Strikes Hit South Africa 罢工伤及南非 South Africa's gold miners and municipal workers are out on strike following a deadlock with their employers on wage talks. The strike in the gold mining in

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2005(下)--全球经济要闻

Along the rails, there is kind of an empty feeling. But in the stations, the atmosphere is more one of confusion and frustration. An estimated 20 million passengers ride French public transportation each day, and while some trains, buses and subways

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2007年

AS IT IS 2015-09-29 Kenyan Court Orders Teachers Back to School 肯尼亚法院命令老师结束罢工返回学校 A court in Kenya ruled Friday that the country's public school teachers must return to the classroom this week. 周五,肯尼亚一座

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年VOA慢速英语(九)月

Tens of Thousands of Nigerians took to the streets for a third straight day Wednesday in the main commercial city of Lagos and the capital, Abuja, to protest soaring fuel costs, sparked by a government move to end a popular fuel subsidy. 抗议政府取

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2012年1月

C: what's wrong with you? Why do you look so sad? J: I've lost all my files from the computer. It's a total disaster. C: How did that happen? J: three days ago, my laptop went on strike. I couldn't enter the Windows system. As I was about to give it

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 和老外聊天地道口语

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发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(116) / 评论(0) 分类 英伦广角

Lufthansa has canceled 876 flights scheduled for last Wednesday because of a planned strike by the German airline's pilots. 日前,德国汉莎航空公司因飞行员计划罢工而取消了原定上周三起降的876趟航班。 The airline said

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Zoe Barnes, Twitter, blogs, 佐伊巴恩斯,推特,博客 enriched media, 泛滥的媒体 they're all surface. 这些都太肤浅了 They're fads. 不过是昙花一现 They aren't the foundation this paper was built on, 这些既不是这份报纸

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LIMA, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Air traffic controllers in Peru started Wednesday a 72-hour strike demanding wage increase, better working conditions and a reduction of work hours. The strike in air traffic control and related services is partially affecti

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LONDON, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Subway workers in London are planning to stage five days of strike in late April and early May against ticket office closures and job losses, Britain's National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) announce

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环卫工人罢工导致里约热内卢垃圾危机 RIO DE JANEIRO, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Rio, Brazil's second-largest city, has been facing a trash crisis following days of sanitation workers' strike. The city-wide strike, which began last Saturday am

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

今天我们要学的词是walk out。 To walk out, 有退场和罢工的意思。In Copenhagen, representatives from some developing countries walked out on climate negotiations on Monday, 一些发展中国家的谈判代表星期一退出了哥本哈

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RIO DE JANEIRO, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Bus drivers in Rio de Janeiro, one of 12 cities hosting the upcoming 2014 Brazil World Cup, on Tuesday started a 48-hour strike, demanding higher pay and thrusting the country's second-largest city into chaos as com

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One of my friends keeps talking about leaving his wife. The two of them are great together when they're good. But they stink when they're bad. 我有一个朋友一直在说要离开他的妻子。这对夫妻好的时候如胶似漆,不好的时候相

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Thousands of Teachers Strike in Los Angeles Tens of thousands of teachers went on strike Monday in Los Angeles, California. 加州洛杉矶市数万名教师周一继续罢工。 The teachers acted after contract negotiations failed. 这些教师在合

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 2019年VOA慢速英语(一)月

Up to 70,000 South African construction workers are expected to go on strike Wednesday in a move that will threaten timely completion of stadiums being readied for the FIFA 2010 World Cup. 多达7万名南非建筑工人预计星期三举行罢工。这

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年7月

With so many of us juggling work, children and social lives, its perhaps no wonder that the average amount of sleep were getting has declined in recent years. 许多人每天都忙于生计、教育子女、社交应酬,不难相信,近年来人们

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

本期内容: Doctors in the National Health Service in England voted to strike over a new contract which will cut overtime payments for unsocial hours.The 37,000 junior doctors (many of them experienced) may now offer emergency care only on Decemb

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 夏说英语新闻晨读

If you only got six hours' shut eye last night, there is no need to lose sleep over it. 如果昨天晚上你睡够了六个小时,那么你真的没有必要再继续睡下去了。 Scientists say that despite the widely held belief that we need e

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

The 10,000-Hour Rule says that you need approximately 10,000 hours of practice to become a world-class expert in a field. There is no other way: if you want to be a world-class expert in your field, you must do your 10,000 hours of practice. 一万小时

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