(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: Fifty-two. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: Four-hundred-and-fifty-three. UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: Twenty-five. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Time for some number crunching from our data expert, Mona Chalabi of fivet

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语言学习

Women are making significant progress in the workplace in China, according to a new report. 根据一份最新报告显示,中国女性在职场取得了显著的进步。 In China last year, women held 44% of senior management roles in companies,

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(129) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The Chinese mainland and Hong Kong saw strong growth in the number of ultra-wealthy people in 2016, according to a property investment consulting firm. 地产投资咨询公司莱坊称,2016年,中国大陆和中国香港的超级富豪人数均出

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

AS IT IS 2016-05-16 Small Crowds at Texas Oil Technology Conference 德州石油技术会议参会人数减少 Low oil prices have reduced oil exploration and development activity around the world. Tens of thousands of workers have lost jobs with oil

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In the mid-1960s, more than 40 percent of American adults smoked cigarettes, and more than half of all smokers smoked at least a pack a day, 20 cigarettes or more. 1960年代中期,美国成年人口中,吸烟者占百分之40,其中半数以上每

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

GWEN IFILL: The new budget deal in Congress drew support and criticism today. Party leaders on both sidesgenerally backed the agreement. But Tea Party conservatives said there's still too much spending. And Democrats grumbled there's no help for the

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈健康系列

中国青年感染艾滋病人数上升 BEIJING, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- The share of young people around the age of twenty in all HIV infections in China almost doubled from 2008 to 2012, with male-to-male sex as the prominent contributing factor, a sen

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Chinese billionaires outnumber those in the Unites States for the first time. 中国亿万富翁人数首度超过美国。 China now boasts 596 billionaires - 60 more than the U.S.- after a staggering 242 Chinese people became billionaires for the f

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今天我们要学的词是layoff。 Layoff, 裁员。美国劳工部公布的数字显示,The number of mass layoffs by U.S. employers rose last month to tie a record set in March, 美国雇主大规模裁员,上个月被裁减人数增加到跟三

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英国半数年轻人希望出国就业 The lack of job prospects in the UK is forcing young people to consider a move abroad to look for work, a survey claims. 一项调查称,英国就业前景黯淡,年轻人开始考虑到国外找工作。 M

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今天我们要学的词是overdose。 Overdose是用药过量的意思。佛罗里达州政府的最新报告显示,Fatal overdoses of prescription drugs jumped again in 2008, 过量服用处方药致死的人数2008年再次上升。与此同时,

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奥巴马医保人数增加仍未达标 WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The number of Americans selecting private health plans in November under President Barack Obama's signature healthcare overhaul more than doubled from October, but the total enro

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假设这样一种情况:我们周末出去玩游戏,由于人多排不上队,只好坐旁边干看别人玩的开心。这时你会说什么呢?也许幽默的你可以自嘲地说:“We ha

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BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has been invited to, and will attend, the opening ceremony of the upcoming annual Boao Forum for Asia, it was announced on Monday. Making the announcement at a regular press briefing, Foreign

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The number of China's single men could exceed the entire population of Australia in five years' time, a Fujian government statistician has calculated. 一名福建政府统计人员估计,五年之内,中国单身男性数量将会超过整个澳大

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

There have been extraodinary scenes in the US Congress where Democratic Party politicians are stating a sitting to demand tighter gun laws. They've occupied the floor of the the House of Representatives late into the night. The Republican speaker Pau

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The number of Chinas single men could exceed the entire population of Australia in five years' time, a Fujian government statistician has calculated. 一名福建政府统计人员估计,五年之内,中国单身男性数量将会超过整个澳大

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看到有鸭友在询问口语考试时间的排序问题,我谈一下自己的看法,千万不要以为名字字母排在后面就保险!!! 俺11月12日考试(g类),于是10月份到考试现场转了一下,发现口语排序规律如下:

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Asian millionaires now control more wealth than those in North America, Europe and other regions, according to a report from finance firm Capgemini. 金融企业凯捷顾问发布的一份报告指出,亚洲百万富翁掌握的财富总额现在已经

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Migrants in the Mediterranean 地中海移民 The numbers nightmare 令人发指的人数 Ever more people are drowning while trying to get to Europe 越来越多的人在前往欧洲的道路上溺水身亡 IN THE sea separating north Africa from th

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