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初级英语听力(新版) Lesson24 1. Add two and four; eight and ten; fourteen and seven. 2. Subtract six from eighteen; four from eleven; five from nineteen. 3. Multiply two by eight; five by three; six by four. 4. Divide six by three; eight by tw
The US Supreme Court is expected to rule by June on the fate of the nation's sweeping health care law after hearing three days of arguments. It's really anyone's guess how the court will lean. Paul Clement, the lawyer for the 26 states seeking to hav
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The Senate has approved the most sweeping change to the nations health care system in decades. On a party-line vote of 60-39, this morning Senate Democrats pushed through President Obamas plan to provid
1. Add two and four; eight and ten; fourteen and seven. 2. Subtract six from eighteen; four from eleven; five from nineteen. 3. Multiply two by eight; five by three; six by four. 4. Divide six by three; eight by two; twenty by five. 1. I'll take a co
Here are two seemingly unrelated facts. One: from the late 1940s through 1963, we tested atomic bombs in the atmosphere. Two: wine lovers are sometimes duped into spending exorbitant amounts for fake vintage bottles that werent from the year they wer
And in poorer countries, smaller countries, fragile countries, 在更穷,更小,或者正发生冲突的国家, conflict-afflicted countries, remittances are a lifeline, 移民汇款就如同救命稻草, as in Somalia or in Haiti. 比如说在
According to the Sky News of September 26, hard-pressed London commuters are increasingly turning to camping rather than paying exorbitant rents in the capital。 Camping commuters are pitching their tents or parking their caravans from monday to fri
Drug firms and cancer Lucrative lifesavers 医药公司和癌症 利润丰厚的救星 The hopes and perils of betting on cancer treatments 癌症治疗的希望和风险 NEW weapons are emerging in the war on cancer. 在对癌症的战争中不断有新
Forced labor does occur in many industries, 强制劳动在很多国家都屡见不鲜, especially those where the workers are migrants or otherwise vulnerable, and this needs to be addressed. 尤其发生在移民劳工和其他弱势群体中,这
Hollywood studios spend exorbitant sums of money promoting their Oscar-nominated films to voters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. But exactly how much is spent, and where all that money goes, is something of an industry secret. 好莱
Five Ways to Combat Loneliness When Youre Jobless Sit in front of laptop. Lie on couch. Eat pickles for lunch. Back to laptop. Feel sorry for self. Feel sick of self. Tear hair out in frustration. And back to couch. If this is your 9-to-5 routine, yo
The skyrocketing pay packages handed out to China's film and television celebrities have once again come under the spotlight, after a respected veteran actress' sharp criticism of the exorbitant remuneration paid to high-profile performers made a spl
本期内容: The authorities in the Cuban capital, Havana, say they are restoring a network of hotels where rooms are rented by the hour to lovers. State-run posadas, or love motels, disappeared during Cuba's economic crisis in the 1990s when they
Anirudh Sharma doesn't just want to pull harmful carbon from the air. He wants to offer a cheaper alternative to the exorbitant costs of ordinary printer ink. 阿尼鲁德夏尔马不仅想除掉空气中的有害炭物质,还希望创造一种更便
During the next two centuries, seven other crusades took place. 在接下来的两个世纪里,欧洲人又发动了另外七次东征。 Gradually the Crusaders learned the technique of the trip. 十字军战士们逐渐学会了前往亚洲的旅行
China's currency 中国的货币 the rise of the redback 人民币的崛起 China will have to open its financial market if it wants the yuan to rival the dollar 如果想让人民币击败美元,中国必须开放其金融市场 Jan 20th 2011 | fr
The Tao of Travel Against all odds, I became a world traveler in my 25th year. It began, as all things inevitably do, with a girl. I thought it was ever-lasting love. She was setting out for a year abroad a summer in Germany, then an academic year in
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King Guaire walked amid his court The palaceyard and riverside And there to three old beggars said, You that have wandered far and wide Can ravel out what's in my head. Do men who least desire get most, Or get the most who most desire? A begg