African Americans Celebrate Kwanzaa 美国非洲裔社区庆宽扎节 奥巴马夫妇致祝福 LOS ANGELES The seven-day festival of Kwanzaa will begin December 26. It is a time when African Americans highlight their heritage. Maulana Karenga, a blac

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Ann stared work last summer, so she didn't have a holiday, She saved as much as she could and, inJanuary, she booked a package trip to Ross, in Spain. She left London airport early on the morningof the first Saturday in August. She was very excited,

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 英汉幽默故事选读

Smooth by Santana Man it's a hot one Like seven inches from the midday sun I hear you whisper The words melt everyone But you stay so cool My mu-equita My Spanish Harlem Mona Lisa Youre my reason for reason The step in my groove And if you say This l

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I will Who knows how long I've loved you 谁会知道我爱你有多久呢? You know I love you still 你知道我一直在默默地爱着你. Will I wait a lonely lifetime 我是否会孤独的等待一生? If you want me to--I will. 如果你让

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Finance and Economics;Spanish banks;The long kiss goodnight; 财经;西班牙银行业;漫长的晚安吻别; A bank merger sheds fresh light on a sickly industry; 银行合并为沉疴已久的西班牙银行业带来一丝曙光; It

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人财经系列

西班牙政府继续改革以巩固经济复苏 LONDON, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- British Foreign Office announced on Monday it appointed Ajay Sharma, a veteran diplomat and former head of the Foreign Office's Iran department, as its non-resident Charge d

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Annual Juneteenth Festival Celebrated Around the World 美国庆祝6月19日六月节 HOUSTON The news that US President Abraham Lincoln had emancipated slaves in the rebellious southern states in September, 1862, did not reach slaves in Texas until

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C: The Day of the Dead has arrived All Souls Day and All Saints Day! A: Your neighbor is crazy. Why is he screaming that? B: Because today is the first of November the Day of the Dead A: Oh, thats right. B: This is a very special day among many cultu

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Business 商业报道 Mercadona 梅尔卡多纳 Spanish aisles 西班牙走廊 Why a low-price retailer is thriving 为何廉价零售如此蓬勃 FEW domestic firms are prospering in crisis-racked Spain, but Mercadona is. 在经历经济危机的创伤

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Euro crisis 欧洲危机 The end of the euros Indian summer 欧元区小阳春之末 After a few sunny weeks, a political and economic storm is battering the euro zone once again度过几个星期的好日子后,政治经济风暴再度席卷欧元区

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西班牙正走出经济危机 PANAMA CITY, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said here on Saturday that his country is beginning to get out of the serious economic crisis as a result of a deep plan of structural reforms to imp

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Puppets and shadow puppets have a long history in China. But the ancient art of puppetry is another of Chinas ancient traditions thats under threat from the modern age. Now, the puppets are fighting back! More than 1,500 of them are showing at the 21

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西班牙渴望成为阿尔及利亚最大的投资者 ALGIERS, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said Tuesday here that Spain is to become the largest investor of Algeria. Garcia-Margallo told a press

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Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei launched its new Nexus 6P smartphone in Spain on Tuesday. 中国电信巨头华为于本周二在西班牙正式发布新版旗舰智能手机Nexus 6P。 The phone, which was unveiled in October, will be availa

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In Spain different set of gift-giving traditions exists. The holiday season extends to Jan. 6, known as Three Kings Day or the Epiphany.1 It is not until Three Kings Day that Spanish children receive their gifts. On the eve of the Epiphany, children

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不可直译的英语,注意!不然就出糗了! Chinese dragon 麒麟(不是中国龙) American beauty 一种玫瑰,名为美国丽人(不是美国美女)English disease 软骨病(不是英国病) Indian summer 愉快宁静的晚年(不是印度的

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In a sensible compromise, entrance to the Prado is free for the last two hours of each day. 作为合乎情理的折中方案,每天最后俩小时进入普拉多是免费的。 Those who pay 15 euros to come earlier can contemplate Velazquez's Las

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Sue: So what kind of 1) guy is your type? 苏: 那你喜欢的男人到底是什么样子? Rose: A man who knows and loves music. He should be 2) romantic, too. I want a 3) Don Juan. 柔丝: 懂音乐而且爱音乐的人。他还必须浪漫才行

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Spain and Catalonia 西班牙与加泰罗尼亚 Mas observation 马斯观察 Catalonia calls an election, but it will be only one of many in Spain this year 加泰罗尼亚要举行大选,这只是西班牙众多选举之一。 Mas waves the indepe

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Spain and the Catalans 西班牙和加泰罗尼亚 Scandal in Catalonia 加泰罗尼亚的绯闻 Jordi Pujol's confession undermines Catalans' hopes of independence Jordi Pujol的忏悔摧毁了加泰罗尼亚人独立的希望 IT IS not the narrativ

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