AS IT IS 2016-10-17 Labor Union Members Do Not Always Vote as Unions Want 工会成员们并不总是按照工会期望的投票 American politicians have long appealed to organized labor for support during election campaigns. The politicians know th

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1.词语选择的重要性 在The Right Word at the Right Time的序言中,编者对词语选用的重要性作了一个很好的比喻:Using the right word at the right time is rather like wearing appropriate clothing for the occasion: it is

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Hi everybody. Before you fire up the barbecue for the long weekend, I want to talk a little bit about the reason we get to celebrate Labor Day 嗨,大家。在你为周末长假制作烧烤之前,我想谈谈我们庆祝劳工节的原由, and

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A: Are you going to vote? B: I am. Are you? A: Yes, and for the first time. B: Is that right? A: I dont know how to vote. B: Voting isnt difficult. A: Im not sure what laws are being voted on. B: They tell you everything on the ballot. A: They do? B:

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Books and Arts; Book Review;American agribusiness;The power in the union; 文艺;书评;美国农业;工会的力量; Trampling Out the Vintage: Csar Chvez and the Two Souls of the United Farm Workers. By Frank Bardacke. 把葡萄踩在脚下:

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JEFFREY BROWN: And now two people who have followed these events closely. Linda Chavez is chairwoman of the Center for Equal Opportunity, a conservative think tank, and author of Betrayal: How Union Bosses Shake Down Their Members and Corrupt America

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It's called the what? The peach what? 叫什么,桃什么 The Peachoid. 大桃子 It's a giant water tower in the shape of a peach. 那是一座桃子状的巨型水塔 I just googled it. The Peachoid. 我刚谷歌了,大桃子 She was 17, Linda.

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Charlie, get off the phone. 查理,电话挂了 I need signs right now, at least a hundred. 我这就需要标语牌,至少一百块 You know what? Let them set it up. 你知道吗,让他们去吧 It's actually better for us that way. 这样反而

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今天我们要学的词是sticking point。 Sticking point,指一件事情的症结。The school budget is expected to be the biggest sticking point at the town meeting, 学校预算估计是这次市民大会最棘手的问题。 《波士顿环球

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今天我们要学的词是play hardball。 Play hardball, 是指采取强硬的态度和手段。 She can play hardball despite her small figure and gentle manners, 虽然她身材矮小,温文尔雅,但是该强硬的时候,她绝不后退。

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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

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Labour relations in America 劳资关系在美国 Boeing bullied 波音受欺凌 Unions have the government in their corner 工会把政府拉入自己的阵营 AFTER several disruptive and costly strikes in a part of the country where unions are str

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Still, the paper contains essential insights which should frame discussion of data's role in the economy. 尽管如此,这篇论文仍然包含一些深刻的见解,它们应当成为数据在经济中的角色之讨论的框架。 One concerns t

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一、色彩词语的翻译语言是文化的载体,同时又是文化的重要组成部分。而词语又是语言中最活跃的因素,最敏感地反映了社会生活和社会思想的变化,是语言中最能反映文化特征的部分。它

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INDIANA, like many manufacturing states in the Midwest, has long felt the pain of seeing jobs go overseas. In his seven years as Republican governor, Mitch Daniels's response has been to offer a strong diet of pro-business legislation. In the past fe

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Business 商业报道 Trade unions in America 美国工会组织 Chattanooga shoo-shoo 嘘~查特奴加 The union movement misses a big opportunity to halt its decline 汽车工会运动丢失阻止汽车行业衰落的大机会 VOLKSWAGEN'S factory

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本期内容: Myanmars first freely chosen parliament in more than 50 years elected the countrys new president. Htin Kyaw is a writer, computer scientist and long-time confidante of Aung San Suu Kyi, the countrys famed democracy activist, who has p

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French rail strikes 法国铁路罢工 Unhappiness is the truth 其实不快乐 A rerun of Francehs bad old days tests the Socialist government's resolve 法国艰难昔日的重演是社会主义政府决心的试金石 The long march to work 上班长

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