J.K. Rowling (Author): I know that when I read books as a kid, the characters became part of my fantasy life. Margot Adler (Interviewer): Uh-huh. And you've lived with Harry Potter for more than ten y

发表于:2018-11-28 / 阅读(191) / 评论(0) 分类 疯狂英语2001年

Photo: AP Margaret Chan, Director General of World Health Organization speaks at a press conference at WHO headquarters in Geneva, 29 Dec 2009 It would be prudent and appropriate for WHO, together with our member States to continue to monitor the evo

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BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's auto sales rose 8.16 percent year on year to 1.38 million vehicles in July, slowing from 9.9 percent in June, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) said Thursday. Auto output hit 1.44 million uni

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

B Corps 互益性企业 Firms with benefits 心系社会的企业 A new sort of caring, sharing company gathers momentum 一种关爱社会、分享利益的新型公司形式方兴未艾 HE likes to do things differently. 伊冯乔伊纳德喜欢别出

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人科技系列

The Yangtze River Delta is set to build a global reputation for its cluster of cities by 2030 by focusing on high-end equipment manufacturing and modern services, the State Council said on last Wednesday. 国务院上周三表示,将以高端装备制

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

GUANGZHOU, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Germany's world No.1 table tennis player Timo Boll moved one step closer to retaining the Volkswagen Cup title here on Wednesday. Boll came back from 2 games down against Japan' s Jun Mizutani in their semi-final encou

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(321) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Friday that Gene Sperling would take the position of National Economic Council (NEC) Director, the top White House economic adviser. Obama made the announcement(宣告) durin

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday urged lawmakers to adopt smart government spending cuts to reduce economic uncertainty and bolster economic growth. The uncertainty caused by the government spending cuts is alread

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

WASHINGTON, March 9 (Xinhua) -- One week after the federal government spending cuts took effect, U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday called on Congress to end the spending cuts to bolster the country's economic growth and job creation. We learned

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

NEW YORK, May 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks expanded gains on Friday ahead of the long Memorial Day weekend as surging commodity prices overcame disappointing economic data. European Central Bank Governing Council member George Provopoulos said that Gre

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The buzz that Google Inc may be mulling a comeback to the Chinese mainland became louder this week after the Internet giant's numerous job postings appeared on social media. 互联网巨头谷歌上周在社交媒体上发布大量招聘启事,加深

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) -- China and Russia are satisfied with the Peace Mission-2009 joint anti-terror military exercise, senior military officers of the two countries said here on Friday. Guo Boxiong, vice chairman of China's Central Military Com

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The U.S. ambassador to Burma says there is excellent momentum in the relationship between the United States and Burma, but acknowledged there are enormous challenges ahead. Derek Mitchell told VOA that his new appointment demonstrates Washington's co

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Crouching on the sidewalk of Capital Normal University, Jiang Dongxin, in flip-flops, is bargaining with another student over a secondhand textbook. Around the 22-year-old economics major, 30 graduating students and more bargain hunters make the squa

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

NEW YORK, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Jeremy Lin had 28 points and a career-high 14 assists to end the Dallas Mavericks six-game winning streak in New York Knicks' 104-97 victory on Sunday. Steve Novak made four 3-pointers in the fourth quarter in Knicks pur

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- With superstorm Sandy dissipating, U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney are on Thursday back on the campaign trail, trying to make up for the lost time as they dash towards the finish li

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

After posting solid gains yesterday, the share market today lost momentum and closed flat. The All Ords and the ASX 200 just giving back a few points.By the close, the falls today were led by bank and retail sectors. Gains in the resource sectors, th

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2014年

Vietnam Sees Trade Deals as Way to Build Economy Vietnam is on a path this year to approve its biggest trade expansion since the country joined the World Trade Organization (WTO). 越南今年朝着核准该国加入世贸组织以来最大贸易扩张

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 2019年VOA慢速英语(一)月

President Barack Obama has become the first sitting US president to grace the cover of an LGBT magazine. 贝拉克奥巴马(Barack Obama)总统成为首位在任期内登上LGBT(同性恋、双性恋及跨性别)杂志封面的美国总统。

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Senior officials from BRICS countries are gathering in the South African city of Durban, pledging to strengthen cooperation within the group and reaffirming a commitment to multilateralism. Senior CPC official Yang Jiechi is among the participants at

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