By Jill Moss Broadcast: November 10, 2003 This is Robert Covent with the VOA Special English Development Report. In many developing nations, more than fifty percent of workers are self-employed. They

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(175) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2003(下)-发展与科学

Finding Emerging Markets Jamie: If our company is going to grow, we need to find emerging markets. It makes sense to get a foothold in a few countries that may have developed markets within the next 20 years. Nina: But theres no guarantee that rapid

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Presidential Candidate Says a Rare Metal Important to Brazils Future Public opinion studies suggest that Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro is likely to win Sundays election. The candidate believes he knows of a resource that may help hi

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39 Love is a verb Do you ever think about words how they are used? They are some words that can be used in many different ways. Depending upon how you use the words, it could have several different meanings. Love is an example of this. Of course, lov

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经典句型:I think the program is experiencing some difficulties. 我想我们的项目遇到了一些困难。 A:I think the program is experiencing some difficulties. 甲:我想我们的项目遇到了一些困难。 B:What's the matter? 乙:怎么

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同学们学了十几年英语对学语言有什么学经了吗?我们今天请到OpenLanguage一位能说八国语言的美国同事来和我们聊聊他的学习方法,说不定对你的英语学习也能有一些启发哦! 学小语种的同学

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16Investing Your Money GLOSSARY seminar informational session; class for a small group of people; class on aspecific subject* Hercilia went to the university last night to attend a seminar on Chinas growingeconomy. to invest to buy something with one

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You wont know if you wont try. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. You have to risk even if its hard. Do something that would make you say its worth it. Never waste your time in useless things. Invest and try new things. 如果不尝试,怎知行不行

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Cheryl / Guam speaker If I had a million dollars what would I do? Well first, I would take a portion of that money and put it into savings. That way I would not be able to spend that money later. Secondly, I would probably take some money and go trav

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Chris, Belgium speaker Do you belong to anything? Well, I belong to a running club. It's actually a marathon running club because I used to start running marathons two years ago, and if you train for a marathon it's like a lot of time you have to inv

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Chris, Belgium speaker I prefer magazines over books because I just cannot spend that much time reading abook. It takes just too much time, and a magazine, well you can read it on the toilet. You can read it on the train. You can read it in the car i

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In his first weekly address since being sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, President Barack Obama discusses how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan will jump-start the economy. This is not just a short-term program to boost

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First, listen to March 4th 2013 to hear about drought on farms this past summer. The Minister for Primary Industries, Nathan Guy said that in the long term the government wants to invest $400m in regional water irrigation. In the short term, the Budg

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These three, among so many others, have encouraged me, made introductions, and taught me by example. 这三位,还有其他许多人,都曾给我以鼓励,为我引介别人,并以身作则地教导我。 Their wisdom helped me avoid mistakes

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我们在这次节目里要给大家介绍的两个习惯用语都是指真实,可靠。我们已经讲过两个具有同样含义的习惯用语,它们是: On the level and kosher. 我们先来给大

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California Snow Story是一支来自苏格兰的独立乐队,成立于2001年。虽然这支乐队发行过一些EP,但是这张Close To The Ocean 才是他们成立几年来第一场正式专辑。 I've got a secret history I'm happy you gave it

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Ryan Geertsma. Voice 2 And Im Robin Basselin. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 3 We believe older people hav

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Topic 1-Interns Pay for Labor Income Tax As an old saying goes, in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except for death and taxes. How true is that, when interns cannot escape from it either. Apparently, many interns are surprised to learn

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Voice 1 Hello. Im Rachel Hobson. Voice 2 And Im Mike Procter. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 3 I only watch Nige

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Robin Basselin. Voice 2 And Im Ryan Geertsma. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 3 The land is our property. W

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