Mining giant BHP Billiton is cutting more than 3,000 jobs in Australia and will close a major nickel mine, because of poor profitability prospects. 由于赢利前景不佳,矿业巨头必和必拓在澳大利亚裁减3千份工作,并将关闭一个

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年1月

Dealing with Crises Teresa: Hey, where are you going? We have a meeting in 10 minutes. Adrian: Im sorry. Im going to have to postpone. Im in the middle of putting out fires and Ive had to clear my schedule to deal with the latest crisis. Teresa: Can

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情景对话: Manny: I had my fifth birthday in a break room of a Der Wienerschnitzel, but good for Buster. Jay: Why are you so cranky? 知识点讲解: Cranky 生气,不高兴 I'm sorry if I seem a little cranky. I didn't have my coffee this m

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 每天三分钟学英语

今天我们要学的词组是on the table。 Table是桌子, on the table是一个习惯用语, 意思是摆在桌面上,提交讨论。美国戴姆勒克莱斯勒汽车公司因为连年亏损而宣布裁员, 并决定让一个卡车制造厂

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What do you see as the most difficult task in being a manager? 作为管理者,你认为最困难的工作是什么? When I have to let people go,who have made contributions and hae been loyal to the company over the years,due to downsizing or

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Well known businesses across the United States are facing hard decisions about keeping their stores open. Experts say Americans are changing the way they buy clothing and other products. They say people are making more purchases over the Internet and

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好不容易终于把学校的一堆事给忙完了! 从期末考, 期末报告, 搬家, 出席学术会议, 写新的研究计划, 吃饭, 睡觉, 笨霖把这些事全部在不可思议的二个礼拜

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Huawei, the Chinese telecoms group, is expanding in the beleaguered PC market, undeterred by slumping sales and the demise of smaller participants. 中国电信设备制造商华为(Huawei)正在低迷的个人电脑(PC)市场寻求扩张,没有被

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

上次我们学了几个由down这个词组成的习惯用语。今天再要讲的几个习惯说法也包括down, 而且还都是复合词。 Down这个词最基本的意思是向下或者降低。 今天要学的第一个习惯说法是:downplay。

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Asian tycoon Li Ka-shing is assembling a bid for a majority stake in the gas distribution business of National Grid, the UK electricity network operator, bringing an experienced UK infrastructure investor to the auction that is expected to value the

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Signs Indicate Europe Economic Crisis May Be Ending 欧洲经济危机可能结束 Industrial production in Europe is starting to come back. That means more jobs and more money that workers and their families can spend. Over time, that means more eco

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2006职称英语考试模全真拟试题综合类B级(一) 第一部分:词汇选择(第1-15题,每题1分,共15分) 下面共有15句子,每个句子均有一个词或短语划有底横

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A Chinese home-appliance maker is looking to clinch its second big overseas takeover in two months with an offer for Kuka that values the German automation group at 4.6bn. 一家中国家用电器制造商正寻求敲定其两个月内第二笔大型海

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

China's Guangdong province has proposed a regulation, asking employers to give a fully-paid day off to their female employees who suffer from painful menstruation. According to the regulation, female employees need to show a doctor's note, valid with

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A draft law amendment that would lower the minimum age of those who can be detained for noncriminal offenses to 14 has drawn a mixed response from experts. 最近出台的一份拟将行政拘留最低年龄降到14岁的法律修订草案,使得许多

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Over the past few months, Ive written a number of times on how nutrition recommendations are seldom supported by science. Ive argued that what many people are telling you may be inaccurate. In response, many of you have asked me what nutrition recomm

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With the success of online bookstores, many traditional bookstore chains have, in recent years, either declared bankruptcy or cut back their business activities. This has made many people wonder whether physical 'bricks and mortar' bookstores will so

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Germany is asking its citizens for the first time after the Cold War to stockpile enough food and water for ten days as a precaution against possible terrorist attacks. 为预防可能发生的恐怖袭击,德国自冷战结束后首次要求民众储

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Vale, the worlds biggest iron ore miner, and Fortescue Metals Group have forged an agreement aimed at boosting their competitiveness in the key market of China, and giving the Brazilian company a foothold in the ore-rich Australian Pilbara region. 世界

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Critics slam OCR chief for saying pupils should be allowed to use Google when sitting GCSE and A-level exams. 牛津剑桥联合考试委员会(OCR)主席提议学生应获许在参加普通中等教育会考及大学入学考试中使用谷歌,他

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