Historic Kilogram Measure to Be Replaced

For nearly 130 years, the worlds scientists have used a singular small, metal cylinder to define the exact weight of a kilogram. But that is about to change. The cylinder was made in 1889 of platinum and iridium metals. It is called the Grand K. The

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【突破英文词汇】meter, metr -- measure 度量

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第35期: arm, clear, measure, length, cotton

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第54期: measure, around, touch, spell, set off

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How do you measure your own success? 你如何衡量自己的成功？ How much satisfaction I get from doing the job and how much I contribute to the success of the organization I work for. 成功与否是以我能从工作中得到多少满足感和我

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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

每天一点英文 29 love without measure

Love without measure Freda Bright says,Only in opera do people die for love. It's true. You really can't love somebody to death. I've known people to die from no love, but I've never known anyone to be loved to death. We just can't love one another e

New System to Measure 'Value' of College Education

Each year, millions of students complete their study programs at the colleges and universities across the United States. The new graduates receive an official piece of paper from their schools. This paper is known as their degree. It states what kind

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

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2007年VOA标准英语-Measure to Change Troop Leave Blocked in US Sen

By Deborah Tate Washington 20 September 2007 Legislation to regulate U.S. troop deployment cycles in Iraq was blocked in the U.S. Senate late Wednesday by Republican opponents who argued the measure could undermine the war effort. The action was a bl

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

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 14 November 2007 On Capitol Hill, another fierce debate is underway about the war in Iraq, as the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives considers a measure to provide $50 billion in short-term funding for U.S. mi

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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

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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

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4 Ways to Measure Your Standard of Living Standard of living should not equate to amount of spending. When I sat down to write an article on the countries with the highest standard of living, I thought it would be easy. But, how do you define standar

VOA常速英语2008年-US House Approves Intelligence Measure Over Bus

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 14 March 2008 The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a Democrat-crafted foreign intelligence surveillance law that contains provisions strongly opposed by President Bush. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hi