VOA 商务英语 lesson12

Dialog 1: New words: alternative, convenient, and disruptive. M: Ive told Mrs. Edison she has two training options. F: what are these alternatives? M: Off site training and on-site training. F: So the quality of the training is the same, only the lo

英语笑话：English Joke - Factory Workers

Two factory workers are talking. The woman says, I can make the boss give me the day off. The man replies, And how would you do that? The woman says, Just wait and see. She then hangs upside-down from the ceiling. The boss comes in and says, What are

高级英语听力 lesson 12

American reporter Nicholas Daniloff is in Frankfurt, West Germany, on his way home from Moscow after being detained for a month on espionage charges. President Reagan in Kansas City on a campaign swing announced Daniloff's release, denying that any t

日本无惧于机器人取代人类工作

Japan Not Worried About Robots Taking Their Jobs In a factory near Tokyo, thousands of cans are filled with beer, capped, washed, and put into boxes at speeds of 1,500 cans a minute. However, there are hardly any people in sight as the cans speed thr

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服装加工业工人处境堪忧 The death toll from last week's collapse of a building housing garment factories in Bangladesh now stands at more than 600 and is expected to go higher. The disaster brings attention to the overall problems in garmen

外贸英语一点通第28期:贸易使团(3)

Visit the factory 参观生产车间 A:Our factory locates at a village in the east of the city. Thearea of it is 3,600 square meters. B:We'd like to visit the factory. Can you show me the way? A:That's OK! We'll take you to have a tour. Please follo

For American Factory Towns, Loss of Good-Paying Jobs Hurts the Most

It is easy for people in Erie, Pennsylvania to blame their citys economic problems on the loss of manufacturing jobs to China and Mexico. Many Americans, including President Donald Trump, believe that factory closures are the main issue facing aging

VOA常速英语2008年-Ohio Factory Workers to Help Decide Democratic

By Jim Fry Cleveland, Ohio 29 February 2008 Voters in the Midwestern state of Ohio are among those who go to the polls March 4 to vote in U.S. presidential primaries. The Midwest electoral battle is especially fierce among the two remaining Democrati

100 Years Later, Triangle Factory Fire Still Burns in Memory

MARIO RITTER: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Mario Ritter. This week, music from banjo-playing singer Abigail Washburn. And we answer a timely question about a tragic fire one hundred years ago that changed working con

US Labor Day Arrives Five Months Late

US Labor Day Arrives Five Months Late September 7 is Labor Day in the U.S., a national holiday that began more than 100 years ago to honor low-paid factory workers. Labor Day also informally marks the end of summer. Many children return to school aft

2007年VOA标准英语-Striking Workers Take Over Egyptian Textile Pla

By Challiss McDonough Ghazl el-Mahalla, Egypt 27 September 2007 Thousands of workers have taken control of one of Egypt's biggest state-owned textile factories in a continuing protest over pay and work conditions. Tensions are mounting as the strike

VOA标准英语2012--Manufacturer Adapts Factory Plant for Disabled Workers

Manufacturer Adapts Factory Plant for Disabled Workers The sewing machines at the Peckham factory in Lansing, Michigan, churn out 300,000 garments a month for the American military, from long underwear to fleece jackets. About 1,200 employees work tw

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Janesville' Looks At A Factory Town After The Factory Shuts Down

RAY SUAREZ, HOST: All eyes turn to the Rust Belt where three states that voted for Democratic candidates since the 1980s helped Donald Trump win the election. Wisconsin hadn't given its electoral votes to a Republican since 1984. It was key to Trump'

韩国人员从开城工业园区撤回

The top South Korean official charged with handling North-South relations says the time has come for South Korean workers still at the shuttered Kaesong factory zone to return home. Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae said Friday that the government h

ESL Podcast 252 – A Workers Strike

Masako: I think we should strike. We need to force management to listen to our grievances. Salvador: Hold on. I think youre being too hasty. Its up to our union to call a strike, not the workers. Masako: Im not suggesting a formal strike, but we coul

与美国小学生一起学英文第2册 第18期:工厂

Factory 工厂 There are workers, machines and goods in a factory. 工厂里有工人、机器和商品。 Workers manufacture goods by using machines. 工人们用机器生产商品。 The first factory in history was built in China. 历史上第一家

如何地道表达“冷死了”？

1. It's freezing/chillyout there! 外面冷死了! 2. It's a bit nippytoday, but I will still run my usual distance。 虽然今天有点冷，但我还是会坚持和往常跑一样远的。 3. There is a real nip in the airtoday。 今天寒气袭人

新西兰英语 115 Workers lose their jobs

Each week now we hear of more workers who are losing their jobs. This week, Sealord will lay off 180 workers from their Nelson fish processing factory but they will employ another 50 on the fishing boats. These days it is cheaper to process fish on t

Indonesian Laborers Demand Bigger Share of Profits

Thousands of protesters marched through the Indonesian capital Tuesday demanding better working conditions to mark international Labor Day. While increasingly frequent strikes have revealed discontent within the labor force, analysts say Indonesia is

新西兰英语 445 Job losses

Financial problems in the Yarrows bakery factory mean that 41 workers will lose their jobs and another 192 workers are worried about the future. Yarrows in an unusual factory. It was started by husband and wife, Alf and Grace Yarrows, in 1923 and has