Frank: Jerry! My financial counselor! Good to see you... as always. Jerry: Hey Frank, nice to see you, too. How's your stock portfolio these days? F: Not that bad. I bought into a hedge fund and it helped minimize my losses. J: Wise! You seem to beat

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投资顾问Jerry跟客户Frank见面,向他推销一种投资想法。 Jerry: I believe the iron is hot right now in the field of energy and transportation. Everyone is looking for new ways to reduce energy consumption. F: Yeah, you're right. I bo

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投资顾问Jerry跟客户Frank见面,建议他投资电动汽车电池技术的开发,Frank似乎有顾虑。 F: I don't know....sounds like a gamble to me. J: All investing is a gamble! But sometimes gambling pays off big time! F: That's true..

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三角洲通讯公司老板John Smith到银行申请贷款,接待他的是银行负责人Ted Johnson。 Ted Johnson: Hello, Mr. Smith. Thanks for stopping by. Smith: Hello, and call me John. Ted: Sure...but only if you call me Ted. J: Done. T: So y

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销售部的Steve, Faith和Katie围绕直觉展开了讨论。Katie说 Katie: I think perhaps everyone has different kinds of intuition. I'm a pretty bad judge of character, but I'm a wiz at picking stocks! Steve: You should go to Las Vegas! You'd ma

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Lisa从美国出差回来,同事Jonah问她此行的情况。 Jonah: Lisa! You're home! Nice to see you! How was your trip to America? Lin: The trip was good, but boy, American airport security is such a hassle!! I was standing in line for over two

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项目主管Donny急冲冲地来找老板Simon,因为公司即将竣工的加工厂遇到了麻烦。当地质检官员以不合格为由,索取贿赂。Donny说, D: I hate to play devil's advocate, but doesn't everyone who does business here p

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来自中国的雇员Dana跟同事Charlie聊天儿,说自己要去美国朋友家过圣诞节,请Charlie给她讲讲美国人过圣诞的习俗。 D: Would you say Christmas is the most popular American holiday? C: Definitely. It's a really big d

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公司执行总裁Dave召集董事会成员Helen和Pete开会,讨论业务外包和公司重组。 H: I guess one of the biggest questions here is how the general public might perceive these moves. Will we face a backlash for cutting some local job

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亚当是丹尼尔从小一起长大的好朋友,住在同一个社区,现在读初中一年级。这天,亚当学校开运动会,他邀请丹尼尔一起去参加运动会。 Listen Read Learn Adam: Is it your first time to join the sports meeting of Junior High School? Daniel: Yes, and it's great. W

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Larger than any lion alive today, this would have been an awesome predator. These caves were probably its winter den. With such abundant game down on the plains, this hunter's life must have been pretty good. Sheer size and power and the benefit of l

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Rainforests are being cut and burned form Brazil to Indonesia at such a rate that they could well disappear from the earth's surface before the year 2050. They are being cleared for valuable timber and other resources to speed up the economic growth

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By Challiss McDonough Luxor, Egypt 04 November 2007 The face of the ancient Egyptian King Tutankhamun has been shown to the public for the first time since his tomb was discovered 85 years ago. King Tut's mummy has been moved into a special display c

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I just can't stop the feeling, don't seem to go away. So if I hurt your feelings, don't blame it all on me. I just can't stop the feeling (nothing else to say), And now they have to stay. So if I hurt your feelings (don't take it the wrong way), It's

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By Carol Pearson Washington 18 June 2007 The number of people suffering from Alzheimer's disease is expected to quadruple by the year 2050. Researchers at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, say 106 million people worldwide

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we talk about military education programs in the United States. There are public and private colleges and universities that offer military educations. But int

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Indian authorities have announced a series of measures to strengthen security following recent bombings in major cities, including the capital. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the government has come under attack for not doing enough to coun

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By Cindy Saine Washington 11 January 2008 The human rights group Amnesty International staged protests around the world Friday to mark the sixth anniversary of the first arrival of detainees at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The g

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By Jim Malone Washington 29 March 2007 The political showdown over the war in Iraq between President Bush and the Democratic-controlled Congress has become a defining issue in the early stages of the 2008 U.S. presidential election campaign. VOA nat

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Some Zimbabwe government supporters say President Robert Mugabe should form a government without the opposition, following an opposition boycott of talks Monday in Swaziland. Tendai Maphosa asked ordinary Zimbabweans in Harare what they think about

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