Todays Business English Podcast lesson is on making a hotel reservation. Its something all of us need to do: Whether its for a company business trip, or for personal travel we all need to, at some time or another, call a hotel to reserve a room. Of c

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 商务英语旅游课程

At least one million children in the United States experience homelessness each year, putting them at increased risk for problems with their health, safety and education. Without a fixed address and with their family facing financial problems, homele

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(三月)

Pre-Listening Vocabulary continent: a large region of the world with various countries; or the mainland of a region as opposed to its islands full-bodied: strong croissant: a flaky, crescent-shaped French pastry waffle: a crisp breakfast cake made fr

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Erina: So Mike, you know the other day my friends and I were talking about ideal hotels. What is your ideal hotel? Mike: Well, there are many hotels that would appeal to me but I'd say my ideal hotel would number one have to have a gorgeous view from

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Daily Mail reports a new mobile app has been launched to help tourists visiting Paris find areas of the French capital where their native tongue will be understood. 要去法国吗?记得带上新APP 'Yes I speak touriste' has been launched to help

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Facing Business Challenges at Holiday Inn Worldwide Sending Invitations Across the Globe In the 1960s a family vacation in the United States usually meant loading the kids into the station wagon and d

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Jamal: Have you found a place for us to stay in Chicago? Erin: Im still exploring the options. Instead of a run-of-the-mill chain hotel, I thought we could do something different. Jamal: How different? Erin: I thought we might stay in a cabin near th

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

Owners Can't Overstay Welcome at Trendy Condo Hotels You know what a hotel is, of course. And perhaps, a condominium - a residential building divided into separate units that are owned by different people. What you may not know is that in some U.S. c

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US Travel Industry Caters to Chinese Tourists More and more people from China are traveling abroad as tourists. The number of Chinese travellers is growing so fast that Hilton Hotels hired the University of London's School of Oriental and African Stu

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Prosperity in Turkey Creates Iftar Divide In Turkey, the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan has put the spotlight on the increasing divide between rich and poor. The country's growing affluent class, a product of a decade of unprecedented economic grow

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: NPR has done a lot of reporting on links between Donald Trump's presidency and his business interests, how serving in the White House may be enriching Trump and his family. But in one way at least, Trump's political career might be

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台3月

Topic1 Cancer HotelsWith lung, bowel and breast cancer rates surging in China, special hotels have sprouted up in big cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, for patients who come from other places for treatment. Is there a need for such special cancer

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A: Hello. Could you help me understand a few things about the fumigation letter? B: It would be my pleasure to help you. What is your question? A: Can I still stay in my apartment while they are doing this? B: You and your pets will have to leave you

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Most cooks do their best to keep rats out of the kitchen, but in Bihar, one of India's poorest states, officials are doing just the opposite. The welfare department there is on a quest to increase the popularity of rodent cuisine. VOA Correspondent

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That's what you are hearing at the moment is the tsunami warning. It's the second time that it sounded tonight. People across the islands in Hawaii have been told that the wave could hit in about 4 hours, just under 4 hours of 7 minutes comes 3 in th

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 英伦广角

今天我们要学的词是attendance。 Attendance, 是出席人数的意思。这次北京奥运会的比赛门票虽然已经脱销, Attendance at times has been spotty at Olympic events in the opening rounds, 但是有些时候,预赛时的观众

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Because it is Spring break, we have arranged a quick get-a-way to Seattle for a couple of days. My husband has been extremely busy at work, and hasn't even had a weekend break for a while, so I decided that it is time for us to 'get out of dodge'. He

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

Welcome Sir. May I help you? Yes,I want to go to America for my vacation. No problem. Actually we have some great packages. The most exciting season of Hawaii is now. How about a relaxing vacation in Hawaii? Sounds good. Are there any groups of tour

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语900句

Investors in Taiwan looking for the next big thing are setting their sights on Hualien, snapping up hotels in the eastern county in the hopes of striking gold after the highly anticipated arrival of mainland Chinese tourists. Hualien is famed for its

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Royal fever will reach new heights in London with the May 19th wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. London is expected to see a surge of tourists as the event approaches, and some hotels are offering special royalty-themed packages to attract v

发表于:2019-02-22 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 2018CRI中国国际广播电台