A three-day-week gets the best performance from workers aged over 40, a study has found. 一项研究发现,40岁以上的人如果每周上三天班,工作表现将会最佳。 Researchers found the cognitive performance of middle-aged people im

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(150) / 评论(0) 分类 求职英语

President Obama calls the US-British alliance as vital as ever in asserting its influence on pro-democracy uprisings across the Arab world, but in his address to the British Parliament today, the president said freedom cannot be imposed, just support

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(108) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台5月

Retirement and Resignation Dialogue 1 -The office is having a retirement party for Walter Wright next week. -Has he worked here a long time? -Well.I have been here for 15 years and he was here when I came.Walter will have plenty of money when he ret

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 公务员口语

man:do you have this style shirt in my size? woman:i'll check.but...to tell u the truth,i think this one's right for u. Q:what does the woman mean? 2 man:oh,i'm sorry,i just realized that i forgot to bring the tape recorder you lent me.i left it bac

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(153) / 评论(0) 分类 历年托福听力考试

For decades, bosses at publishing houses, glossy magazines, consulting firms, advocacy groups, movie production companies and talent agencies have groomed their assistants to be the next generation of big shots by working them long hours for low wage

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Joint venture( 合资企业),commercial bank(商业银行),rapport(和谐的关系) F: well. Lets look at some potential sources of funding for your company. M: Well,The Bank I use for my commercial account wants me to submit a loan application. F:a Commercial b

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The Obama administration has confirmed plans to bring an end to the popular Cash for Clunkers program. In a statement, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says there's enough money to continue accepting submissions until the deadline this Monday eve

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 2009年NPR美国国家公共电台8月

The Dow's off more than 200 points, more than 1.75 percent, sliding below the 11,000 mark for the first time in a week. Several factors are apparently rattling investors. China hiked its rates in an attempt to head off rising inflation. The close on

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年NPR美国国家公共电台10月

Exercise 5-9:Little Lola Now that we've done this, instead of L being a hard letter to pronounce, it's the easiest one because the tongue is stuck in that position. Pause the CD to practice the reading on your own, again, with your tongue stuck to th

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 美式英语正音训练

Exercise 5-9: Little Lola Now that we've done this, instead of L being a hard letter to pronounce, it's the easiest one because the tongue is stuck in that position. Pause the CD to practice the reading on your own, again, with your tongue stuck to t

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Explanation: Voting is one of the important rights (or freedoms) that Americans have, but not everyone can vote. The Constitution, which is the most important legal document in the United States, has 27 amendments (or changes or additions to the Cons

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(100) / 评论(0) 分类 美国精神

1. About how many blood donations are needed every day in the United States? A. 14,000 B. 24,000 C. 40,000 2.Approximately how many people donate blood every year? A. 92,000 B. 920,000 C. 9,200,000 3. According to the announcement, some people do not

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 听英文对话做选择

Instead, I moved to Washington, D C., which was full of eligible men. 于是我转而去了华盛顿特区,那里尽是适合结婚的男人。 It worked. My first year out of college, I met a man who was not just eligible, but also wonderful, so I

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 向前一步

Travelers are seeing some major delays and cancellations this morning. It's because of a problem with the air traffic system in Atlanta that allows pilots to log their flight path. The FAA was quick to point out that it isn't a safety matter, it's ju

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 cnn2009年(十一)月

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Microsoft's cloud-based software Microsoft Office 365 on Wednesday experienced its first major outage since its introduction in late June. At approximately 11:30 a.m. PDT, Microsoft became aware of a networking issu

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

小张是广东外语外贸大学国际贸易专业的应届毕业生。他想应聘一家跨国贸易公司。下面是他的面试过程。想要从事这一行业的人不妨借鉴一下小张的面试经验。 A: Good afternoon, sir. B: Good afte

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(143) / 评论(0) 分类 求职英语

JUDY WOODRUFF: Joining me now to discuss the change is Mei Fong, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist with over a decade of experience covering Asia. She's the author of the upcoming book One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment.Mei Fon

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

Forget it, he snaps back. The conversation feels all wrong. Leave? How could I leave Prim, who is the only person in the world Im certain I love? And Gale is devoted to his family. We cant leave, so why bother talking about it? And even if we did . .

发表于:2019-02-26 / 阅读(230) / 评论(0) 分类 饥饿游戏(英文版)

重点词汇 crappy adj.蹩脚的没价值的讨厌的 eligible adj.合适的;合格的; item n.一件商品(或物品) underestimate vt. 低估;看轻 玛丽莎梅耶尔 (Marissa Mayer) 玛丽莎毕业于斯坦福大学,1999年加入谷歌,是

发表于:2019-03-02 / 阅读(130) / 评论(0) 分类 卡卡课堂早餐英语

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. Senior House Republican aides tell NBC News that the House will return to session on Sunday at 6:30 in the evening to work on avoiding the fiscal cliff, that after a day of partisan bickering on Capito

发表于:2019-03-15 / 阅读(472) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年NPR美国国家公共电台12月