[00:00.00]在线英语听力室( www.tingroom.com )友情制作 [00:05.57]2004 Text3 [00:08.09]When it comes to the slowing economy, [00:10.41]Ellen Spero isn't biting her nails just yet. [00:14.13]But the 47-year-old manicurist isn't cutting, [00:17.67]filin

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The Friday after the American holiday of Thanksgiving is called Black Friday. According to lore it's the day that store ledgers move into the black and companies become profitable. Elzabeth Lee | Washington 26 November 2009 Black Friday shoppers (fi

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Media reports have revealed that after shopping in Europe, many Chinese consumers gave up tax refunds amounting to as much as 800 million yuan per year. Why do so many Chinese consumers leave the airport without tax refunds? Is it because they don't

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 世界各地新闻集锦

Reporters: Zhang Wan and Wang Xiaoyu For Chinese consumers who are interested in made-in-USA, online retailers in China are connecting more American brands to Chinese consumers by importing directly from America. Thanks to these cross border E-commer

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每个办公室都有,至少有一个讨人厌的同事。而这种人往往还不会意识到自己有多烦人!今天我们EnglishPod中国就要和这种人打交道,还要告诉TA别再来烦我了! 重点词汇: 1. cut that out 停止(做

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 美国文化脱口秀

By Lisa Bryant Paris 07 March 2006 These are dark days for poultry eaters in France, land of foie gras, coq au vin, and other gastronomic delights. Sales of chickens and other fowl began tumbling well

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Business Ethnic advertising One message, or many? 商业 种族广告 要一个还是多个声音? The uses and limitations of ethnic ads 种族广告的使用和限制 IN THE television series Mad Men, a 1960s adman makes a pitch to a television-m

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By Tendai Maphosa London 31 October 2007 A report from the watchdog group Consumers International says multi-national pharmaceutical companies are targeting doctors in developing countries with dinners and lavish gifts as incentives to prescribe thei

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在美国,每当经济不景气的时候,口红的销量就会明显上升。这是为什么呢?原来,在经济不景气的情况下,人们仍然会有强烈的消费欲望,但是实际经济能力又无法承担珠宝首饰、衣服等高

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口译

Korean stars have seen clothes and shoes they wear on soap operas flying off the shelves in China. Now, they want to cash in on the trend. 韩国明星发现他们在偶像剧中所穿的衣服和鞋子在中国十分畅销,他们从中嗅到了商机

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(152) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语

Starbucks is planning a massive expansion in China over the next couple years that will nearly double its locations in the country. It might seem risky for a coffee company to expand so aggressively in a culture of tea-drinkers. But Starbucks has alt

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Buying a house for most of the people is a once in a lifetime decision, which means people decide to do so only after coming across the ideal house. Surprisingly, eight in every 10 home buyers are unhappy with their houses. A survey conducted by the

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The rage in the luxury world these days is 'back to basics.' Wealthy consumers don't want flash and sizzle, they want authenticity, low-key practicality and craftsmanship. Conspicuous consumption is dead, we hear. No one wants to be pay to be noticed

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BEIJING, April 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Computer sales declined in the first three months of this year for the first time since 2009 worldwide. PC sales fell 1.1 percent in the first quarter to 84.3 million worldwide, according to tech research firm Gartner

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Chinsumer, a blend of Chinese and consumer, refers to generous Chinese consumers who spend a lot on brand name products when travelling abroad. Chinsumer,就是Chinese(中国人)与consumer(消费者)的合成词,可以翻译为中国购物狂,指

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

This would not be a problem if there were several big search engines. 如果有几个大型的搜索引擎这就不成问题了。 But Google's market share in most European countries exceeds 90%. 但谷歌在大多数欧洲国家的市场份额超过了

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Chihira Kanae is greeting visitors to the world's biggest travel fair in Berlin this week, answering questions and guiding people in the right direction. But one passer by's attempt to ask her out for dinner is met with silence. 在本周于柏林举办

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Buying a house for most of the people is a once in a lifetime decision, which means people decide to do so only after coming across the ideal house. Surprisingly, eight in every 10 home buyers are unhappy with their houses. A survey conducted by the

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

HTC Corp is working on developing smartphone-based virtual reality goggles, as part of its broader efforts to diversify and boost revenues. HTC公司正在致力于开发基于智能手机的虚拟现实眼镜,以此来为公司丰富产品种类及提

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When a vast population is on the move, the discomfort is beyond imagining. Sitting in a train for 20 hours is not uncommon for those who can't afford the much faster and pricier bullet train. But now we have this. With two adjustable cushions support

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