'Hunger Games' Expected to Top Holiday Ticket Sales The latest movie in The Hunger Games series was number one in ticket sales for its opening last weekend. However, it did not make as much as the openings of the other two movies in the series. The t

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Fortescue Metals Group has postponed plans for a key expansion of its iron ore operations in the Pilbara. The miner had planned to double output in the region by 2012. But it says a tough six-month has forced it to delay that plan by over a year. The

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Latest 'Mission' Is Impossibly Good Thriller Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation is the fifth installment of the successful 20-year-old spy franchise, based on the iconic, eponymous 1960s TV series. With 53-year-old Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise still

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President Barack Obama traveled to Denver today where he has signed into law the 787-billion-dollar economic stimulus bill sent to him by Congress last week. The president called it a balanced plan which he said contains a mixture of tax cuts and in

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Steve Inskeep : Here is another installment of StoryCorps, the project that is traveling the country recording interviews between loved ones and friends. These interviews are archived at the Library of Congress and some of them are heard here on Mor

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The presidential campaign's painting very different pictures of what the monthly jobs report means. President Obama says the fact that the rate dropped to 7.8% means the country's moving in the right direction. But his challenger Mitt Romney said whi

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货已发出 We have already shipped the goods. A: I'm calling to tell you that the merchandise ordered last month has not arrived yet. B: I'm sorry,hold on a moment.I'll check it out. But we have already shipped it to you last month. Would you like

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by Michael W. Flynn First, a disclaimer: Although I am an attorney, the legal information in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for seeking personalized legal advice from an attorney licensed to practice in your jurisdiction. Further, I

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1. Suicide bombers kill dozens of worshipers at 2 Shiite mosques near Iraq's border with Iran, while Baghdad car bombs kill eight Iraqis. 2. President Bush tells Russia's Putin that the US supports Mo

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Former sports star Brian Taylor has taken a message of hard work that he learned on the basketball court to the inner city classroom. In this week's installment of Making a Difference we introduce you to Taylor, who was a top basketball player at Pri

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5. You can meet the personal loan term. 您符合个人贷款条件。 还能这样说: Your personal loan application is permitted. Your application of Persoanl Loan Scheme is allowed. 应用解析: at term 到期; be in terms 在谈判中;

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LOS ANGELES, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The crown of the North America box office was stormed by a hammer-wielding god from Thor, the latest in the Marvel Studios productions, as the Paramount- distributed epic adventure opened with 66 million dollars in esti

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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- The third movie of the Hobbit trilogy is set to debut on July 18, 2014, distributor Warner Bros. said Friday. We wanted to have a shorter gap between the second and third films. Opening in July affords us not only the

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Ip Man 3, the third installment of the hit kung fu franchise based on the life of a martial arts master, has enjoyed massive success on its opening weekend in China. According to estimates from the Beijing-based box office monitor Ent Group, the figh

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French and German leaders say they will present plans to stabilize the crisis-stricken eurozone by the end of the month. The agreement by Europe's two economic powerhouses comes ahead of a key Group of 20 summit early next month. At a news conference

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BEIJING, May 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Pirates(海盗) of the Caribbean 4 has achieved the second highest-grossing weekend opening ever for an imported film in China, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The latest installment, entitled On Stranger Tides, op

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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Veteran Hollywood action star Bruce Willis has demonstrated his winning power as his latest film A Good Day to Die Hard runs as the top grossing film in North America over the weekend, beating out three other debuting

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Pale and haggard faces, lank and bony figures, children with the countenances of old men, 孩子们脸色苍白憔悴,带着老人般苍老神情,纤细羸弱的身材, deformities with irons upon their limbs, boys of stunted growth, 脚上带着

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China launches unmanned spacecraft testing docking technologies The unmanned Shenzhou-8 spacecraft is now in orbit, after being launched shortly before 6 this morning from China's western desert. The Commander-in-chief of China's space program is Cha

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Topic1-Proposal on Public Servant Income Rise Draws Controversy Nanfang Metropolis Daily has published a proposal on constructing a reasonable salary system for public servants. It has triggered heated debate online and during local political meeting

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