SPEAKING EFFECTIVE AMERICAN ENGLISH

There are six characteristics of speech, all of which are vital to speak effectively. In this section we'll look at each of them separately. These speech characteristics are basically important to you

THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE

BY STEPHEN R .COVEEY The first habit is 1)proactivity. Be proactive. The word proactivity is fairly common in management literature, but you won't find it in the dictionary. It means more than merely

2007年VOA标准英语-Hypnosis - Effective Pain Reliever for Breast C

By Melinda Smith Washington 31 August 2007 Centuries ago doctors used hypnosis to help relieve the excruciating pain of surgery. It then fell out of favor with the introduction of anesthesia. Now as VOA's Melinda Smith reports, new studies show a hos

美国习惯用语:820 last-ditch effort

我昨天晚上特别倒霉，不小心一屁股坐在了自己的眼镜上，把鼻梁架坐断了。我先是用万能胶粘，不管用，又用胶纸粘，也不管用。我老公说可以试试，看能不能焊上，如果还是不管用的话，

剑桥雅思六阅读Test4同义词替换

1. drug company=pharmaceutical company 医药公司n. 2. promotion=marketing 营销n. 3. increase=escalate=rise=go up=grow 上升v. 4. research=study=survey=investigation 研究n. 5. work=be an effective way=be useful=help=achieve=succeed=have an eff

办公室英语口语第109期:criticizing a lack of effort 批

Criticizing a lack of effort A: Allan, I am really disappointed by your lack of effort on this project. B: Look, Sally. Ive put just as much work into this as anybody else. A: No, Im sorry. I disagree. I dont think youve been working at full speed at

2007年VOA标准英语-Gates Says NATO Effective in Afghanistan, Even

By Al Pessin Brussels 13 June 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the NATO alliance has demonstrated that it can be effective in Afghanistan in spite of continuing shortfalls in the number of troops member-nations are providing. VOA's Al Pe

VOA标准英语2008年-Triple-Drug Therapy Found Most Effective Agains

By Jessica Berman Washington 14 May 2008 Researchers have determined that commonly prescribed triple-drug combination therapies that use old antiviral drugs are the most effective for suppressing the deadly virus that causes AIDS. The findings have m

2007年VOA标准英语-Recovery Effort Continues at Collapsed Minneapo

By Greg Flakus Houston 02 August 2007 Officials in Minneapolis are preparing for more sad news as recovery efforts go forward on the Mississippi River, where a major bridge collapsed Wednesday. There are only four confirmed deaths from the incident,

2007年VOA标准英语-Blair in Middle East in Effort to Reactivate Pe

By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 23 July 2007 Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the new Mideast peace envoy has begun a two-day trip to the Middle East. VOA's Jim Teeple has details from our Jerusalem bureau. New Quartet Mideast Envoy and Former Briti

美国国家公共电台 NPR Peter Singer: How Can We Be More Effective Altruists?

GUY RAZ, HOST: I want to ask you about this really famous Talmudic notion - actually, it might be that in the Quran as well - but this idea that, you know, if you save a single life, then you have saved all of humanity. You know that one? PETER SINGE

DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Effort to End Polio by 2005 Continues

DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Effort to End Polio by 2005 Continues By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, January 26, 2004 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Ending polio before the end of this year

2007年VOA标准英语-US Envoy Warns More Work Ahead in Effort to End

By Kate Pound Dawson Hong Kong 15 July 2007 North Korea says it has shut down its main nuclear reactor, more than four years after the facility was re-opened. As VOA's Kate Pound Dawson reports from our Asia News Center, a top U.S. diplomat says that

有效的睡眠疗法

Sleep well, sleep better If sleep has plunged to the bottom of your to-do list, you're not alone. Although the National Sleep Foundation recommends getting seven to nine hours of sleep a night, the average American logs only six hours and 40 minutes.

VOA常速英语2007-UN Calls for Renewed Effort to End Hunger

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 16 October 2007 The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization is calling for a renewed commitment to guarantee the right to food for the 850 million hungry people in the world. A ceremony was held at FAO headquarters in Rome

VOA标准英语2010年-Renewed Effort Underway to Eradicate P

A child being vaccinated against polio A new effort is underway to vaccinate people in the four countries where polio outbreaks still occur. If this effort is successful, polio could be eradicated worldwide. Derek Henkle met the 88-year-old Australia

学个词Learn a Word 第1428期　in an effort to

今天我们要学的词是in an effort to。 In an effort to, 意思是为某种结果而做的努力。南北苏丹就石油分配问题僵持不下。 Presidents from the two countries will meet in Ethiopia's capital this week in an effort to reso

Are You Lifehacking Too Much?

Are You Lifehacking Too Much? Nick Cernis of Put Things Off recently declared that productivity is dead. He said that our obsession with productivity is getting in the way of our lives. Nick started out by saying that the productivity industry is out

雅思范文—如何对待罪犯

题目：Should criminals be sent to a jail or let them do something else as punishment instead of sending into a jail? Why and give your reasons. 范文：There has long been controversy concerning the objectives of the justice system. Sending crimi

音乐咖啡厅:The Weepies - Add My Effort

Well I know that life is hard, you make it all right And I know how dark you get late in the night I'm gonna add my effort to you I'm gonna add my effort to you Try and love you You feel wronged by everything that hasn't been right Why can't we sit a