In his first public testimony about the prostitution scandal that's engulfed his agency. The director of the Secret Service apologized for the misconduct. But as NPR Tamara Keith reports, he insists there isn't a permissive culture of the service. Th

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年NPR美国国家公共电台5月

TEXT Asimov explains why there is much more in intelligence than just being able to score high on intelligence tests. What Is Intelligence, Anyway? Isaac Asimor What is intelligence, anyway? When I was in the army I received a kind of aptitude test t

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(160) / 评论(0) 分类 大学英语精读第二册

IN THE NEWS - Buffett's Gift: Starting a New Page in the History of Giving to CharityBy Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:00:00 UTC I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English

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Business. 商业。 An intellectual-property exchange. 知识产权交易。 Marketplace of ideas. 创意集市。 A new financial exchange hopes to make it easier to trade patent rights. 愿新型金融交易让专利买卖更容易。 THE technolog

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22 Apr Five studios are currently having the ultimate death match (well, its not as bloody as that...not yet, at least) for the rights to James Bond. 四月二十二号,五家电影公司展开了最终的死亡竞赛(好吧,至少现在没有那

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Business Bribery abroad A tale of two laws 商业 海外行贿 两部法律的故事 America's anti-corruption law deters foreign investment. Britain's is smarter 美国的反贪腐法让企业对海外投资望而却步,而英国的则更为明智

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在日常口语中,bingo经常会用到,但通常指的并不是宾果游戏。如果不了解bingo的用法,很容易闹出笑话。掌握了下面将要介绍的bingo的5种用法,你的口语会变得更加地道。 1. Bingo这个词可以用

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Time isn't on my side. Another year has passed, and the completion of my junior year is the essence of my thought. What a year it has been. I ritually write a column summarizing the new theories of each of my years. Now I'm a 20-year-old college stud

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英语新词:这些cle/ule后缀单词 你理解对了么? 以cle或ule后缀的名词常表示 small (小的) 含义。 article n. 文章;物品;条款;[语] 冠词。 circle n. 循环,周期;圆;圈子;圆形物。 cubicle n. 小卧室;

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PSALM 36 1An oracle is within my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes. 2For in his own eyes he flatters himself too much to detect or hate his sin. 3The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he

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15An oracle concerning Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! 2Dibon goes up to its temple, to its high places to weep; Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved and every beard cut

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13An oracle concerning Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw: 2Raise a banner on a bare hilltop, shout to them; beckon to them to enter the gates of the nobles. 3I have commanded my holy ones; I have summoned my warriors to carry out my wrath- those wh

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23An oracle concerning Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish! For Tyre is destroyed and left without house or harbor. From the land of Cyprus word has come to them. 2Be silent, you people of the island and you merchants of Sidon, whom the seafarers have en

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23Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture! declares the Lord . 2Therefore this is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says to the shepherds who tend my people: Because you have scattered my flock and driven them

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12The word of the LORD came to me: 2Son of man, you are living among a rebellious people. They have eyes to see but do not see and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious people. 3Therefore, son of man, pack your belongings for exile

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As sometimes happens in volcanic regions, there was a fissure in the ground from which vapor issued. 像在火山地区常见的那样, 蒸汽使地面产生裂缝。 If anyone inhaled it, it literally clouded their mind. It was as if they were drunk

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Not every Silicon Valley company with rich intellectual property bothers to defend it. Altruistic, perhaps, but it is also a recipe for an activist attack. UNPRotected IP is money on the table. 并非每家拥有丰富的知识产权的硅谷公司都会

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NEW YORK, March 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks advanced on Friday, the sixth gain in the past seven sessions, as more evidences in domestic(国内的) economic recovery offset uncertainties from overseas. The Dow Jones industrial average(道琼斯指数)

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Do you Yahoo!? Would you if you had to Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web? 你喜欢雅虎这个名字吗?如果叫杰瑞的网络指南还会喜欢吗? While a bad name isn't enough to sink a brand on its own, several of the biggest shed some p

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A: Thanks for coming in today, did you have any trou- ble finding us? Please take a seat. B: Thank you. A: So, lets get started; tell me a bit about your edu- cational background. B: Sure! Well, I graduated with honors from Chester- ton University wi

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