It was time for a haircut. Lenny didnt even have to look in the mirror. Even though he was going bald, he knew that he needed to cut his hair every two weeks. He had a tongue of hair on the top of his head. His hair was thinning at the crown. He stil

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(141) / 评论(0) 分类 365个英语简短小故事

IN THE NEWS - Obama Calls for Economy Where 'Everyone Does Their Fair Share' 新闻报道 - 奥巴马发表2012年国情咨文演说 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 This week, President Oba

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By Sarah Dickens for sino.uk Crawling the last few hundred metres of its staggering 12,451 kilometre journey, the first ever Block Train' arrived right on schedule to applause from gathered dignitaries and industry officials. Just 17 days earlier, on

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Hello, everyone, I'm Asieh Namdar at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Fewer levee breaks are now expected along the rest of Mississippi River, but downstream communities are still bracing for trouble. In

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 商业报道2008年(六)月

Now it must be known that, among all his friends, Pinocchio had one whom he loved most of all. 现在诸位要知道,皮诺乔在他的朋友里有一个最要好的。 The boy's real name was Romeo, but everyone called him Lamp-Wick, for he was lo

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Strike the tent there!was the next order. 拆掉那个破棚子! As I hinted before, this whalebone marquee was never pitched except in port; and on board the Pequod, 这个命令是同起锚一样重要的命令, for thirty years, the order to s

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LIMA, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Air traffic controllers in Peru started Wednesday a 72-hour strike demanding wage increase, better working conditions and a reduction of work hours. The strike in air traffic control and related services is partially affecti

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南非科学家发现首个彗星曾撞击地球证据 JOHANNESBURG South African researchers say they have found conclusive evidence of earth's first-ever known comet strike, about 28 million years ago. The researchers say this exciting find in rura

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RIO DE JANEIRO, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Lucas scored a goal either side of half-time as Botafogo maintained its lead at the top of the Brazilian Serie A championship with a 3-2 victory over Coritiba on Sunday. Lincoln stunned the visitors with a goal in

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Greek unions have started a series of strikes and protests to show their resistance to the new and wide-reaching austerity measures up for a vote in parliament on Thursday. Unions representing job sectors ranging from government workers to sailors an

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

1985年,乔布斯虽仍在苹果任董事长,但却失去实权(he had not been to any meetings since since he lost his power)。无奈之下,他递交辞呈,暂别苹果(with no work to do and no access even to regular management reports)

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1. Americans mark the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks in familiar but subdued ceremonies. Thousands were on hand in New York for the reading of the names of nearly 3,000 victims killed in the worst terror attack in US history. 2. In Washi

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They're planning a strike that will paralyze the government to force President Yar'Adua to hand over power to the Vice President. Labor officials say it appears they are the last hope, according to VOA reporter Chinedu Offor, who is on travel in Imo

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Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Manchester, protesting amid the Conservative Party's Autumn conference. As CRI's UK Correspondent Tu Yun reports, the demonstration in Manchester is said to be a pre-cursor of a much larger nation-

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Nigeria's main unions have called for nationwide strikes and demonstrations beginning next Monday, unless the government restores a popular consumer fuel subsidy. The Nigeria Labor Congress and Trade Union Congress made the announcement Wednesday aft

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Greatest Hitter in the World 世界上最棒的击球手 A little boy strutted through the backyard, wearing his baseball cap and toting a ball and bat. 一个小男孩戴着棒球帽、背着棒球和球棒在后院里昂首阔步地走过。 I'm th

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迪士尼的《疯狂动物城》上映十天以来,这部传说中的零差评电影已经掀起了不小的热潮,相信许多朋友们也已经看过了。这部电影讲述了在胡萝卜农场长大的兔子朱迪突破重重歧视和生理劣

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Another point of difference between the male and female schools is still more characteristic of the sexes. 雄鲸队与雌鲸队还有一种更具有性别特征的不同之处。 Say you strike a Forty-barrel-bullpoor devil! all his comrades quit hi

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Matches Striking matches, on this Moment of Science. Have you ever had a problem getting a match to light? If so, you might be using the wrong type of match. There are actually two different types of matches: safety matches and strike-anywhere matche

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French rail strikes 法国铁路罢工 Unhappiness is the truth 其实不快乐 A rerun of Francehs bad old days tests the Socialist government's resolve 法国艰难昔日的重演是社会主义政府决心的试金石 The long march to work 上班长

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