From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers is stepping down after coming under fire for her handling of a state dinner where uninvited guests managed to bypass security and gained access to President Ob

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Saudi Arabia Now Permits Women to Ride Bicycles Life for women in Saudi Arabia is changing quickly. They are now experiencing new freedoms, such as riding a bicycle. The government announced the new policy earlier this month. These freedoms are impor

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NB: This is not a word for word transcript Yvonne: I'm Yvonne Archer, this is 6 Minute English and Rob has joined me for today's programme. Hello, Rob! Rob: Hello, Yvonne, good to be here! Yvonne: So, with the royal wedding of Prince William and Cath

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Burmese Oppositions Tenure in Government Under Scrutiny Former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi's historic election raised hopes she, and the National League for Democracy, would become vocal opponents of Burmas rights abuses. But after siding wit

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US Drone Strikes Under Scrutiny Unmanned drones are being used with increasing frequency in fighting terrorist groups like al-Qaida. A recent analysis by the New America Foundation estimated drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen since 2004 have killed

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Midwest Tea Party Activists Not Surprised by IRS Scrutiny Former Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh, a Republican, has heard a lot about the IRS from his conservative supporters, and not just in the last several weeks. I had, during my two years in Congr

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High Frequency Traders Under Scrutiny 美司法部调查高频交易 The U. S. Justice Department is investigating the relationship between high frequency trading firms and major exchanges -- and regulators in Washington and the state of New York are

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Raised by mom Cynthia, at one time an executive at Verizon, and dad Joseph, an aspiring musician turned Internet entrepreneur, she had a mostly happy childhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. 她的母亲辛西娅(Cynthia)曾是威瑞森的一名高

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今天我们要学的词是scrutiny。 Scrutiny是名词,意思是详细审查。美国百年老店通用汽车公司星期一申请破产,进入重组。General Motors' reorganization will come under intensive scrutiny from the U.S. Treasury, 通用

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今天我们要学的词是scrutiny。 Scrutiny是名词,意思是详细审查。美国百年老店通用汽车公司星期一申请破产,进入重组。General Motors' reorganization will come under intensive scrutiny from the U.S. Treasury, 通用

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In India, Mid-Day Meal Deaths Prompt Increased Scrutiny NEW DELHI Police in northern India this week charged a principal with murdering 23 children, who died in July after eating a school lunch contaminated with pesticide. The tragedy has prompted th

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Five widely used Chinese traditional medicines (TCMs) for treating cough have been found to have a high sulfur content, the Economic Information Daily reported on last Friday. 据《经济参考报》上周五报道,5种常见的中医止咳药被检

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Chapter 21 第12章 Dirk Stroeve agreed to fetch me on the following evening and take me to the cafe at which Strickland was most likely to be found. 戴尔克施特略夫答应第二天晚上来找我,带我到一家多半会找到思特里克兰德

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美国枪支暴力泛滥。但到底多少美国老百姓有枪?美国人怎么买枪、用枪?又如何看待枪支问题?今天我们选择了一篇美国新闻文章,说说美国的枪支文化和枪支管理。 关键词: Controversial:备

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Mr Abe denies any involvement in the land sale, and says he will step down if anyone can prove otherwise. 安倍先生提出并没有参与土地出售环节,并且说除非有人能够提供他参与的证据,不然他可以辞职来证明清白。

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

ISTANBUL Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party has forced the countrys once all-powerful army firmly back into the barracks and out of political life. The army's considerable business interests are now coming under growing scrutiny. In Turkey

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面试很容易让人紧张不安。Thoughts such as What if I don't get any job offers?, What if I don't get the job I want? or Will I accept a position that isn't right for me? can cause considerable upset. 越是担心,就越是紧张,面试的结

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Alibaba 阿里巴巴 Under scrutiny 一审再审 American regulators are investigating China's e-commerce giant 美国监管机构正调查中国电商巨头 WE HAVE from time to time been subject to PRC and foreign government inquiries and investiga

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Most intriguingly, the American regulator is also scrutinising how the company has handled its many related-party transactions. Jack Ma, the firm's founder, caused outrage when he unilaterally spun off AliPay, Alibaba's lucrative online-payments arm,

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Once inside the European Union, travel is easy. Passport checks are airports are rare, and the roads are open. Thanks to the so-called Schengen Treaty signed back in 1985 which only requires identity controls on Europe's external borders. But the per

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻