The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security recently began investigating three companies under the state-owned gas and oil group PetroVietnam. The companies may have tried to divert more than $5 million from a Vietnamese financial institution called O

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(九)月

Stocks in Europe have dropped for 4th consecutive day, marking the longest losing streak in four months. The Euro stock dipped almost 1%, the share markets slumped after the European Central Bank announced it would withdraw some emergency cash. The P

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2009年

Good morning. The New South Wales State Opposition is pushing for a parliamentary inquiry into allegations for the tape made by murdered businessman Michael McGurk implicates Labor MPs in a bribery scandal. However, former ALP powerbroker Graham Rich

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Britain's expelled an Israeli diplomat over the use of forged UK passports in the murder of a top Hamas commander. Despite Israeli denials, the British foreign minister says theres compelling evidence to suggest the Mossad spy agency was involved in

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1. Residents of central Texas are cleaning up after severe storms and flash flooding killed more than a dozen people. Crews continue to search for those still missing. 2. In Switzerland, six soccer officials have been arrested in a police raid in a b

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国际足联未来之路:加大透明度 As American and Swiss authorities proceed with their criminal investigations against FIFA officials, the future of the organization and its leadership remains a mystery. Anti-corruption experts say FIFA must

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. I'm Robin Basselin. Voice 2 And I'm Ryan Geertsma. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Corruption. It is a probl

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A travel agency in east China's Shanghai has been closed, so that a probe can be carried out over its role in suspected bribery and tax-related violations of GlaxoSmithKline or GSK. Meanwhile, it is being reported that the China branch of Belgian dru

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 世界各地新闻集锦

BBC News with Johnathan Izard. Brazilian police are searching a prison outside the Amazonian city of Manaus after at least 60 inmates died in fighting between rival gangs. Families have been gathering outside the local mortuary to identify the bodies

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New Words ▲bribe n. 贿赂(尤指钱) vt. 向行贿,买通 bribery n. 行贿, 受贿 ◆ethics n. 道德准则,伦理标准 Phrases and Expressions on the increase 在增长中 a way of life 生活方式 pay up 付款,还钱 stand by 遵守,履

发表于:2018-12-29 / 阅读(100) / 评论(0) 分类 新视野大学英语读写教程(4)

The Shanghai Daily newspaper reported that 22 company directors and senior employees of multinational corporations such as McDonald's, McKinsey Consulting, and Whirlpool have been detained as part of a bribery investigation. Four Chinese computer ne

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Soccer's world governing body FIFA has banned two of its executives for offering to sell their World Cup bidding votes for cash, just two weeks ahead of the final decision. It follows an undercover investigation by the Sunday Times newspaper of Londo

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今天要讲的习惯用语里都有一个关键的单词,那就是fair 。 Fair这个单词有好几种意思,但是在我们今天要讲的习惯用语里,fair是指合理,正确,公正。 我们来给大家介绍第一个习惯用语:f

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Topic1 Hangzhou clamps down on car platesEast China's Hangzhou city has begun restricting new car plates from Wednesday in a bid to reduce congestion and combat air pollution. Tuesday's announcement to implement the policy came after several denials

发表于:2019-01-21 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语角-圆桌会议

Chinese police have recommended prosecution for bribery by UK pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline. After a 10 month investigation, police found that William Mark Reilly, a British national and executive of GSK China, had ordered his subordinates to c

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Wei Hong, the governor of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, was absent from key provincial meetings towards the end of last month. And there were rumors circulating online saying that Wei Hong was not contactable for some reason. At the news confer

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今天我们要学的词是 overturn. Overturn 动词,推翻。The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the bribery conviction of former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell. 美国联邦最高法院推翻了前维吉尼亚州长麦克唐纳贪污受贿的判决

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The Syrian governments assault on the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta has come to a halt for five hours. The five-hour pause was ordered by Russia, the governments main backer. Their aim is to allow civilians to leave. Its not clear that food and med

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Francis Bacon 弗朗西斯培根 Francis Bacons words knowledge is power are well-known to us. This talented boy is so clever that he entered the Trinity College, Cambridge, at the age of twelve and lived for three years there with his older brother.

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The Beijing Hour Evening Edition Thursday July 19th, 2013. Welcome to the Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese capital. Coming up on our program this evening, Torrential downpours flood the city of Kunming in Yunnan Province. Detroit bec

发表于:2019-03-05 / 阅读(99) / 评论(0) 分类 The Beijing Hour 新闻纵贯线