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John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006: He Strongly Influenced Economic Thought in the United States for Many Years VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Economics is a field based on m
TVBlessing or Curse? Few things in the modern world have so much influence on people as the television does. Being besieged with TV news, absorbing teleplays, well-masterminded programmes, one can easily conclude that TV is a real blessing to the hum
(WA) The next style of furniture design I'd like to discuss is Shaker furniture design. The Shakers are a religious group that flourished in the nineteenth-century United States. At that time, the Shakers lived in their own communities and believed
Vegans have substantially lower death rates than meat-eaters, a major study has found. The study has been published in the JAMA Internal Medicine Journal and reignites debate around increasingly popular vegan diets over their impact of proponents' he
affiliate v. 加盟,入会 affinity n. 亲密关系;类似处 affirm v. 断言;批准;证实 afflict v. 折磨;使痛苦 afflicting adj. 痛苦的 *affluence n. 丰富;富裕;流入 afflu
Laden with plastic bags that are almost too heavy to carry, we meet Rika Wenjing, a 24-year-old accountancy graduate from Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province. 我们见到了24岁的Rika文静(音译),这位来自湖北省武汉市的会计专业
Step into the trendiest clothes stores in Britain or the US and you may be surprised by whats hanging from the rails. 走进英国或美国最尖端的潮流服饰店,你可能会讶异于店里摆放的物品。 Therell be coats with rips in the p
In Florida, groves, grocery aisles, and even corporate boardrooms, people are being squeezed by orange shortages that have sent juice prices to record highs. Florida is the world's second largest oran
The decline of marriage 婚姻的衰落 For richer, for smarter 结婚吧,为了更富有、更聪明 The traditional family is now the preserve of a minority 传统家庭:少数人的坚持 Jun 23rd 2011 | SEATTLE | from The Economist print edit
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In recent weeks and months, Shanghai residents have been receiving an unusual present in their mailboxes. The elongated blue packages contain a small self-help manual and a dinky little measuring tape - surely just the thing discerning citizens of Ch
The world's top 20 economic powers agreed Thursday on measures aimed at controlling high and volatile food prices. Farm ministers from the G20 group of leading and emerging economies met for the first time in Paris Wednesday and Thursday. Following n
写作题目 The world is experiencing a dramatic increase in population. This is causing problems not only for poor, undeveloped countries, but also for industrialized and developing countries. Describe some of the problems that overpopulation cause
Climate change is already beginning to hurt maize and wheat production, according to a new study. Higher average growing season temperatures(温度) in most major grain-producing countries are beginning to work against the progress made by improving
Eight: Two Boats in the Yangtze River M: A Norwegian was told by his Chinese friend that figuratively the Yangtze River has two boats, one called fame, and the other wealth. He said that Chinese students are in the busy pursuit of fame and wealth, w
Now for more on the presser by The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, we are joined in the studio by my colleague Wu Haojun. Q1: The big picture for employment certainly looks good here especially considering the economic climate, now,
英国BBC最新的阶级调查出炉,如图从左到右7大阶层依次为精英群体(Elite),传统中产阶级(Established Middle)、技术型中产阶级(Technical Middle)、新型有富余的工作者(New Affluent)、传统工人
For more analysis of the health care debate, NewsHour Weekend special correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins us from Santa Barbara, California. Jeff, here we are, a sixth of the U.S. economy depends on healthcare and we have a piece of legislation that
模仿句子:The families of African leaders and Russian oligarchs, for example, among those choosing London as a good place to buy a home, it's helped to drive a property boom in London's more affluent areas. 翻译:比如说,非洲领导人和俄
7. hoard /hɔ:d/ vt. 贮藏 Tom had a reputation as a miser who hoarded every penny he could get his hands on. 汤姆将能得到手的每一分钱都积攒起来,所以有守财奴之称。 8. affluent /ˈfluənt/ adj. 富裕的;丰富的 The ne