There is a humorous comic strip1 about a dog that is lying on a psychiatrist's2 couch. Sometimes I feel like I'm barking up the wrong tree, doctor! says the worried dog. Pets don't seem to have the same problems and fears that people do. But pets can

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(124) / 评论(0) 分类 常春藤生活英语

Allan Greenspan: Thank you very much. Anthony Mason: Only months after he was tapped by President Reagan to head the Federal Reserve in 1987, Alan Greenspan faced his first crisis -- the stock market

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联合国世界粮食计划署长乔瑟特希兰讲述为何在粮食供应充足的当下,人们仍然经受饥饿,仍然死于粮食匮乏,仍然使用粮食作为战争的武器。她的理想是:粮食问题不能靠个人力量来解决。

发表于:2019-01-05 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:吃吧

人类对于不平等和贫穷的抗争已持续了三千年,但如今该进程正在加速。波诺怀着纯真的内心分享了激励人心的资料,显示贫穷即将终结......只要我们能顺势而为。

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Someday, passwords will likely be a distant memory. 有一天,密码可能会成为遥远的回忆。 For now, they are necessary -- as well as regularly re-used, and sometimes leaked when hackers access private information. When you forget yours,

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AS IT IS 2014-10-24 Luxembourg Set to End Bank Secrecy 卢森堡终结银行保密制度 From VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report. European Union finance ministers have reached an agreement that will make it more difficult for tax avoi

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China Struggles to End its Image as Capital of Art Copies Ma Chunyans hands appear to hold Vincent Van Goghs famous painting The Starry Night. But it is not Van Goghs masterpiece. The 32-year old Chinese artist is holding a $145 reproduction she made

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Wisconsins recall vote 威斯康星州的罢免 End of a fantasy 幻想的终结 A backlash against the states feisty conservatives fizzles out 对本州暴躁保守派的反抗终于失败 Aug 13th 2011 | FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN | from the print edit

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Europe Greek taxation 欧洲 希腊税收 A national sport no more 逃漏税再也不是全民运动 Greek tax dodgers are being outed 希腊严惩逃漏税者 Greek officials used to shrug off tax evasion as a national sport. The finance ministry fo

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Beijing is home to an extensive 17-line subway system. But although the system is the biggest it has ever been, in many people's eyes, it is still not big enough. During the first half of 2014, nearly 8.5 million people took the subway every day. The

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Finance and economics 财经商业 Indonesia's banks 印度尼西亚银行 The good times end 黄金时代的终结 Banks' solvency is not in question. Profitability is another matter 银行偿付不是问题 获利才是问题 IN THE late 1990s Indo

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The G7 has called for a transformation of electricity generation towards clean sources by 2050. 七国集团峰会呼吁到2050年为止要完成从电力生产到清洁能源的转变。 They said fossil fuel should not be burned in any sector of th

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The great philosopher Homer Simpson once memorably described alcohol as the cause of and solution to all of lifes problems. Internet advertising is a bit like that the funder of and terrible nuisance baked into everything you do online. 伟大的哲学

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

A plan involves answering 这个计划是能包含了回应的 straightforward questions about the end you want. 直接了当关于你想如何结束的问题 Where do you want to be when you're no longer independent? 如果你不能再独立,你希望

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What would be a good end of life? 什么是一个生活美好的结尾? And I'm talking about the very end. 我所说的是最终的结尾 I'm talking about dying. 我所说的是死亡 We all think a lot about how to live well. 我们都在想如何

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Family relationships 家庭关系 Divorce: a love story 离婚:爱情故事的终结 While the government talks up family values, marriage break-ups are soaring一边是政府弘扬家庭观念,一边是离婚率飙升。 YANG YOURONG's wife kick

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The term gap year traditionally applies to the year between high school graduation and college matriculation. For many students, the gap year is a time for adventure and personal exploration. The reasons that a student might opt for a gap year can be

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Are we alone in the universe? Its a question astronomers have pondered ever since we discovered Earth was not the only planet in the cosmos.我们是宇宙中唯一的智慧生命吗?自发现地球并非宇宙中唯一的星球以来,这个问题就

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命中注定的终结:Plan B - Writing's On The Wall Plan B是一向有坏男孩之称的英国创作歌手兼演员Ben Drew的艺名。去年四月份他令人惊艳的单曲She Said成功打进英国单曲榜前十。这首Writing's On The Wall与

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暑期前的最后一次教研通过语法的批课,终于在暑假期间得到机会在托福听力、口语之外教授语法。尽管无数次,在听力口语课上跟学生强调语法的重要性,必要时也会挑大梁努力梳理相关的

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