40. Approaching the Citys Central Labor Union that summer, he proposed a holiday that would applaud the industrial spiritthe great vital force of every nation. (1996. 阅读. Text 1) 译文:与城市中央工会接洽的那年夏天,他提议设立

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Robert Owen, a British mill-owner and reformer, treated private property, along with organised religion and marriage, as a social scourge. In 1825 he bought land for a farm-and-factory commune in Indiana. It attracted farmers, artisans and intellectu

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AS IT IS 2015-12-08 Socialists in Venezuelan Elections Voted Out 社会党在委内瑞拉大选中败北 The socialist government in Venezuela has lost control of the legislature after national elections, say officials. Officials say the opposition w

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Robots have at least one unfair advantage over human workers: they do not pay income tax. 与人类劳动者相比,机器人至少有一个不公平的优势:不用缴所得税。 Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and the worlds richest man, th

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By Stefan Bos Budapest 23 April 2006 Hungary's ruling left wing coalition has won the country's first parliamentary elections since it joined the European Union in 2004. The Hungarian Socialist Party

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American Utopianism 美式乌托邦 Short-lived, much loved 短命的狂热 How American idealists withdrew from the mainstream to create their own paradise美国理想主义者退避俗世,自建天堂。 UTOPIANISM in politics gets a bad press. T

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法国内政部长曼努埃尔瓦尔斯命名为新总理 PARIS, March 31 (Xinhua) -- French President Francois Hollande on Monday named Interior Minister Manuel Valls to head his new fighting executive team, replacing Jean-Marc Ayrault after the Soc

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French voters cast ballots Sunday in the first round of parliamentary elections. Polls show that leftist parties will gain the majority of 577 seats in the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament. This means that the Socialist President Fran

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ATHENS, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Greek parliament approved early on Thursday a new austerity and reform bill which contains mass job cuts in the public sector in a key step to unlock further international bailout aid to the debt-laden country. The omnibus

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PARIS, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday that fresh positive domestic and regional economic indicators were backing his optimism about the recovery of the country's economy. They (critics) said that I have been ver

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At the box office 电影票房 My generation 自我时代 A new film divides public opinion 关于新电影,观众的观点褒贬不一 Champagnesocialists① 香槟社会主义者 A FILM about the hedonism of China's urban youth has laid bare the

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PARIS, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- France's reshuffled government headed by Prime Minister Manuel valls on Tuesday won the confidence vote of the National Assembly, but lost a large majority of 289 seats needed to pass sensitive reforms. The new cabinet was

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PODGORICA, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Miodrag Lekic, the defeated candidate in Montenegro's presidential election, has filed an official complaint with the country's electoral commission, citing numerous irregularities, reported Radio Television Montenegro

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印度总理莫迪(Narendra Modi)将于14日至16日对中国进行正式访问。此次访问是莫迪总理就任后首次访华。 莫迪曾担任印度人民党(Bharatiya Janata Party,BJP)总书记,自2001年10月至2014年5月担任古

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Don't be afraid of failing. Every time you fall down, every time you fail, you learn something new. You're ready for the next one. 语音讲解 单词发音 fail /feɪl/ failing /ˈfeɪlɪŋ/ 连词发音 don't be afraid of failing /dəʊntbijəˈfreɪ

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BUDAPEST, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Ceremonies were held across Hungary on Thursday to mark the international day of remembrance for the Roma Holocaust. Ambassadors from countries, including the United States, Australia, Israel and Britain, attended a cerem

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Can't You Be Little More Supportive? 你能不能多支持我一点? The delighted young politician called his mother and reported enthusiastically, 一位年轻的政客打电话给他母亲,高兴地说道: Hey, Mom, I just won the election! 嘿,

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The French parliament is debating a bill that would grant the country's spies more power to track phones and emails inside the country. France's ruling Socialists are pushing forward the proposal, which would allow the country's intelligence agencies

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Hello, this is Charles Carlow with the BBC news. The United Nations' Security Council has approved some of the harshest sanctions it's ever imposed in response to North Korea's recent nuclear test and rocket launch. The US ambassador to the UN Samant

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French elections 法国省议会选举 Menage a trios 三雄争霸 The National Front's strength makes French politics a three-way affair 极右翼国民前线实力增强,法国政治陷三雄争霸局面 SOMETIMES small elections are markers of m

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