WORDS AND THEIR STORIES By Broadcast: Sunday, October 24, 2004 Now the VOA Special English program-- Words and Their Stories. There are many special terms in the world of business. The following story

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(160) / 评论(0) 分类 WORDS AND THEIR STORIES

Museums From Boston to Los Angeles, from New York City to Chicago to Dallas, museums are either planning, building, or wrapping up wholesale expansion programs. These programs already have radically altered facades and floor plans or are expected to

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1. Investigators have finished ripping up the concrete floor of a New York city basement where they are searching for traces of a six-year-old boy who vanished in 1979. So far though, authorities haven't given any outward sign that they found anythin

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Dialogue 1: Passenger: West London Air Terminal, please. I have to be there by 11:10. Taxi Driver: I can't promise, but I'll do my best. Taxi Driver: You're just in time. Seventy pence, please. Passenger: Thanks a lot. Here's eighty pence. You can ke

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Carl Kasell. The Federal Reserve is moving to calm jitters in the financial markets amid a credit crunch that's already claimed one of the biggest Wall Street firms. NPR's Scott Horsley reports. Bear Stearns agreed o

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Uint5 II. Basic Listening Practice 1.Script W: Why do some people stay in one job for life while others switch jobs from time to time? M: Some people want a fixed routine so that they dont have to adapt tot new circumstances over and over again, whil

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Finance and Economics;The Big Mac index;Calories and currencies; 财经;巨无霸指数;货币卡路里; What burgernomics says about five years of turmoil 汉堡经济学解读危机五年 Our Big Mac index is back. Normally a beefy bundle o

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Want to feed a hungry world? According to David Gracer, add bugs to the menu. Gracer is, he says, a normal guy whos also an entomophagist, an advocate for insects as food. He gave a talk about ingesting insects at a May 16th TEDxCambridge conference

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小狮子找食物 (I Am Hungry) 角色:雄狮、小狮、小白兔、三只小熊、小松鼠、小女孩。 道具:雄狮、小狮、小白兔、三只小熊和小松鼠头套、红萝卜、三碗粥、花生一把、苹果一个。 Act 1 雄

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The Best Valentine Gifts for Your Girlfriend 给女朋友最好的情人节礼物 Whether or not you take Valentine's Day seriously, chances are your girlfriend does. If you want to find her something special for this holiday, think about sentimental

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Let's Do Business! Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. There are many special terms in the world of business. The following story is about a sweetheart deal which I made last week. I made the deal with a friend, and we both

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My favorite season has to be autumn, although when it gets to autumn I feel slightly disapointed because I know that after summer the weather gets colder and the nights get shorter and the evenings get darker. I still really like autumn. One of my fa

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6 Types of Food You Should Never Eat Before A Yoga Class 上瑜伽课前不该吃的6类食物 Nuts and Seeds 坚果和种子 While nuts and seeds are highly nutritious and nourishing, they are high in fat and protein and more likely to sit in the st

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Standard Poor's Friday downgraded the credit ratings of nine European countries caught up in the eurozone crisis. This includes France, which has Europe's second-largest economy. SP's downgrade of France's credit rating has been expected for weeks. F

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Google is planning to expand its presence in China, Eric Schmidt, chairman of the search giant's holding company, has said. 搜索引擎巨人谷歌董事长埃里克施密特表示,谷歌计划将扩大其在中国的现有规模。 Google search

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Never mind the credit crunch, if you're feeling sick then don't come to work, with employees in the banking sector particularly reluctant to stay at home, British bosses say. Almost three-quarters of employers said staff should stay at home if they f

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Give me a break, Amber! We don't have time for that now. We need to crank out these cookies. You don't really love me, do you? Amber, I'm head over heels in love with you. But it's crunch time with these cookies. Cookies, cookies, cookies. You've got

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WASHINGTON, March 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. presidential candidates Donald Trump, of the Republican Party, and Hillary Clinton, of the Democratic Party, won big on Super Tuesday, increasing the likelihood that they will go head to head in a knock-down, drag

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实用口语:Amber And Ted Heat Up The Kitchen LESSON 14 AMBER AND TED HEAT UP THE KITCHEN Amber and Ted are in the kitchen baking cookies. Amber asks Ted to give her a kiss, but Ted tells her he's too busy. Then he feels guilty and goes to her. Bu

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Hi, everybody. Sophie's here! 各位乡亲。苏菲驾到啦! And look at my new coat. It's double-breasted. 瞧我的新狐皮大衣。是双巨乳呢。 Pretty nice, huh? It was a gift from me. 很不错吧?是我送的礼物呢。 It's the onl

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