Hundreds of thousands of visitors have come to Beijing for the three-week celebration of Olympic sports. Many of them are taking advantage of the visit to enjoy Chinese culture at the city's many attractions. One of these is the nightlife. VOA's Sco

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(八月)

Unit 69 Why Character Counts? Some time ago I was asked to consult for a bank that was having a problem with employee morale. I don't know what's wrong, complained their young president. Bright and ambitious, he'd risen through the ranks only to see

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Little or no physical activity at work Today, more and more jobs are sedentary. Half the respondents in a recent European Union survey reported little or no physical activity at work. At least two thirds of adults in Western Europe are not sufficient

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Most U.S. companies act swiftly and forcefully to root out discrimination based on race, sex, age, or appearance when they discover it. And there are good reasons to do so: intolerance on the job hurts morale and productivity. It's illegal under civ

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A new study of the Standard Poor's 500 shows that military experience may actually be the best training to become a corporate CEO. The executive search firm Korn/Ferry International and the Intelligence Unit of the Economist Magazine found that forme

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By Greg Flakus New Orleans 24 April 2008 U.S. President George Bush met with the leaders of Mexico and Canada in New Orleans earlier this week, giving that city much needed attention as it continues to recover nearly three years after it was devastat

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US Adds 80,000 Jobs in October, Unemployment Ticks Lower The U.S. economy added 80,000 jobs in October and the nation's unemployment rate edged down one tenth of a percentage point. The government also revised employment numbers higher for August and

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By Bill Rodgers Washington, D.C. 23 August 2006 watch Profiling report The recently foiled terrorism plot in Britain has once again raised questions about whether airport security personnel should begin screening airline passengers based on race and

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 26 May 2006 General Michael Hayden (file photo) The U.S. Senate has confirmed General Michael Hayden as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, despite concerns about a surveillance program he led while hea

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By Greg Flakus New Orleans, Louisiana 22 February 2006 watch Mardi Gras report In New Orleans, five months after Hurricane Katrina's devastation, the city is going ahead with its 150th year of celebra

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: If President Trump's first year in office seemed chaotic from a staffing perspective, there's a reason for that. According to a new Brookings Institution report, turnover among top-level staff in the Trump White House set records

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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Unless there's a last-minute agreement, the federal government is about to partially shut down. Funding for most agencies expires at midnight tonight Eastern Time. So what exactly does that mean? NPR's Brian Naylor is here to tel

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By Scott Stearns white House 18 January 2007 The White House is dismissing reports of friction between Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and U.S. President George Bush. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, the Bush administration

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington 07 March 2007 watch Afghan Suicide Terrorism Recent high profile suicide bombings in Afghanistan include an attack on an American military base that coincided with a visit by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney. The bombings

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 07 April 2007 Somalia In Somalia, two cargo vessels that had been hijacked by pirates have been released. Cathy Majtenyi reports for VOA from Nairobi. The first of the vessels seized, the MV Rozen , was in pirate hands for m

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Asa: I dont know how we got stuck with reviewing employee complaints . This has got to be the worst job ever! Samantha: This is important work and somebody has to do it. Come on, lets get started. Asa: I think its bad for morale to allow employees to

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 13 June 2006 Italian fans watch Italy vs Ghana, Group E, World Cup 2006, soccer match, on a giant screen set up in downtown Duomo square in Milan Italians celebrated their victory over Ghana in the first soccer game in th

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 02 January 2008 South American drug cartels are increasingly using unsecured West Africa as a transit point to get drugs to Europe and also back to the United States. But this route has a spillover effect in Africa, disrupting

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Attorney General Jeff Sessions is calling for a big change at the Justice Department. He wants federal authorities to approach local police in a different way. Rather than investigate cases of local wrongdoing, Sessions wants to

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By Ravi Khanna Washington, D.C. 15 November 2007 Pakistan's former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, has said President Musharraf is losing his battle against Islamic extremists in the tribal areas such as Waziristan and Swat Valley. She says he is div

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