When I say telecommuting, do you picture yourself easing into the workday in a pair of fuzzy slippers? Well, so does your boss. But the reality is, youre both dreaming. Because a new study shows that folks who work at home at least some of the time,

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(十二)月

Help wanted. As of this August, there are more job openings in the U.S. than there've been at any point since the year 2000, when the Labor Department launched it's job openings and labor turnover survey. How many jobs? Almost 7 million, 140 thousand

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Lets go to work! You can listen and relax while Harp and Maura talk about trends in the workplace in Canada and the US. Youll learn about things like casual dress at the office, free gym memberships, and other perks. They also talk about current tren

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By Larry London Washington 27 April 2007 From the streets of Detroit, a man named Smokey rose to achieve what no one expected. He recorded 36 Top-40 hits during a career with Motown Records that started in 1959, and continues today. A recipient of th

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It was a great leap forward when cars got radios in 1929, then 8-track tapes then cassettes and finally CD players. But those seem downright quaint when compared with the entertainment amenities American drivers want today. And no wonderthe average

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(237) / 评论(0) 分类 2005年NPR美国国家公共电台

Low-cost airlines have changed the travel business. Carriers like Southwest and Jetblue serve fewer cities than traditional airlines and offer fewer perks to passengers. They force the bigger carriers like United and Delta to change their business pr

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Commentator Jill Vaughan has a small farm in upstate New York. And right now, that means she's hiring teenagers who aren't afraid of really working at their summer jobs. We still need peasants in our corner of the country. On our farm, we make hay

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(136) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年NPR美国国家公共电台

Bethany: I just talked to Steve about hiring replacements for Cyril, who quit last month and for Megan, who is leaving at the end of this week. Do you know what he told me? He doesnt want to hire permanent replacements. He wants to make do with temps

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By Michael Bowman Lima 09 April 2006 Electoral workers carry voting boxes to a poll station in Lima, Saturday, April 8, 2006 Peruvians head to the polls Sunday for presidential and legislative electio

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(134) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(四月)

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 23 March 2006 The head of India's ruling Congress Party, Sonia Gandhi, has resigned from Parliament following a political controversy that threatened to disqualify her fro

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New York Offers Perks to Keep Garment Industry in City 纽约市为保留服装制造业为其提供津贴 NEW YORK Many of the world's most revered designers create their fashions in New York City. But often those designs are manufactured overseas t

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2015年(三月)

America's Big Three car companies employ a quarter of a million people directly, but it's believed that one in ten jobs in the US are tied to the industry. Parked at the Last Chance Saloon the country's motor manufacturers have been given a 17.4-bill

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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: At the Library of Congress today, Gene Luen Yang officially ended his tenure as national ambassador for young people's literature and handed the baton to Jacqueline Woodson. She is the sixth children's book author to hold the pos

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NOEL KING, HOST: We have a story now about something called the preferred drug list. It's a powerful tool that states use to try to control spending on prescription drugs in their Medicaid programs. Now, the Center for Public Integrity and NPR conduc

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台7月

LAKSHMI SINGH, HOST: There's a certain stereotype of Silicon Valley tech offices - that they provide endless snacks and meals around the clock. Well, now there's an effort underway to do away with that legendary perk. Menlo Park in California is bann

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台8月

What's in store for tech fans in 2008? Plenty. Technology buffs can look forward to products that are better, faster and less expensive than those we rely upon today. The iPhone may have been the biggest tech product rollout of 2007, but that doesn't

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 18 September 2007 French President Nicolas Sarkozy has vowed Tuesday to push through wide-ranging labor market reforms, including relaxing a key labor law and trimming special pension privileges for some workers. Lisa Bryant has

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(134) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(九月)

Conservative parties across Europe are cheering their victory, following four days of voting for the E.U. Parliament that resulted in heavy losses for the left. EU Commissioner for Economy and Monetary Affairs, Joaquin Almunia smiles during a live T

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(六月)

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Writers of films including Zero Dark Thirty, Lincoln and Argo were named as nominees in contention for top honors to be bestowed by the Writers Guild of America (WGA), the WGA, West and WGA, East announced on Friday. Z

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(295) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Conservative parties across Europe are cheering their victory, following four days of voting for the E.U. Parliament that resulted in heavy losses for the left. 欧洲的保守政党星期一庆祝他们的胜利,在此之前,欧洲议会进行的为

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