The US economy is growing a little more than earlier estimates show. But as NPR's Paul Brown told us the rate of growth is still very small. The Commerce Department says the gross domestic product to grow at 1.3% annual rate in the second quarter. It

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台9月

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity by providing arms and ammunition to rebels during neighbor Sierra Leones ten-year civil war. However, the judges ruled that the prosecution faile

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(Tennis ball sounds) Y: Hi, this is Yang Chen. P: And I'm Patrick. And today we are playing a game of tennis. Y: (calling out) Okay, Patrick It's your serve! P: To serve S-E-R-V-E is to put the tennis ball in play by throwing it up into the air and h

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Meeting People I PART A Micro-Listening Phonetics Sound Recognition I. Directions: Listen carefully. You will hear one word read from each group. Repeat what you hear. Then underline the letter beside the word you hear. 10 points 1. a. sir b. shirt c

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 大学英语听力第一册

Daily Activities I PART A Micro-Listening Phonetics Sound Recognition I. Directions: Listen carefully. You will hear ten pairs of words. If the words you hear are the same, write 'S' in the brackets. If different, write 'D'. 10 points 1. ________ 2.

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LESSON 7 Offering Help I PART A Micro-Listening The Alphabet Directions: You will hear the names of ten American states and their abbreviations spelt out for you. Listen carefully and write them down quickly. 20 points Example: Texas TX Name of the S

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[00:00.00]Module 1 Numbers Unit 1 [00:10.08]...swventeen,eighteen,nineteen,twenty! [00:23.35]1.Listen and point. [00:27.22]..ten,eleven,twelve..Look,Weiwei! [00:33.67]Here's a red one... Thirteen... [00:38.64]...and a green one. Fourteen... [00:43.39

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(135) / 评论(0) 分类 新标准小学英语第三册(三年级起点)

Study II PART A Micro-Listening Sentence Structure Special Questions I. Directions: You will hear ten wh-questions. There is only one answer to each question. Listen carefully and underline the letter beside your choice. 10 points 1. Where is Miss Sm

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Wall Street's reacting to news from the Federal Reserve today that interest rates would stay low to help economic growth pick up. At last check, we see the Dow up more than 400 points or 3.8% at 11,229; NASDAQ is up more than 5% or 125 points at 2,48

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Language Points Just drop it. I don't wanna hear this. drop out He dropped out yesterday. drop call My phone keeps dropping calls. Drop the subject (Drop it) Drop charges Someones jaw dropped Drop (amount of money)

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Is it worse to be called lazy or smelly? 被抱怨懒或是臭,哪一样更糟? In personal interactions in Japan, its common for people to avoid confrontations rather than charge into them. On top of that, mainstream attitudes generally work out

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ROME, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Bologna beat Cagliari 1-0 for a crucial win at home on Thursday to move away from the relegation zone of Serie A. Alessandro Diamanti scored the winner of the game in the 54th minute as Stefano Pioli's side moved six points

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

WASHINGTON, July 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress are both seeing a decline in support as rising frustration over the political gridlock in Washington has damaged public faith in them, according to a Wall Street Journa

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NEW YORK, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. stocks rallied on Tuesday, the first trading day of 2012, as investors welcomed a batch of upbeat economic data. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 179.82 points, or 1.47 percent, to 12,397.38. The Standard

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GUANGZHOU, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Super League champions Guangzhou Evergrande suffered a 2-1 home loss against Thai League champions Buriram United in the AFC Champions League here Wednesday night, leaving the group qualifying favor out of thei

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

当今科技日益发达,不论是学校的课堂教育还是企业的产品评估(product review process),PowerPoints都做为重要的展示手段。人们通过一张张的幻灯片(show a bunch of slides)传播自己的看法和思想。而作为

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MOSCOW, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese divers won three golds at the FINA Diving World Series in Moscow Friday, but the Chinese team played cool with the results as many players believed they had not performed their best. China's He Chong, who is an Ol

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MOSCOW, April 14 (Xinhua) -- China asserted its dominance in diving pool after winning six gold, one silver and one bronze medals at the 2012 FINA Diving World Series Moscow stop which concluded on Saturday. Chinese Olympic champion Lin Yue made a te

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1. Read only the first sentence of a paragraph 只读每段第一句话 Good writers begin each paragraph with a key statement that tells you what that paragraph is about. By reading only the first sentence, you can determine if the paragraph has inf

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新托福 (internet based TOEFL 简称iBT TOEFL) 自去年2005年9月在北美开考以来,很多考生谈此色变。有的考生把新托福戏称为 我变态(iBT 亦是我变态的谐音)。不少同学纷纷转考其他类型的考试,一试不

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