Yusuf Alireza unexpectedly quit as chief executive of Noble Group, Asia's biggest commodities-trading firm. 亚洲最大商品贸易商来宝集团(Noble Group)首席执行官优素福?阿里(Yusuf Alireza)意外宣布离职。 Noble, which is ba

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Getting Married in Morocco 情定摩洛哥 In Morocco, it used to be the norm for marriages to be arranged by one's parents; however, this is no longer the case. Young Moroccans today merely need the blessing of their parents to marry whom they choos

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Paddington Bear celebrates his 50th birthday this year Paddington Bear, one of Britain's favourite children's fictional characters, is celebrating his 50th birthday this year. From his humble origins as a homeless immigrant at a London railway stat

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A: You look really nice today. B: Thank you. I just got this outfit the other day. A: Really, where did you get it? B: I got it from Macy's. A: It's really nice. B: Thanks again. You look nice today, too. A: Thank you. I just got these shoes today. B

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A: I think that you look very cute today. B: Is that right? This is a brand new outfit. A: What store did you get it from? B: I went to Macy's and picked it out. A: I love your outfit right now. B: Well, I think you look nice today too. A: Thanks. I

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Singer Sam Smith Wins Big at the Grammys 歌手萨姆史密斯赢得格莱美大奖 Soulful singer Sam Smith was the big winner Sunday night at the 57th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California. Smith took home four awards: Best New Artist, Be

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 24 January 2007 For decades the bronzed, blond and blue-eyed lifesaver has been an Australian icon. Now the face of the Australian lifesaving is changing drastically, thanks to a concerted effort to broaden the membership base.

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Sisters With Voices, The Grammy Comeback Kids Its been 20 years since we first heard from SWV. Originally a gospel group, the trio from New York City had a long string of RB hits in the 1990s, including I'm So Into You, Right Here, Youre The One, and

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我们今天要学的习惯用语都有这样一个词,heavy。 Heavy通常的意思是沉重的, 但是用在习惯用语里意思却会转化。 今天要学的第一个习惯用语是: heavy hitter。 Hitter指打击者, 可能是棒球场上

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我们今天还要学几个以hold这个词为主的习惯用语。To hold常用来表示用手拿住或者抓住。今天要学的第一个习惯用语是: to hold your end up。 To hold your end up的意思是:做你份内的工作。也可以说

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Fan Bingbing had no idea that her red crane gown signified something different in France when she sported the dress on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival last week. 上周,当范冰冰身着晚装出现在戛纳影节红毯上时,她并不知

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Topic 1-How to resist brain-wash style rumors on wechat A Wechat post persuading parents NOT to vaccinate their children has been deemed as falsified information online. Most recently, this wechat group has been terminated. Because of growing complai

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The ancient city of Lijiang dates back to the fifth century and is home to sixty percent of Naxi people, one of China's many minorities. Naxi musician, Mr.He invites me to his home the nextday to meet his family. Many minorities in China complained t

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Angie Walker was going on a date. Her make-up was done. Her outfit was perfect. There was still one big problem. Her hair looked terrible. She had already spent one hour brushing it. It still wasn't looking any better. Angie's date was picking her up

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The 52nd annual Grammy Awards ceremony took place Sunday, 31 January, in Los Angeles. No longer single but very much in control, Beyonce emerged the big winner at Sunday night's 52nd annual Grammy Award ceremony. The 28-year-old singer, and wife of r

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我们上次讲的习惯用语都来自一种赌博craps。玩儿craps要掷两颗骰子,根据骰子落地的点数来决定输赢,而骰子的英文是dice。 我们今天就来学由dice发展而来的两个习惯用语。第一个是: loade

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Topic1 Migrant Children Crime RateThe structure of migrant families is more likely to cause juvenile crimes, according to a report released by the 21st Century Education Research Institute on Monday. How serious is the problem? Topic2 Is the Conan Se

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For many women, shoes are their guilty pleasure. They dream about shoes, save up for them and when they finally get the pair theyve wanted so badly, they feel like the happiest people in the world. 对于许多女性来说,鞋子是她们负罪的快乐

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Topic1 Pension replacement rate lowChina is getting older year by year since 2000. As we enter an ageing society, do today's retirees have sufficient income to meet their needs? And will you and I have the appropriate pension to maintain our current

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I'm John, the manager of Fat Cats in Wrexham. Massive decline on the last year. Say midweek is nothing compared to what it used to be. Andrea: So there has been a massive decline. In fact, John says that the number of people coming to the club is not

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