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英语博客：Table of Knowledge.

It's 8:45 at Tom, Dick, and Harry's. The coffee's hot, the door's unlocked, and that corner table - the one by the jukebox(1), is gathering a familiar crowd. They're retired farmers, contractors, businessmen, a few old law enforcement guys(2), a form

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

NPR 2008-07-05

An influential figure in the conservative movement has died. Former North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms died early today from natural causes at a convalescent center. He was 86. NPR's David Folkenflik reports. Jesse Helms became so popular from his T

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 2008年NPR美国国家公共电台七月

NPR 2009-06-11

A suspected white supremacist who opened fire inside Washington DC's Holocaust Museum, killing a guard before being wounded by other guards, is in critical condition today. Authorities say the alleged gunman tentatively identified as 88-year-old Jam

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NPR 2009-02-03

After years of big spending, Americans continue to pull back. Consumer expenditures fell for a sixth straight month that's according to the Commerce Department. NPR's Frank Langfitt reports. Consumer spending was down 1% in December. Amid all the re

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NPR 2010-10-04

If you're planning a trip to Europe, the State Department wants you to be on alert. A travel warning has been issued, advising US citizens to be vigilant in public places like transportation hubs and tourist sites. Officials are concerned al-Qaeda ma

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英语新词：新时代的“微工作”

不想做朝九晚五的上班族?在如今的互联网时代，只要你拥有网络连接设备，又有一技之长，就能找到微工作。 A micro job is a temporary, task-type job of all types, often booked through the Internet. Work may incl

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英文语法词汇

诺贝尔经济学奖得主研究人们如何花钱

AS IT IS 2016-10-13 Nobel Prize Winners Studied Agreements Affecting Everyone 诺贝尔经济学奖得主研究人们如何花钱 Two professors at American universities have won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. They were honored for their work

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9/11 Special: Ten Years Later, 9/11 Still Haunts Americans

Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, Bin Laden is dead, but some Americans are still struggling with their experiences and memories of the disaster. As Su Yi reports, some of them are still suffering from Post-traumatic stress disorders, while others ar

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 世界各地新闻集锦

乔布斯传 第50期:热浪滚滚的时代(1)

Machines of Loving Grace 慈爱的机器 In San Francisco and the Santa Clara Valley during the late 1960s, various cultural currents flowed together. 20世纪60年代末，各种文化潮流在旧金山和硅谷交汇。 There was the technology rev

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PBS高端访谈:为什么大众开始转向支持同性结婚?

JUDY WOODRUFF: A coalition of groups opposing same-sex marriage rallied in Washington today outside the U.S. Capitol, marching to the Supreme Court in support of marriage between one man and one woman. This comes just days after the Obama administrat

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经济学人250:微软和PC行业 即将被抛弃

Business 商业报道 Microsoft and the PC industry 微软和PC行业 Defenestrated 即将被抛弃 Steve Ballmer is a casualty of the personal computer's rapid decline 史蒂夫鲍尔默是个人电脑产业迅速下滑的牺牲品。 UNTIL August 2

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(130) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人商业系列

经济学人299:雇佣兵 黑水公司之后

Business 商业报道 Private military contractors 雇佣兵 Beyond Blackwater 黑水公司之后 An industry reinvents itself after the demise of its most controversial firm 有争议公司倒闭后重新兴起的一种产业 WE WERE selling 1m a ye

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美国经济改善或有助于奥巴马

美国经济改善或有助于奥巴马 WASHINGTON As President Obama prepares to give a key annual address to the nation, he faces political problems that have hurt his approval ratings. Experts say he may get some political help over the next year,

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

里约奥组委拖欠工作人员工资或被起诉

Remember the Rio Olympics? From the summer? You know: Simone Biles, Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky, etc. 还记得今年夏天举行的里约奥运会吗？你可能记得西蒙拜尔斯、迈克尔菲尔普斯以及凯蒂雷德基等人。 Well, it t

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

新加坡已确认在一个地段爆发寨卡疫情

Singapore has confirmed 41 cases of locally transmitted Zika virus in one neighbourhood of the city-state the largest local cluster to be identified so far as the mosquito-borne disease spreads in Asia. 新加坡已确认在这个城市国家的一个地

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经济学人:军队改革 国防采购私有化惨遭失败

Military reform 军队改革 No go, GOCO 政府拥有、承包商运营计划被搁置 Why a bold plan to privatise military procurement fell apart 国防采购私有化的壮举为何惨遭失败 Can we turn this thing around? 这事行得通吗？

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列

经济学人:旅行签证 一种奇怪的欢迎方式

Business: Travel visas A strange sort of welcome 商业：旅行签证，奇怪的欢迎方式 Governments are deterring business travellers and tourists with cumbersome visa requirements that do little to make their countries more secure. 多国政府

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常见保险条款英语(1)

金融英语考试辅导:常见保险条款英语(1) 保险条款1 （1）air transportation cargo insurance clauses. 航空运输货物保险条款 （2）air transportation cargo war risk clauses. 航空运输货物战争险条款 （3）American I

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

查缺补漏巧解大学英语六级完成句子题

大学英语四六级考试自从在2006年相继进行了改革之后，就一直成为大学生颇为关注的焦点。仔细研究一下最新一次的2007年的考试，在四六级考试的快速阅读部分(Skimming and Scanning)都出现了一次

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经济学人:风险管控 伦敦的穿城铁路(2)

In fact, big surprises were rare. 实际上，大惊喜不是天天都有。 For a project this complex, a lot of preparation ( de-risking in the jargon) is needed before private contractors can be confident they won't encounter big obstacles, and ca

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