STEVE: Did you smell something out here? SUE: Yes, I was in the kitchen. I thought I could smell smoke. STEVE: Me too. Where is it coming from? SUE: I can't see anything. Wait! What's that over there? STEVE: It's smoke. Whose house is that? SUE: Tha

发表于:2018-11-28 / 阅读(213) / 评论(0) 分类 应急英语口语

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. In the wake of fierce fighting between Shiite militiamen and security forces, officials in Baghdad have now put in place a weekend curfew in an effort to calm things down. The BBC's Crispin Thorold is in

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 2008年NPR美国国家公共电台三月

The police department of the United Arab Emirates city, Dubai, has begun to use supercars (Lamborghini Aventadors) as patrol cars. An Aventadors price is around 400,000 dollars, has a 700hp (horsepower) engine and and a top speed of 350km/hr (kilomet

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 轻松英文阅读

Every weekend, I go shopping downtown with a friend, but it is more of a hobby than anything else. I usually take a little cash, but I also have a credit card in case I need to charge something. I just make sure I don't go into too much debt spending

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 空闲时间—In Your Free Time

by Adam Freedman Todays topic: The Gulf oil spill--who pays? And now, your daily dose of legalese: This article does not create an attorney-client relationship with any reader. In other words, although I am a lawyer, Im not your lawyer. In fact, we b

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 法律英语 Legal Lad

American colleges are deciding whether to change how they investigate sexual assaults after a directive from Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Last Friday, DeVos withdrew official guidance on how college and university officials deal with sexual assau

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America: Safer Than Ever, But Still Vulnerable 美国:比以前安全,但是仍然易受攻击 “Terrorism has become the challenge and the calling of our generation” said Michael Chertoff, the

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2005(上)--社会新闻点评

英语作文 假如你叫李华,刚从浙江大学化学系毕业,现打算用英文给在杭州的中外合资企业浙江太平洋化学有限公司(Zhejiang Pacific Chemical Limited Corporation)经理Smith先生写一封信,推荐自己到该公司求职.写信日期2005年7月15日. 信的要点如下: 1,刚毕业于浙江大学化

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The Venezuelan economy is in free fall, with soaring inflation and severe shortages of food, water, and medicine. Political opponents of the regime of Nicolas Maduro reportedly have been subjected to imprisonment and torture. Faced with such misery,

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President Trump sounding off again. This time, as he observes the first half-year mark of his presidency, he's vented some very public criticism of his attorney general and of other top Justice Department officials, past and present. John Yang begins

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

And now for more on the special counsel's investigation into the president for possible obstruction of justice, we are joined by Carrie Johnson. She's the justice correspondent for NPR. Carrie, welcome back to the program. Happy to be here. First of

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Business. 商业。 Johnson amp; Johnson. 强生公司。 Out of the mire? 走出困境了吗? The Justice Department may spoil the drugmaker's fresh start. 司法部可能会毁了这家药厂的新开始。 FOR the past few years Johnson amp; Joh

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

BRUSSELS, May 30 (Xinhua) -- A senior official with the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Wednesday stressed that China supports Europe's integration process as well as its efforts to deal with the sovereign debt crisis. China has faith in Europe's c

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Microsoft Corp emanated an air of quiet satisfaction on Wednesday as European antitrust regulators readied charges against rival Google Inc for abusing its monopoly power in the online search business. 周三,欧盟反垄断机构准备对谷歌进行

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

JINAN, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 1.9 million people in east China's Shandong province have been affected by heavy rains since July 29, local authorities said Wednesday. Downpours have battered the eastern province since last Sunday, killing two peopl

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(223) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

United States 美国 Recruiting police officers - the force is weak. 招募警察孱弱的武装 Police departments struggle to stay fully staffed. 警察系统艰难维持满员状态。 STAR WARS can be used to sell almost anything, from Lego to a

发表于:2019-02-24 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

I'm not mocking this at allit's vital and enlightened work; it keeps Iowa's water cleanbut with the best will in the world it's not exactly dodging lava bombs on Mount Pinatubo or scrabbling over crevasses on the Greenland ice sheet in search of anci

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(128) / 评论(0) 分类 万物简史

The State Department is pulling an agent who specializes in responding to ______1_______. This is not my department. FBI! You want to be a part of this? Do we get an opportunity at the men responsible for today? The men who are really responsible for

发表于:2019-02-27 / 阅读(115) / 评论(0) 分类 英文电影预告片填空

第6期:问教育背景 Smith: May I help you? Zhang Xue: Yes, Ive come in apply for the position as head of claim department. Smith: Im Smith, the manager of Human Resources Department . May I ask your name? Zhang Xue: My name is Zhang Xue. Smith: W

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释义: What... like? 怎么样? What's ... like?与 How ... 具有相同的含义。经常会与 What does ... look like?作比较,What ... like?表示人物(事物)的性格(性质),而 What does ... look like?单纯表示外观(a

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