I had lunch today with my friend Sam. She recently quit her job with a large company to strike out on her own. She has always been an entrepreneur in small ways, but she decided to start her own business. The start- up she launched provided technolog

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

1. President Obama is scheduled to meet with Cuban president Raul Castro on Monday in Havana. President Obama arrived in Cuba on Sunday for the first visit by U.S president since 1920. 2. The U.S defense department says a marine from southern Califor

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In short, don't double down on an asset that has had such a tremendous run. You are likely coming to the game too late, since most of the gains have already been made. That can skew your portfolio too sharply in a single direction, making you vulnera

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1.Richard Phillips has returned home and balloons and signs welcomed the captain of the ship seized by Somali pirates back to his small Vermont town of Underhill Friday. Phillips was rescued in a daring Navy Seal sniper operation on Easter Sunday. 2

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This is AP News Minute. The FAA said Monday it will require recreational drone operators to register their aircraft. The move comes amid a growing number of reported close calls and incidents that pose safety risks. The government says pilot sighting

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Courtney had not heard from her husband in three weeks. Five weeks ago Jacob had gone to Iran to track down cigarette smugglers. He was working for a US company that was losing millions of dollars worth of cigarettes annually to criminal activity. He

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May 30th, 2002In New York, the end of the agonizing clean up at Ground Zero, eight and a half months after the September 11th terrorist attacks. Retired firefighter Tom Steffens says he can hardly believe what he sees where the Twin Towers of the Wor

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May 30th, 2002In New York, the end of the agonizing clean up at Ground Zero, eight and a half months after the September 11th terrorist attacks. Retired firefighter Tom Steffens says he can hardly believe what he sees where the Twin Towers of the Wor

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May 30th, 2002In New York, the end of the agonizing clean up at Ground Zero, eight and a half months after the September 11th terrorist attacks. Retired firefighter Tom Steffens says he can hardly believe what he sees where the Twin Towers of the Wor

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May 30th, 2002In New York, the end of the agonizing clean up at Ground Zero, eight and a half months after the September 11th terrorist attacks. Retired firefighter Tom Steffens says he can hardly believe what he sees where the Twin Towers of the Wor

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A huge misunderstanding around Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is that it's most prevalent in military personnel and veterans, but based on calculations from government data, about 90% of people with PTSD have never been to war. 大家对创伤后压力

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迷你对话: A: He has a long head, I bet he will do well in his business. A: 他很有远见卓识,我敢肯定他会将生意做得很红火。 B: He does, he started five years ago and now ends up the richest among us. B: 的确。他五年前开

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One Punch Pauly was the world's greatest boxer. With either hand, he had the world's most powerful punch, said his trainer. I saw him punch a Manhattan phone book. It was four inches thick. After Pauly's punch, it was one inch thick. Pauly weighed on

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Pakistan's Top Military Commander to Retire 巴基斯坦的最高军事指挥官退休 ISLAMABAD Pakistans top military commander, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, will retire on November 29 after six years as chief of the countrys most powerful institu

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今天我们要学的词是pitfall。 Pitfall是陷阱和隐患的意思。 To heed the pitfalls, 是注意隐患,to avoid the pitfalls, 是避开隐藏的危险。 美国人喜欢用信用卡消费。理财专家警告说,Running up credit-card

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今天我们要学的词是casualty。 Casualty, 在战争中指人员伤亡,在其他灾难性事件中指受害者,一般用复数。阿富汗外交部说, The Pentagon has promised to take steps to reduce civilian casualties, 美国五角大楼

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今天我们要学的词是license。 License, 是执照、证书的意思。 A driver's license, 驾驶执照。 A liquor license, 卖酒的执照。美国很多地方钓鱼都需要执照。 I bought a lifetime fishing license for my dad as a retir

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A 73-year-old grandmother has wowed Chinese social media with her edgy fashionable photos. 近日,一位73岁奶奶的一组前卫时尚的照片惊艳了中国社交网络。 In the images, the woman, who is billed as the 'coolest grandmother' by

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我注意到,今年,恢复高考后的第一批大学生大多已经退休,大批00后进入高校校园。 I noticed that in the past year, most people who enrolled in college when the entrance exam resumed in 1977 have retired. And a large nu

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今天我们要学的词是honor. Honor, 动词,表达敬意。 The school renamed the stadium to honor its basketball coach who served the school for 30 years, 学校用任职30年的教练的名字重新命名球场,表达对他的敬意。同事

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