An Important tip! ''Tipping', gratuity or 'service' is handled very differently in the UK and America. It's important to get this right when you visit each place as it can affect whether the staff in bars, cafe, restaurant, hotels, hairdressers, and

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(120) / 评论(0) 分类 英美文化

Todd: OK. Steven, you're looking at a picture. Please describe what you see! Steven: Uh, I can see a red double-decker bus. It's the kind of bus you'll see very often in London. In fact I know this bus is from London because I can see the names: Chel

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英语访谈对话

That's it for tonight. Time to count the tip jar. Hand condom. 收工时间到啦。可以来数小费罐了。请为我套上手部避孕套。 I can't believe you. Using protection is so five years ago. 我真服了你。现在这个年代不流行戴

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Last year, the Electoral Commission reviewed MMP and reported to Parliament. The Commission recommended two small changes to MMP: to reduce the party threshold from 5% to 4% and to take away the electoral seat threshold. When we vote for Members of P

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Life Advice: What can I start doing now that will help me a lot in about five years? 咨询关于生活的建议:现在开始做一些什么事情,可以让我在5年之后觉得受益匪浅? I will appreciate any suggestion. You might want to

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语

ECONOMICS REPORT - On the Job, at Minimum WageBy Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, January 13, 2006 I'm Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Minimum wage is the lowest hourly pay

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年慢速英语(一)月

JUDY WOODRUFF: As bad as circumstances are for people who can't find a job, there is a different, buttangible challenge for Americans who have work, but earn barely enough to get by. For them, as NewsHour correspondent Kwame Holman reports, there is

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈商业系列

Todd: Lois, what was your first job? Lois: The first job I had was a sales assistant in a shoe shop. Todd: Oh, shoesLois: Shoe shop, yeah! When I was fifteen, I got my first job and I used to work every Saturday for maybe 8 hours a day and I used to

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语访谈对话

EDUCATION REPORT - Taking the TOEFLBy Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Thursday, November 09, 2006 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The TOEFL is an important test for non-native English spe

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From charging slaughterhouse workers for their knives to compensating staff with tanning salon vouchers, German employers are coming up with creative ways to avoid paying a new minimum wage, angering unions. 从对屠宰场的屠夫收取刀子使用费

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

1.Whats the size?多大尺寸? 90X90 (Ninety by ninety)九十乘九十。 2.Whats the CMB? 体积多大? 0.07M3 (zero point zero seven cube meter) 0.07立方米。 3.Whats the best/last price? 最低价是多少? ¥2.5 (Two point five)] 两

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

The sun has gone completely blank for the second time this month suggesting that Earth could be heading for a mini ICE AGE. 本月已经第二次出现太阳黑子完全消失,这预示着地球可能迎来迷你冰期。 Earlier this month, there

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

(1),There''s a service charge for the checking account but no charge for the savings。 1.What kind of account did you have in your mind? 你想开哪种帐户? 2.Do you like to open a current account? 你想开一个活期存款帐户吗? 3.A

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Life Advice: What can I start doing now that will help me a lot in about five years? 咨询关于生活的建议:现在开始做一些什么事情,可以让我在5年之后觉得受益匪浅? I will appreciate any suggestion. You might want to

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BEIJING General Motorss main joint venture in China was fined $29 million on Friday on charges that it suppressed competition by enforcing minimum sales prices for dealers. It is the latest in a string of penalties against non-Chinese auto brands und

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31. 如何说明使用方法 不管交易是否达成,都要不厌其烦地向顾客解释使用方法,以建立彼此信心。比如,要说明水壶的使用方法,可以说Could you pull out the black stopper of the pot before you pour, ple

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

(一)同义替换陷阱 所谓替换也就是出现在题目中的关键词和关键词组不会在你听到的录音中直接出现,而是以同义或近义的表达来替换出现,这样就对做题人定位关键词造成了障碍,最常见的

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 雅思英语

Leaders 社论 Minimum wages 最低工资标准 The logical floor 多少才合理 Moderate minimum wages do more good than harm. They should be set by technocrats not politicians 实施适度的最低工资标准利大于弊,但是它们应该由技术

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Brzilian Planning Minister Miriam Belchior Monday confirmed planned federal budget cut in 2011, but said it is a routine(日常工作). There are curtailments(缩减) every year. About the amount to be cut,

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lean vi.斜靠 a.瘦的 The young man was leaning against the wall, looking into the sky. 这年轻人斜靠着墙,仰望着天空。 Matthew's brother is tall and lean. 马修的弟弟又高又瘦。 You should eat more vegetables and lean meat if

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