ICBC pledges to boost off-shore RMB trade in Europe

LONDON, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) (London) plc said on Monday it would work on boosting off-shore trading of Chinese currency RMB, also known as yuan, here in Europe. Xu Jinlei, general manager of ICBC Lo

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-09-02

1. Hurricane Gustav is quickly losing its punch after plowing through south Louisiana's fishing and oil industry.The National Hurricane Center downgraded the storm to a Category 1 with 90-mile-an-hour winds. 2. Hurricane Gustav is sending water rush

CCTV9英语新闻：China Qionghai Boao Airport ready for arrivals

On Thursday, China Qionghai Boao Airport in Hainan Province saw its first plane land. The new facility is on the same island as the Boao forum venue, and shortens the travel for the thousands of incoming guests over the next few days. Landing on the

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本期内容： OnSeptember11, 2001,amidtheburningashesoftheWorldTradeCenter,threeNewYorkCityfirefightershoistedasmallAmericanflagremovedfromanearbyyacht.Itwas5p.m.onadaythatwouldradicallychangethecourseofhistory. 2001年9月11日，3名纽约消防员

TED演讲:宇宙有中心吗(2)

Shortly after Copernicus, in the 1580s, an Italian friar, Giordano Bruno, 哥白尼死后不久，在十六世纪80年代，意大利修道士焦尔达诺布鲁诺提出， suggested the stars were suns that likely had their own planets and that the

CNN 2008-10-10

Hi everyone, I'm Asieh Namdar at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. The Treasury Department may use some of the massive Wall Street bailout to buy part of your bank. A department official says the governmen

PBS高端访谈:大西洋有记录以来最强飓风Irma来袭

In the day's other major story, Hurricane Irma is now the most powerful storm ever recorded in the open Atlantic Ocean. It has winds of 185 miles an hour, and it's closing in on the Northeast Caribbean. That has one forecaster warning that the Leewar

'J.Edgar' Centers on Controversial FBI Director

Academy award-winning filmmaker Clint Eastwood has teamed up with actor Leonardo DiCaprio on J. Edgar, a biopic of the former FBI head, J.Edgar Hoover, who died in 1972. The film focuses on J.Edgar's controversial personality. It follows him as he ma

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Zhang Hengde is a forecaster with the National Meteorological Center. The highest level can be expected on Tuesday and Wednesday morning. Heavy smog will be seen in central and south Beijing, central and west Tianjin, central and north Hebei, north S

Drop-In Program Gives Drop-Outs a Second Chance

Every school day, about 7,000 students drop out of school(退学) in the United Stars. That's a total of 1.2 million students each year and only about 70 percent of entering high school freshman graduate each year. The problem is especially serious i

New Hong Kong chief executive swears into office

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Typhoons to bring gales, storms to China's coasts

BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Tembin and Bolaven are moving towards China's coasts and will bring gales and storms there on Sunday, the country's meteorological authority has forecast. The year's 14th typhoon, Tembin, was in the northeast of t

CCTV9英语新闻：Magnitude-6.2 quake jolts waters off Taiwan

The China Earthquake Networks Center has reported a magnitude-6.2 earthquake in Taiwan. It hit the waters just east of the coastal city of Yilan at 11:17 a.m. Beijing Time. The tremor struck at a depth of 15 kilometres, and was felt as far as 60 kilo

shuttle Discovery lands in Florida,concluding flying career

WASHINGTON, March 9 (Xinhua) -- U.S. space shuttle Discovery landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, ending its nearly 27-year flying career as the world's most- traveled spaceship（宇宙飞船）. According to NASA, Disc

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1．何谓rest room? 某校的教师休息室被译为Teachers' Rest Room，一家开心休闲屋被译为Happy Rest Room。但rest room指的是a public lavatory; cloakroom，公用盥洗室，衣帽间。翻译这类型的场所可考虑lounge、lo

China launches emergency response in face of typhoon

BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- China has initiated an emergency response and early-warning plan for disaster relief in order to cope with the severity of typhoon Haikui, according to a circular issued by the National Commission for Disaster Reduction on

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Island 唱片的新乐队(到现在也不算新了)Jet Black Stare以爆炸般的方式在电台中发布了他们在 Modern ROCK (现代摇滚) / Mainstream Rock (主流摇滚)乐风之路上的第一首单曲Ready To Roll,随后他们在08年7月15日

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讲解 Todays key word is Fitness Fitness 健身，健康 It means the quality or state of being fit, good physical condition; being in shape in condition. Here is an example: Your fitness goal should determine(决定) the way you exercise. 你的最终

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