Neil: Hello, Im Neil. Welcome to 6 Minute English from bbclearningenglish.com. Finn is with me today. Hi Finn. Finn: Hello Neil. Neil: Lets begin with a question. Its about retirement and I would like to know what the official age of retirement is in

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? Engineers are always plugging away to get better energy efficiency out of our products -- like cars that guzzle less gas or light bulbs that burn brighter on f

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对于中国学生来说,托福四个部分里最难拿高分的就是口语了,听说中国考试的平均分数只有19分左右...可见托福口语真的很蛋疼,不过今天这篇文章给大家分析了托福口语最容易错的点,解决

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The Asian Development Bank was created in nineteen sixty-six, two years after the African Development Bank. Today both of them are talking about needed reforms to better serve their member countrie

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AS IT IS 2015-06-15 Woman Turns Her Nightmare into a Dream for Others 这个女人把自己的噩梦变成了别人的梦想 French film producer Albina du Boisrouvray was born into wealth and opportunity. She had a successful career in film and the

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Well, is it possible to turn your earnings into a million dollars in, let's say 10 years? That too might be a long shot, but our next guest says

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 访谈录

Business Health insurance in America The doctor octopus 商业 美国的健康保险 章鱼博士 Obamacare is making health insurers bigger 奥巴马的保健计划正在使健康保险公司变得更加庞大 THE future of Barack Obama's health law

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Schumpeter熊彼特 How to make college cheaper 怎样才能让大学更便宜一些 Better management would allow American universities to do more with less 改善下管理就能让美国大学少花钱多办事 Jul 7th 2011 | from the print edition

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多大年龄算是成年,各国法律有不同规定。英国一项最新调查总结出50个成年标志,其中既包括每月规划收支、关注利率、有自己的政治观点等智商情商方面的成熟表现,也不乏自己洗衣服、换

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With electricity costs rising -- along with global-warming guilt -- consumers across the country are struggling to wean themselves from the A/C. It remains to be seen whether they'll take a cue from Marilyn Monroe in 'The Seven Year Itch' and stash t

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http://sound2.tingroom.com/谎言还分很多种? 从小孩子的撒谎到善意的谎言再到存心欺骗的谎话,再到程度和后果都更严重的谎话,比如诈骗、误导或谬论,如何表达这些性质不同的谎话? Lie 指的是

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Part One Opening a Bank Account第一部分 银行开户 Clerk: Good morning, Mrs Green. What can I do for you? 格林太太,早晨好。能为您效劳吗? Mrs Green: I want to open a checking-savings account in the bank. Will 50 US dollars' dep

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Eric Schurenberg is the managing editor of money magazine in this August issue, in which this quiz appears, you are here to tell us what we might find. Why is it so important to come up with your mone

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01. 15% off with this flyer 凭此宣传品优惠15% 02. 50% off on selected lines 部分商品半价 03. Accessories spares delivered to your door 配件送货上门 04. All the range of ... available. 各种......有货 05. As many repairs as you n

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BANKS often face conflicts of interest when it comes to advising their customers. 当提及为客户提供咨询建议的时候,银行经常面临利益冲突。 The regulators who are supposed to stop the abuses that can result are not always up t

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Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons. - Woody Allen We had the Parent Hacks earlier this week, and I was thinking it would be fun to do the same with finances ways to trick yourself, to get around obstacles, to boost your accou

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Get enough sleep I have a theory about sleep. My theory is this: everyone who routinely uses an alarm clock suffers from chronic sleep deprivation. Using an alarm clock a few times a year (to catch a plane or have a phone call with someone in another

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Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons. - Woody AllenWe had the Parent Hacks earlier this week, and I was thinking it would be fun to do the same with finances ways to trick yourself, to get around obstacles, to boost your accoun

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Environmental policy 环保政策 Reefer madness 珊瑚礁化狂热 Turning oil rigs into reefs saves money and marine life. Yet many greens oppose it 石油钻塔变成群礁,既可以省钱,又可以拯救海洋生命。然而,许多绿色环保

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Back to basics 节能以人为本 Energy efficiency is not very flashy. That may be a selling point 能源增效并不那么高高在上,也许它还是个卖点。 Hope those are energy-saving bulbs 希望大家都使节能灯泡 WHEN Richard Sanc

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