School Crisis: Girls Dominate Remarks: Remember when girls became nurses and not doctors, 1) stenographers not C.E.O.s, teachers not 2) principals? Well, that’s not the way it is anymore. Today, sch

发表于:2018-11-28 / 阅读(131) / 评论(0) 分类 疯狂英语2003年

18A Mid-Life Crisis GLOSSARY mid-life crisis a period in a mans life when he becomes unhappy that he is growing older and does strange things to try to feel younger* When Brett went through his mid-life crisis, he bought a red Ferrari and tried todat

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Good Evening: This a special night for me. Exactly three years ago, on July 15, 1976, I accepted the nomination of my party to run for President of the United States. I promised you a President who is not isolated from the people, who feels your pai

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This is the first in a series of Business English lessons on handling a crisis. Imagine this: its four oclock in the morning and youre sound asleep. The phone rings. Its one of your managers. Theres been a terrible accident! What do you do? What do y

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 商务英语管理课程

Crisis Crisis is to our life what illness is to our body. Just as fatal disease can destroy our body and sometimes even put an end to our lives, so does smashing crisis knock us down so hopelessly that we might never have chance of standing up again.

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语作文

Jan 24, 2003 Mizuho, the world's largest bank in terms of assets, expects to post a net loss of $16 billion, the largest ever 1) incurred by a Japanese company. The loss would be more than double last

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Jackie: Oil makes our world go roundthey call it black gold. It fuels our cars, runs our industries, it makes our countries work. So when oil prices go up, or when supplies are scarce, oil can cause a global crisis. Oil is the topic of this second c

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Water Crisis in US City a 'Disaster, Not Just an Emergency' Civil rights activists, politicians and residents are calling the contamination of drinking water in an urban U.S. city a disaster, not just an emergency. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder recen

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'The Big Short' Explains the Global Financial Crisis In 2008, two big Wall Street firms, or companies that trade money and investments, collapsed. The U.S. economy plunged into the Great Recession. That meant the economy was weak and many people lost

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Officials around the world are now pressing European leaders to take swift action to keep Europe's debt crisis from spreading. Worries about a possible Greek debt default and deepening Euro-zone debt woes have been on the rise, despite European polic

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Its hard to find something not impacted by our current financial crisis. Here are 12 examples of what the recession means for specific things, from Spam to sex addiction. 1. Spam It looks like meat, it tastes like meat, but its a far cheaper substitu

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For more than two years, Europe's 17-nation euro currency bloc has grappled with containing its burgeoning governmental debt crisis. Its leaders often took half-steps they thought surely would calm international financial markets worried about the fa

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ISLAMABAD, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Political crisis in Pakistan was averted on Friday as the Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani succeeded in persuading a key political group to withdraw(撤回) its decision of joining the opposition. The Muttahida Qaumi

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Alonso surprised by Real Madrid left back crisis MADRID, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid and Spain international midfielder Xabi Alonso said on Wednesday he was surprised by the injuries which have affected defenders Marcelo, Fabio Coentrao and Alvar

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French and German leaders met with Italy's new prime minister Thursday, promising to change EU treaties to allow for closer financial integration. They hope such changes will prevent future economic problems like the current eurozone debt crisis. Fre

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The financial crisis almost certainly led to an increase in suicides across Europe, health experts say. The analysis by US and UK researchers found a rise in suicides was recorded among working age people from 2007 to 2009 in nine of the 10 nations s

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Spaniards angered about the economic situation have been staging regular protests in Madrid since May 15. Thousands of Spaniards have marched in Madrid to protest high unemployment and the government's handling of an economic crisis. They converged o

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European leaders have started a two-day summit in Brussels in the latest effort to resolve the continent's debt crisis and save the euro. Some officials have described the European summit as a moment of reckoning for the common currency, under siege

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China backs EU after new debt-crisis-busting bonds BEIJING, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- China will continue to support the European Union's endeavors to cope with the debt crisis, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Friday. Hong made the remark at a dai

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. I'm Ryan Geertsma. Voice 2 And I'm Robin Basselin. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Thirty-three men lived th

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