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It's a thousand times longer than any monument ever built. Started before the Birth of Christ, it was still being built when Columbus sailed to America and millions died in its making. What unspeakabl

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In the heart of a harsh winter, Meng Jiangnu(孟姜女) decided to visit her husband who had been sent to work on the construction of the wall. Bringing warm clothes for her beloved husband, she went

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It is a staggering 2,700 miles longer than the first Great Wall of the Emperor Qin. There is no wood, water or stone in the desert. But the Han managed to build a wall that has resisted 2,000 years of

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So when they left the sheltering walls of Dunhuang(敦煌), heading for the desert that local people referred to as

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And many never returned home, ending up in graveyards like this one. Large tombs for generals, small ones for the soldiers, and all of them died defending the Great Wall. But the soldiers' misery did

想聊就聊-4.02.02预定机票

UNshore travel agency.may I help you? Yes ,I'd like to make a plane reservation to Shanghai,China. Your name ,please? Jiaxiang.I'd like to leave on May fifth. Let me see what's available. Yes,Air China has a flight on May fifth.at nine fifteen in th

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The tombs all followed the same basic design, a temple in front and a walled enclosure with the underground tomb behind. Because Wanli(万历) ruled for so long, he constructed a huge tomb. And in 195

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Here on a steep slope, defensive walls rise in steps up to the watchtower. So if the enemy did make it to the top of the wall, the crucial watchtowers could be fiercely defended. The watchtowers thems

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With the Mongols expelled, the new rulers, the Ming emperors, were determined that an invasion would never happen again. And so in 1368, when Europe was being decimated by the Black Plague(黑死病, 鼠

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In summer, dried-up river valleys offered easy invasion routes for horsemen bent on sacking the rich Chinese towns of the plains. And this is why these passes were heavily fortified, even though they

英语歌曲:迈克尔.杰克逊-Off the wall

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美国习惯用语: Lesson 209 - WALL-TO-WALL / WALLFLOWER

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美国习惯用语:533 up the wall

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Choose an Idiom

Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. 1. He has to know you for a long time before he really begins to come out of his ___. a . shoe b . hell c . shed d . hole 2. I tell you I know for certain that Lisa will be promoted to man

英语歌曲:Plan B - Writing's On The Wall

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英语美文：千金一刻

A cab driver taught me a million dollar lesson in customer satisfaction and expectation. Motivational speakers charge thousands of dollars to impart this kind of training to corporate executives and staff. It cost me a $12 taxi ride. I had flown into

ESL Podcast 416 – Finding a Niche in Business

Hello, business students. Im here today at your professors request to talk to you about the importance of finding your own niche in business. Conventional wisdom says that people in business need to diversify their skill sets so that they can be the