Iraq Hopes Tribes Will Oust Islamic Militants 伊拉克部落领袖将驱逐伊斯兰激进分子 WASHINGTON Violence continues to escalate in Iraq since al-Qaida-linked militants seized neighborhoods in the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi in Anbar pro

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年VOA慢速英语(二)月

The Labour leader in Scotland today, whose party's toughest battleground which is why Ed Miliband didn't want the Scottish nationals on the stage in this TV debates. But today he formally signed up to the broadcaster's schedule to put pressure on the

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英伦广角

通常在战争中,我们只看到前线士兵和战斗的故事。在TEDGlobal 2010里,Zainab Salbi 讲述后方振奋人心的女人们的故事, 这些女人在战火中仍努力维持正常的生活。她呼吁在战争结束时,女性也应成

发表于:2019-01-05 / 阅读(294) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:和平使者

英语中对女性的称呼可谓丰富,且谐趣十足。这些称呼多用于口语,表现出称呼者对被称呼者的态度、情感以及彼此之间的微妙或显而易见的关系。 1、old hen老婆子 俗语,男性用语,专用于中年

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口译

Cantor Resigns House Leadership Post After Shocking Election Loss 众议员领袖康托在选举失利后辞职 CAPITOL HILL House Majority leader Eric Cantor -- the second most powerful man in the U.S. House of Representatives -- has been unexpected

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2014年(六月)

Hamas Leader Promises Uprising to End Israeli Occupation 哈马斯领袖誓言终结以色列占领 There is no peace in sight between Israelis and Palestinians as violence in the region escalates. Gaza's Hamas leader on Thursday vowed that Palestini

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Weve had enough of these boys messing about. This is what Anna Soubry, UKs former business minister, said earlier last month, offering her backing of Theresa May in the running to become the UKs next prime minister. 我们受够了这些男生们的捣

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Women make better politicians than men because they are not prisoners to their libido and testosterone, Christine Lagarde, France's finance minister, has claimed. Lagarde said that men's sex drive, testosterone and ego made them prone to taking decis

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Today marks two weeks since Americans went to the polls in the 2018 midterm elections and we're still getting results. Before the vote Republicans controlled the House of Representatives with 236 seats and Democrats held 193 seats. In the midterms, D

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(132) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2018年12月

Most of us will probably admit to the occasional little white lie. But in fact, more than one in three people tell at least one lie every day. 大多数人或许都承认,我们偶尔说些善意的谎言。但事实是,超过三分之一的人每天

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

If evidence were needed to support the theory that women only get the top job in particularly precarious times, Theresa May, the new UK prime minister, is that woman, says Michelle Ryan. Prof Ryan is an academic at Exeter University who, along with A

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

Women have made much progress in gaining equality in work and life over the past half century. In many developed countries such as the US and the UK, women now earn more college and graduate degrees than men do. Women make up half the workforce and a

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

As far as stereotypes go, a wandering eye and the urge to jump into bed with multiple partners seems to be built into a man's DNA, but when it comes to cheating, the sexes are created more equally than we think. (Cough, Kristen Stewart, cough。)

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

Females have become the driving force behind China's booming online-to-offline shopping sector, despite their minority position in the country's overall Internet-using population. 女性群体成为中国线上到线下(online-to-offline,简称O2

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很多人认为,到目前为止在人类的发展史上,是欧洲人引领了世界。有时,即便是美国人也要向他们看齐。不久前,法国总统萨科奇的行为就是个不错的例子--他试图立法强制让公司董事会这个

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(128) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

There are few worse countries to be a woman than Saudi Arabia. Yet the kingdoms recent adoption of four weeks paid leave means Saudi women now have better maternity benefits than their US counterparts. 对于女性而言,几乎没有比沙特阿拉伯

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A study conducted on more than 68,000 middle-aged US women suggests that females who don't get enough sleep may end up adding some extra pounds over years. Researchers followed 68,183 middle-aged women for 16 years and found that those who slept 5 ho

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Average woman dates more than 24 men before 'Mr Right' The average woman dates 24 men and spends more than ?2,000 before finding Mr Right, according to the study conducted by the website UKDating.com. Most money is spent on hair, outfits, travel, and

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

英语中对女性的称呼可谓丰富,且谐趣十足。这些称呼多用于口语,表现出称呼者对被称呼者的态度、情感以及彼此之间的微妙或显而易见的关系。 1、old hen老婆子俗语,男性用语,专用于中年

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Its all about image. Goodlooking bosses were found to be more competent, collaborative and better delegators than their less attractive counterparts, and most women believe they are judged in the workplace on the basis of their looks. 形象仍然有决

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