BEP 177–Presentations: Making an Impact (Part 1)

This is the first in a two-part Business English Pod series about adding impact to your presentations. Weve all sat through boring presentations before. And weve all worried during our own presentations that others might be feeling that way. So what

BEP 178–Presentations: Making an Impact (Part 2)

This is the second in a two-part usiness English Pod series about adding impact to your presentations. Nobody likes a long and boring presentation. In fact, a long and boring presentation can do a lot of damage. People might actually feel less convin

访谈录 2009-08-04&08-07 “英国达人”苏珊•波伊尔

Though she was discovered on Britain's Got Talent, Susan Boyle is reportedly launching a professional music career here in the US. According to London's Daily Mirror, Susan Boyle would not only release her first album in the United States, but she wi

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饶舌:Daddy Yankee - Impacto (Remix)

歌曲 ： Impacto (Remix) 艺人 ： Daddy Yankee Feat. Fergie 音乐星级 ： ★★★★ 所属专辑 ： El Cartel: The Big Boss 发行年代 ： 2007 风格 ： Reggae 相关介绍： Daddy Yankee原名Raymond Ayala，1977年2月3日出生在波多黎各，2000年与大牌DJ Playero合作出版首

The Many Reasons for the Word 'The'

The 1995 film Dead Man has a strange opening scene. Actor Johnny Depp is sitting on a train. A man sits down across from Depps character, and speaks to him: Look out the window. And doesn't this remind you of when you were in the boat, and then later

TED演讲:修饰语滥用对写作的危害(2)

Having robbed the bank in record time, it was possible to make off with the town's chocolate rabbit as well. 在飞速洗劫了银行之后，还能偷走镇上的巧克力兔子。 The modifying phrase in this sentence seems unrelated to anything el

2018年CRI Environmental impact of sunken Iranian oil tanker minimal: experts

Chinese authorities are suggesting the environmental impact from the sinking of an Iranian oil tanker off China's east coast this week is likely to be minimal, despite the massive blaze which engulfed the Sanchi for over a week before it went down. T

英语语法：73 Modifying Phrases

Grammar Girl here. Today, guest-writer Bonnie Trenga helps us understand modifiers that come at the beginning of a sentence. Bonnie says, As a guest-writer, I plan to talk about two kinds of troublesome modifiers that begin a sentence. Like many of y

英语语法：89 Stacked Modifiers

Todays episode concerns a what-you-may-have-been-wondering-about topic. That sure was a mouthful, and it illustrates the problem of stacked modifiers, which occurs when you string together too many words to describe a noun at the end of the mouthful.

英语语法：88 Splitting Verbs

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is how a verb and an adverb messed up the inauguration. I took a break from work Tuesday to watch Barack Obama's inauguration, and like millions of other people, I saw a bit of confusion between Chief Justice John Rob

英语语法：50 Funny Misplaced Modifiers

Grammar Girl here. Today guest-writer Bonnie Trenga is going to help us take a break from serious grammar and instead delve into the world of comedysome intentional, some not. Groucho Marx said it best: One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. H

CNN 2010-06-14

Hi, I am Jewel, and together we can make an impact for clean water, I was homeless for a year when I was 18 years old, and I had bad kidneys and I had to drink a gallon of clean water a day and I couldn't afford it. And I thought if were in America,

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Several leading economic experts say the turmoil on Wall Street is caused by a crisis of confidence and that it is likely to have a significant impact on the overall economy and ordinary people across the world. VOA Correspondent Cindy Saine reports

每日一词【213】impact：影响、作用

今天我们要学的词儿是impact。 Impact是影响、作用的意思。美国总统布什宣布对苏丹政府实施新的制裁。美国官员说，The sanctions will have a serious impact. 意思是制裁会产生重大影响。发展旅游业的

VOA常速英语2008年-Variety of Issues Impact Year-Old Ivorian Peace

By Nico Colombant Dakar 04 March 2008 Former warring sides in divided Ivory Coast are talking about more delays, one year after the latest power-sharing peace deal was signed in Burkina Faso. Repeatedly delayed elections have been scheduled for June,

VOA常速英语2008年-Economic Impact of Election Violence on Display

By Cathy Majtenyi Kisumu, Kenya 04 March 2008 In Kenya, post-election violence has killed more than 1,000 people and displaced 600,000 others. The mayhem has had a major impact on the country's economy which has been one of Africa's strongest. Busine

英语歌曲:布鲁斯 Daddy Yankee - Impacto (Remix)

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学个词Learn a Word 第213期 impact

今天我们要学的词儿是impact。 Impact是影响、作用的意思。美国总统布什宣布对苏丹政府实施新的制裁。美国官员说，The sanctions will have a serious impact. 意思是制裁会产生重大影响。发展旅游业的

Scientists to research on noise impact to marine life

PARIS, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Marine scientists and representatives from the private sector and military establishments would meet at UNESCO at the end of this month to measure noise's impact on marine life, the Paris-based UN scientific branch UNESCO s