今天要讲的英语词是kick-off。 Kick-off不就是足球比赛时踢的第一个球吗?没错,但这是kick-off的原始意思,现在kick-off也可以指任何事情的开始。今天开始的是什么事呢?今天我们开始播出学个

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

AS IT IS 2015-11-09 Most US Presidential Candidates Oppose TPP 大多数美国总统候选人反对TPP More candidates running for president oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal (TPP) than support it. Democratic frontrunner Hillary Rodham

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

What Did They Say? Idioms for Political Campaigns The presidential campaign is now in full swing in the United States. In full swing is just one of many expressions speakers of American English use that may be difficult for speakers of other language

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AS IT IS 2016-09-15 How Much Medical Information Must Presidential Candidates Release? 总统候选人应该披露所有的健康信息么? Recent stories about American presidential candidates have raised questions about how much candidates should s

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AS IT IS 2016-03-09 Democrats Welcome Run Against Trump Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, the Democratic Party candidates for the U.S. presidential nomination, say they welcome opposing Donald Trump in the general election. Both candidates were ask

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THIS IS AMERICA - Presidential Campaign Update By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, March 22, 2004 (THEME) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I'm Phoebe Zimmermann. VOICE T

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(271) / 评论(0) 分类 This is America

HR Review of Candidates 对候选人的评价 As part of our series on job interviews, in this Business English Pod episode we'll be taking a closer look at the process from the HR perspective. Specifically, we'll be studying the language of reaching

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 原汁原味商务英语播客

Harvard 359th Commencement was streamed live Thursday, May 27, 2010. Morning Exercises featured conferring of degrees on candidates from Harvard College, all Graduate Schools, and the Harvard Extension School, as well as the conferring of Honorary De

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语演讲

IN THE NEWS - Citizens of War-Torn Congo Await Outcome of Historic ElectionsBy Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Saturday, August 05, 2006 This is Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Citizens

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(119) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年慢速英语(八)月

A guideline on regulation changes about training and tests for license candidates was jointly issued on Thursday by the ministries of transportation and public security. A pilot program will be used in designated areas to test the new policies, which

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(144) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

U.S. Senator John Kerry and Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations are reported to have been mentioned as possible candidates to head the World Bank. Indra Nooyi, the chairman and chief executive officer of soft drink maker PepsiCo, is

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

今天我们要学的词是contestant。 Contestant, 参赛选手。真人秀在美国是一种越来越受欢迎的节目形态。参赛选手感触最深的是什么?纽约时报最近的一份采访报道说,Nine out of ten reality show contes

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Over 2-thousand people have been caught cheating on a national pharmacist exam in the province of Shaanxi. Those caught used devices such as headphones and receptors to receive answers via radio signals. I wore wireless headphones to receive answers.

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

今天我们要学的词是ample。 Ample, 是充足的意思。 The price of crude oil fell amid ample supply, 原油供给充足,造成价格下跌。 There is ample evidence that she is better qualified for the position than the other candidates

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

WASHINGTON, June 28 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced Tuesday that it has selected French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde to serve as its next Managing Director. The Executive Board of the IMF said it has picked Lagarde t

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WARSAW, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Over 9,000 candidates from 71 countries and regions have applied for voluntary work during the 2012 European Championship in Ukraine and Poland, local media reported on Tuesday. Euro 2012 volunteers are recruited both by c

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

A UK university is seeking doctoral candidates to undertake a PhD in chocolate. 一所英国大学正在寻找攻读巧克力博士学位的人选。 The University of the West of England is offering a 15,000 pounds-per-year grant to study the geneti

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Business: Recruitment No names, no bias? 商业:招聘,匿名求职,就能规避偏见? Anonymising job applications to eliminate discrimination is not easy. 通过匿名求职来消除歧视,并非易事。 If you've got the grades, the sk

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又到一年求职季,简历、面试这些字眼又该成热点了。求职的人们为了省时省力就通过网络海投简历,而用人单位也开始用group interview群面的方式来对付大批的应聘者了。这年头,做什么都流

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

今天学的词是scandal。Scandal就是丑闻,丢脸的事。你肯定会说,噢,这个词我熟悉,听多了。报导说,最近两年来, ...national and local scandals have polluted the political atmosphere for GOP candidates, 全国和地

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