BEIJING, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- China Construction Bank (CCB), one of four major banks in China, on Saturday announced it plans to sell no more than 600 million preference shares to raise up to 60 billion yuan (9.8 billion U.S. dollars) in a private pla

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(130) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Part One Opening a Bank Account第一部分 银行开户 Clerk: Good morning, Mrs Green. What can I do for you? 格林太太,早晨好。能为您效劳吗? Mrs Green: I want to open a checking-savings account in the bank. Will 50 US dollars' dep

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美联储宣布明年起缩减QE WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced to reduce its pace of bond purchases, the third round of quantitative easing program, by 10 billion U.S. dollars starting January on the

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Xi Jinping says his government is expecting trade volume between China and countries involved in the Belt and Road initiative to surpass 2.5 trillion U.S. dollars a year in the next 10-years. The Belt and Road Initiative is a land-based Silk Road Eco

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Lucy : It was a red light, William. You should've stopped the car. William : Sorry. I didn't see it. Lucy : I told you not to drink so much. Your breath reeks of alcohol. We'll get into trouble if we run into a policeman....Slow down a bit. William :

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Rio de Janeiro city mayor Eduardo Paes says preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games are on track despite lingering concerns about a lack of new hotels. Speaking on the opening day of a four-day meeting between Braz

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much too用来修饰形容词、副词,表示程度。too much的含义是太多,过分,对付不了,它可以单独使用,还可以修饰不可数名词,常用于肯定句中。 1)The journey will be too much for an old man. 这个旅程老

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Key Sentences(重点句子) 1.I'd like to book a double room for Tuesday next week. 下周二我想订一个双人房间。 2.What's the price difference? 两种房间的价格有什么不同? 3.A double room with a front view is 140

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WINDHOEK, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Although Ebola virus has been contained in some affected African countries, Air Namibia is counting its losses which are said to be at 50 million Namibian dollars (about 5 million U.S dollars). The airline's acting chief

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习语中hundred并非表示精确数字,往往强调数量之多,如: 1、by the hundred(by hundreds) (数以百计,大批大批地); 2、a cool hundred([口]百镑巨款,巨款); 3、hundred percent(百分之百,完全地)

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Finance and economics 财经商业 Free exchange 自由互换 The once and future currency 货币的今天明天 A new book examines the world's love-hate relationship with the dollar 新书出炉:世界与美元之间的爱恨情仇 LUMPY, unpredi

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不要让昨日的沮丧令明天的梦想黯然失色! Dont allow yesterdays depression darken tomorrows dream! 在一次讨论会上,一位着名的演说家没讲一句开场白,手里却高举着一张20美元的钞票。面对会议室里的

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A man was selling medicines at a fair. At first he sold bottles of a cure for colds for just a dollar a bottle. Many people wanted to buy it and the man's young assistant moved quickly through the crowd collecting money and handing out bottles of the

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1.You look nice in that color. 你穿那种颜色很好看。 2.You look like a million dollars. 你看上去帅呆了。 3.I didn't expect you to do such a good job. 我没想到你干得这么好。 4.You two make a lovely couple. 你们真是天生的

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The thing that goes the farthest toward making life worthwhile, that costs the least and does the most, is just a pleasant smile. 那最能赋予生命价值、代价最廉而回报最多的东西,不过一个令人心畅的微笑而已。 The smil

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Listen to the dialogues and write down how much money they've paid for the bill. 英语对话1 A:Jack, here comes the utility bill. B:How much should we pay for this month? A:Including gas and water we should pay 700 dollars.But, the electricity fee

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Listen to the dialogues and write down the price of one token. 英语对话1 A:How much is a token? B:10 dollars for one. 英语对话2 A:How many tokens can 200 dollars exchange for? B:13 tokens and you have 5 dollars change. 英语对话3 A:How muc

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The agreement has been signed by leaders from Airbus and China's Aviation Industry Corporation. Under the agreement, China will buy 45 A330 passenger aircraft from Airbus worth over 11 billion US dollars. The deal also has an option for an additional

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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Former eBay Chief Executive Officer and California governor candidate Meg Whitman on Thursday was named Hewlett-Packard's new CEO, replacing Leo Apotheker who served 11 months on the job. We are fortunate to have s

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NICOSIA, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Cyprus partly eased restrictions on bank operations on Thursday by allowing free transactions of up to 300,000 euros (390,000 U.S. dollars) domestically and raising the ceiling for company payment abroad. A new decree is

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