Rob: Hello Im Rob. Welcome to 6 Minute English. Im joined today by Neil. Hello Neil. Neil: Hi there Rob. And I'm sure you'll join me in wishing our Muslim listeners Eid Mubarak! Rob: Yes, indeed, Eid Mubarak! The end of Ramadan is approaching and the

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(135) / 评论(0) 分类 六分钟英语

Turkey detained more suspected followers of clergyman Fethullah Gulen on Friday, police and media reported. Turkish officials accuse Gulen of directing a plot aimed at overthrowing the government in July 2016. The overthrow attempt failed. Gulen has

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[00:27.56]A leaked French intelligence document raises the possibility [00:31.35]that Osama Bin Laden died of typhoid, [00:34.51]but President Jacques Chirac said that [00:38.12]the report was in no way confirmed [00:41.24]and officials from Kabul to

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26After the plague the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, 2Take a census of the whole Israelite community by families-all those twenty years old or more who are able to serve in the army of Israel. 3So on the plains of Moab by t

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1. I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed: and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I fail and keep trying. 1. 别人评判你的往往是成功的次数,没有人会

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhuanet) -- Mother Monster Lady Gaga became the first person to attract more than 20 million followers on Twitter, after joining the social networking site for only four years, according to media reports. Gaga takes a comfortable

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Sina Weibo will remove its 140-character limit starting Jan. 28 on its developer platform, its CEO confirmed on Wednesday. 新浪微博首席执行官周三证实,自本月28日起,将取消开发者平台的140字限制。 The change came after

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16Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and certain Reubenites-Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth-became insolent 2and rose up against Moses. With them were 250 Israelite men, well-known community leaders who had

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Books and Arts; Book Review;A history of dieting;Binge and purge; 文艺;书评;节食的历史;狂欢和清理; Calories and Corsets: A History of Dieting Over 2000 Years. By Louise Foxcroft. 《卡路里和束身衣:2000年来的节食历

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CARACAS, May 5 (Xinhua) -- The Venezuelan government announced Sunday that it will fight crime in Caracas with the help of the armed forces, the Venezuelan News Agency reported. The Defense Ministry, the National Bolivarian Armed Forces (FANB) and th

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Every year between the end of November and the end of December, Jewish people around the world celebrate the holiday of Chanukah, the Festival of Lights. Chanukah begins on the 25th day of the Hebrew (希伯来的) month of Kislev (历法:基色娄月

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Just as many roads lead to success in the workplace, many different personalities attract followers. But the following traits seem universally to attract people and open their minds and hearts. 职场上通往成功的道路有很多条,吸引人的个

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A well-known Chinese popstar accidentally revealed she was lip-synching instead of singing during a televised concert by brandishing her microphone the wrong way around. 知名中国流行歌手在电视直播音乐会上拿反话筒,一个明显的翻

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The US is on the verge of meeting most of the economic conditions the Federal Reserve has set to increase interest rates next month, according to a member of the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee. 负责制定利率的联邦公开市场委员会

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当你说一个人又笨又傻的时候,会用什么形容词呢?除了stupid,fool,idiot,还有什么? 长了这么大,骂人水平还停留在小学阶段,实在不好意思。 今天呢,我们的主题是趣味词汇,小编教你如

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The next year it hit 5.4% even as unemployment changed little. 第二年,甚至在失业变化不大的情况下达到了5.4%。 The stagflation of the 1970s killed off the idea of a stable Phillips curve. 上世纪70年代滞张(stagflation)曾一度

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Speaking of animation, post-80s and 90s Chinese people would automatically think about the Japanese animations or Disney's classic works they watched in their childhood. 谈到动漫,80后和90后就会不由自主地想到他们童年看过的日本

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Turkey and the European Union 土耳其和欧盟 Media freedom RIP? 舆论自由的末日? A fresh round of arrests takes relations with the European Union to a new low 新一轮的媒体洗牌让土耳其和欧盟的关系达到了冰点。 WE HAV

发表于:2019-03-09 / 阅读(129) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人商业系列

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: We return now to Turkey and this weekend's deadly attack in Istanbul. What's behind that terror incident and the string of terror attacks in Turkey that have taken place over there over the past year? We drill down on this with Bule

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HARI SREENIVASAN: President Obama spoke by phone today with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The U.S. Justice and State Departments are reviewing Turkey's extradition request for Fethullah Gulen, the man the country says is responsible for the

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