LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Does access to money predict social behavior? That's the question posed by researchers Emily Bianchi and Kathleen Vohs in a new study. They dug into data for nearly 30,000 respondents of the General Social Survey - that's a lo

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Do we want a future where inequality rises as union membership keeps falling 我们期待的未来,是不平等增加而工会成员不断减少, or one where wages are rising for everybody and workers have a say in their prospects? 还是每个人

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At the same time, the terrorist threat has evolved, as we've seen so tragically from Boston to Chattanooga, from San Bernardino to Orlando. 同时,恐怖威胁的方式也在变化,我们见证了从波士顿到查塔努加,从圣贝纳迪诺到奥

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Forbes: Trumps Wealth Suffers Major Drop Since Presidency President Donald Trumps wealth saw a major drop in the last year, mainly because some of his properties decreased in value. 川普总统的财富去年大幅下滑,主要是因为他的一些房

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AS IT IS 2015-01-20 Oxfam: Richest One Percent to Own Half of the World's Wealth 乐施会:1%最富有的人拥有世界上一半的财富 A report from the nonprofit group Oxfam says the richest one percent of people in the world will have a majorit

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石油财富吸引企业进驻北达科他州 The state of North Dakota has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, thanks to a glut of jobs created by the oil boom in the western part of the state, which rests on one of the largest shal

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The natives of Australia are black people called Bushmen. 澳大利亚本土著居民是被称为丛林居民的黑人, They can't count even up to ten nor write their names nor read a single word. 他们不识数,数数甚至数不到十,也不会

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Have you ever been homesick? 你有没有想过家? If you haven't, then you have never been far away from home for any length of time, or you never had a home. 如果没有,那么你一定没有出过远门,在外待过一段时间;或者你从

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记忆是伟大的礼物,是上帝给予我们的一个纪念品和一个财富,给了我微笑和回忆的机会,它可以创造未来的财富并且使我们铭记,唤起我们对过去的回忆! 《get the party started 》专辑:《greatest hitz》 歌词: Im comin up so you better you better get this party st

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Oliver Cromwell 奥利弗?克伦威尔 Born in Huntingdon in 1599 to a relatively poor squirearchal family, Cromwell found religious zeal as a Puritan while studying at Cambridge. His faith influenced his appearance: he was conservative in his clothi

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Colin Powell 科林?鲍威尔 Colin Powell has a hard time letting go of work, even when hes forced to play and sing. 鲍威尔平日一向是个工作狂,即便是放松一下 的时候,比如唱歌,也是出于工作的需要。 Since taking

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Alexander Ⅲ of Macedon 亚历山大大帝 One day King Philip ( King of Macedon ) bought a fine horse called Bucephalus. He was a noble animal, and the king paid a very high price for him. But he was wild and savage, and no man could mount him, or

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Vladimir Putin 弗拉基米尔普京 He is fearless, altruistic, steel-willed, hospitable,unbelievably hardy, unpretentious and warm-and he has lost none of these qualities since becoming Russia's president. 热情、无畏、无私、好客、谦逊、

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Napoleon Bonaparte 拿破仑波拿马 About a hundred years ago there lived a great general whose name was Napoleon Bonaparte. He was the leader of the French army; and France was at war with nearly all the countries around. He wanted very much to ta

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Julius Caesar 尤里乌斯.凯撒 Nearly two thousand years ago there lived in Rome a man whose name was Julius Caesar. He was the greatest of all the Romans. Why was he so great? 大约两千年前,罗马有一个名叫尤利乌斯凯撒的人。他

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Franklin Roosevelt 富兰克林罗斯福 Franklin Roosevelt was one of the most important leaders of twentieth century America and perhaps in the whole span of American history. He significantly changed the role of the federal government in the Ameri

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Self-made millionaire Steve Siebold spent 26 years interviewing some of the wealthiest people in the world before condensing his findings in his book How Rich People Think. 白手起家的百万富翁西博尔德(Steve Siebold)花了26年时间采访

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本期内容: Fortune knocks once at everyones door 人人都有走运的一天 首先,我们来学习一个单词 fortuneF-O-R-T-U-N-E 运气,财富 再来学习一个词组 knock at thedoor 敲门 knock 组成的词组还有很多 比如 knoc

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本期内容: Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. 不经灾难不知福。 Fortune F-O-R-T-U-N-E fortune 幸运,财富 Misfortune M-I-S-F-O-R-T-U-N-E misfortune不幸,灾难 MIS前缀加上形容词,往往构成有否定意义的形容词 这也

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Some glory in their birth, some in their skill, 有人夸耀门第,有人夸耀技巧, Some in their wealth, some in their bodies' force, 有人夸耀财富,有人夸耀体力; Some in their garments, though new-fangled ill, 有人夸耀新妆,

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