英语入门对话：56 Speaking Hypothetically

What would you do if . . . Suppose . . . Imagine . . . Present Hypothetical If I were rich, I would buy a bigger house. If I had a bigger house, I would invite my friends over. Past Hypothetical If Jack had been there, he could have prevented the inc

法律英语就该这么说 第74期:在刑事案件中控方必须毫无疑义地确认被告犯了罪

必背句型: A:What does the prosecution do in a criminal case? 在刑事案件中控方要做什么？ B:The prosecution in a criminal case has to establish beyond reasonable doubt that the accused committed the crime. 在刑事案件中，控方必须

2008年ESL之人际交往 15 Waiting for a Man or Woman to Call

26 Renting an Apartment GLOSSARY apartment manager a person whose job is to take care of problems in an apartment building, collect the rent, and find peopleto live in the building * When our toilet stopped working, we called the apartment manager. v

4.3 Two drops of oil 两滴油

A merchant sent his son to learn the Secret of Happiness from the wisest of men. The young man wandered through the desert for forty days until he reached a beautiful castle at the top of a mountain. There lived the sage that the young man was lookin

美国有线新闻 CNN 2012-12-14

Hey, Im Anderson Cooper. Welcome to the podcast. Claims of Americans given the U.N. power to told you how to raise your kids, but where the evidence. Keep Them Honest. We begin tonight as we do every night Keeping Them Honest. Trying to look for fact

The Oil Painting

An elderly woman decided to have her portrait painted. She told the the artist.... .....Paint me with diamond earrings, a diamond necklace, emerald bracelets(绿宝石手镯）, a ruby（红宝石） broach, and gold Rolex（劳力士手表）. But y

VOA标准英语2008年-US Oil Companies Finding More Oil in Old Fields

The price of oil has dropped around 20 percent in recent weeks, but remains more than double what it was just a couple of years ago. The high price has given oil companies the incentive to revisit old fields long ago abandoned as unprofitable. As VO

VOA标准英语2010年-308,529,148....Give or Take a Few

Very shortly, the decennial - meaning every-10th-year - census of the nation's population, which is mandated by the U.S. Constitution, will get underway. And there's a lot more to it than just trying to count the number of Americans. The population k

美语听力 English Cafe 40

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Oil Conference Discusses Price, Higher Demand

More than 2,000 representatives of world oil and gas companies, academics and industry experts are in Houston this week for the 30th annual conference(会议) sponsored by Cambridge Energy Research Associates, or IHS-CERA. With prices rising, partly

BP discovers new oil in Gulf of Mexico

HOUSTON, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- British oil giant BP announced Wednesday it had a major oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico. An appraisal well the company drilled in a previously untested northern segment of the Mad Dog field in the Gulf of Mexico found

Iran denies crude oil to Greece: local media

TEHRAN, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Iran has refused to deliver oil to Greece in Persian Gulf, the local Fars news agency reported on Sunday. The Islamic republic refused to deliver a shipment of 500,000 barrels of crude oil to one of the refineries in Greec

Saudis Set to Boost Oil Production

Saudi Arabia is signaling that it is going to boost its supply of oil on its own after failing to convince other oil producers to jointly agree to more production. Several news agencies reported Saturday that the Saudis could increase their oil produ

CCTV9英语新闻：SAFE: Capital outflow pressure eases in Feb.

Fresh data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange shows that China's net capital outflow continued to narrow in February. The agency reports that Chinese lenders recorded a net sale of 33.9 billion U.S. dollars, marking an eighth straight

TED演讲：你为何不会成就伟业(5)

I have a friend, proposed to his sweetie. He was an economically rational person. 我有个朋友，向他女友求婚。他是个会过日子的人。 He said to his sweetie, Let us marry. Let us merge our interests. 他对他女友说，咱们结婚吧

专业术语-财务英语词汇O12

每天十句商务口语

1 Let me give you an indication. 我可以提示一个想法。 2 Please remember this is not to be taken as final. 请记得这不是最后的回答。 3 Let's imagine a hypothetical case where we disagree. 让我们假设一个我们不同意的状况

Oil rises on tighter supply outlook

NEW YORK, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Crude prices rose on Friday as supplies tended to be tight on new Iran sanctions and production problems in North Sea. There was news on Thursday saying that the Obama administration expanded sanctions on Iran, in an eff

英语听力文摘 English Digest 167、Don’t Try This at Home!

Dont Try This at Home! Heres a hypothetical scenario that is to remain hypothetical. In other words, dont do this. Okay. Youre cruising along a desert highway in your souped-up roadster, leaving the roadrunners in the dust. Unfortunately, you are not

Obama Leads Romney in Hypothetical Matchup

A new poll indicates U.S. President Barack Obama would beat Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney in a hypothetical election matchup. The ABC News-Washington Post survey shows President Obama ahead 51 percent to 45 percent among registered