Nothing to sell and Nothing to It's been said that everyone lives by selling something. In the light of this statement, teachers live by selling their knowledge, philosophers by selling wisdom and priests by selling spiritual comfort. Though it may b

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So just like always, the mortgage brokerconnects the family with a lender and a mortgage making his commission. Thefamily buys a big house. The lender sells the mortgage to the investmentbanker, who turns it into a CDO, and sells slices to the invest

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A: I was wondering if I could collect unemployment benefits. B: Did you get laid off? A: I am still working for now, but I might get laid off. B: You may collect unemployment if you are working fewer hours or got laid off. A: Does everyone who gets l

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Hello, is this the apartment management? Can I help you? Yes, this is a tenant of apartment ten. I guess my kitchen sink is clogging up again. And so is the bathtub. Alright. I'll send someone over tomorrow. Um, I'd really appreciate it if you'd send

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Hi, everybody. 大家好! Over the next couple weeks, schools all across the country will be opening their doors. 未来几个星期,全美各地的学校将陆续开学。 Students will suit up for fall sports, marching band, and the school play

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I think what for me, the legions been taken off today is the involvement of the banks. Wenot the banks werent sort of innocent by-standers in this, they were actually aggressive protagonists. So they were not just helping people to avoid and evade pa

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英伦广角

From NPR News, this is All things considered. Im Robert Siegel, and Im Melissa Block. There were some unexpectedly good news today about the economy. Late last month, businesses created more jobs than economists projected and the increases were spre

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By Steve Herman Nalaguraidhoo, Maldives 21 May 2008 Unprecedented cooperation among Asian government maritime authorities is beginning to pay off, with serious acts of piracy declining in part of the region. But, as VOA Correspondent Steve Herman rep

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A 20-unit apartment building burned for about an hour before firemen were able to extinguish it. The fire started in the attic at about 10:30 p.m. yesterday evening. The damage was estimated at $1.5 million. A fire department spokesman said the fire

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By Peter Fedynsky Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 24 September 2007 It is said that it takes money to make money. Last year, an economist from Bangladesh won the Nobel Peace Prize for an innovative program called micro-lending that enables poor people to borrow

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Pakistani Family Fights Tradition of Paying Giving Daughters to Settle Debts Asma was just four when her father refused to hand her over to another family. The family and tribal elders demanded she take the place of her sister, who had fled their hom

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'Ivory Tower' Explores Crushing Cost of US College Education 象牙塔探讨美国大学教育的沉重成本 It's a hot, muggy day at Port City Brewery in Old Town Alexandria, just a stone's throw from Washington D.C., but the heat does not slow dow

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主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活,带你边玩边学地道美语!杨琳去纽约算了个命,说她的真命天子今天就会出现啦!为了这个,她得付出什么代价呢? 1. Get hitched 结婚的

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has been on an official visit to the Philippines. He's also scheduled to attend a series of leaders' meetings on China-ASEAN and East Asian cooperation. For more on China-Philippines relations, CRI's Guan Chao recently caug

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Chinese vice Premier Zhang Gaoli attended and delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2017 in China's southern island province of Hainan on Saturday, March 25, 2017. With the theme, Global

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Paying people a compliment appears to activate the same reward center in the brain as paying them cash, Japanese researchers said on April 23. They said the study offers scientific support for the long-held assumption that people get a psychological

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: So here's a question - what do you do when a medical device fails? And when it fails, who pays for it - the manufacturer, the hospital? Or are you stuck with the bill? Well, Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal from our partner Kaiser Health N

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今天我们要学的词是make strides。 To make strides, 意思是取得进展。 The new coach has already made strides in his first week of coaching, 新教练第一个星期执教,就取得了显著进展。 The girl made rapid strides under

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Lorraine: Hi, this is a surprise. To what do I owe this pleasure? Terrance: Cant I just drop in on my little sister unannounced to see how she is? I was just in this neck of the woods and thought I would pay you a visit. Lorraine: Sure you were. Of c

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Congress is on the verge of approving a temporary spending bill and avoiding a government shutdown. The Senate passed a short-term measure last night. It heads to the House now. Still, President Trump has not said whether he will

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