She wants to buy a new laptop. It costs $1,000. She only has $500. She saves up to buy the laptop. She does not eat at restaurants. She does not buy any more clothes. She only buys things on sale. She gets many jobs. She babysits. She works at the ba

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 英语第2级听力-English Level 2

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The pharmaceutical giant Merck is pulling out of an agreement to sell a lifesaving vaccine to poor countries at a reduced cost. At the same time, the company has just started sending the vaccine to China, where it will likely be

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台11月

A student is talking to her teacher. S: I hear that scientists are planning to study asteroids and meteors, right? T: Yes. They want to determine whether Earth is in danger of being struck by such a r

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One day, we all want to retire. After working for most of our lives, we imagine a time when we can stop working, and have choices in how we spend our time. Because were all living longer than ever before, its going to take even more money to support

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Sara al-Matoura watched her daughter through a window as her daughters chest moved up and down under a tangle of medical wires. The mother from the Syrian city of Homs had not eaten for a day. She was up all night by her one-year-old daughters side a

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A priest was taking a shortcut through an alley one day and came upon a young boy who was masturbating. My son, you shouldn't be doing that, said the priest. You should be saving that for when you get married. The embarrassed boy hung his head down l

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Nickelback - Savin' Me Prison gates won't open up for me 监狱大门不为我开 On these hands and knees I'm crawlin' 我在这些手和膝盖上爬行 Oh, I reach for you 噢,我伸手向你 Well I'm terrified of these four walls 我惧怕周围这

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 December 2007 The United Nations Children's Fund says it is beginning a week-long mass immunization campaign in war-torn Somalia on Sunday. UNICEF says volunteer health workers aim to immunize 100,000 children and women in c

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Life-saving Heart Pump Developed for Children Sixteen-year-old Marco Murguia can now play basketball and live a normal life. But in early 2007, when he was ten, his mother, Connie Murguia, noticed he was acting sluggish and took him to Texas Children

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Saving Lives, Saving Money Every year, road crashes kill more than a million people around the world and injure many, many more. But a new study says deaths and injuries can be sharply reduced by taking simple safety measures. Whats more, safer roads

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Saving Lives, Saving Money With Childhood Vaccines Efforts are underway to speed vaccine development and delivery in 72 countries over the next 10 years. New studies say that would save the lives of more than six million children and save billions of

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The final stepafter seeing the problem and finding an approachis to measure the impact of your work and share your successes and failures so that others learn from your efforts. 在发现问题和找到解决方法之后,就该进行最后一步评估

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To Buy Happiness, Spend Money on Saving Time 金钱也能买到幸福哦 We all know money cant buy happiness. But according to a recent study, there may be a loophole. A team of researchers finds that shelling out for services that save time can bri

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Anita / Taiwan speaker Am I good at saving money? I don't think that I'm a good person. I don't think that I'm good at saving money because I spend a lot. I like to go shopping and everytime I go shopping I will buy something so I don't think I am go

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By Robert Raffaele Washington 06 May 2008 Medical researchers say a simple decision by expectant mothers can mean the difference between life and death for thousands of people. Blood from umbilical cords has been used in life-saving transplants for p

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 08 October 2007 The World Health Organization says more than three-quarters of a million people in 19 countries, most in Africa, will receive life-saving anti-tuberculosis drugs over the next year and a half. It says UNITAID, a

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Sometimes When I lie awake at night I think about how far we made it together We were wild I knew we would always be Maybe it's all part of finding our heaven Even if it breaks your heart Even if it tears your world apart Still you keep holding on If

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Joshua Leo. Voice 2 And Im Christy VanArragon. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 It was a fearful picture. C

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 环球英语 Spotlight

上周说了怎么让人帮忙,今天聊聊怎么感谢别人。你会学到Thank you以外的更多不同说法;用在不同场合、不同对象身上! 关键词: Thanks比Thank you更常用 Thanks and Thank you are the two most common expr

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If you live in New Zealand, remember to put your clock forward tomorrow morning. Officially the change to daylight saving time is 2.00am which becomes 3.00am but for most of us, we change our clocks before we go to bed or when we wake up. For example

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