Twelve years ago I was broken. I had just ended a 29-year marriage, sent my only kid off to college, and was left broke and unemployed, left with the cats and the dog to feed. Not exactly my life plan. I was alone for the first time in my life and fi

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(35) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

DHAKA, April 24 (Xinhua) -- At least 50 people were killed and several hundreds injured after an eight-storey building on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka collapsed on Wednesday morning. At least 50 bodies have so far been recovered, Israfil Alam,

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Finance and econimics 商业报道 Barbie at 50 芭比50年 In the pink 风韵犹存 The versatile pink princess has moved with the times 千面女郎 与时共进 Mulling another career change 考虑职业生涯的另一次改变 FROWNED upon by fem

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50年前的烟草报告改变了世界 If there is one person whose work created a ripple effect that is changing the world, it was the ninth surgeon general of the United States. Fifty years ago this month, he issued a report that linked cigarette s

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

A New Mexico man has spoken of his anger after buying what appeared to be a winning lottery ticket worth more than $500,000 - only for officials to claim it was a misprint and refuse to honor it. 美国新墨西哥州一名男子买了一张彩票并且

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Fashion 时尚生活 The Reputation of Dogs 狗的名声 Dialogue A: Many Westerners dont understand why Chinese people eat dogs. After some of them have studied Chinese, they realized that the word dog is used in many derogatory expressions. Some of

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 英语畅谈中国文化

印度发生踩踏事件 50人死亡 NEW DELHI, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- At least 50 people were killed and more than 100 others injured in a stampede in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh Sunday, a senior police official said. The incident happen

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China will loan Venezuela $5bn to boost oil output, the Venezuelan president said in a televised broadcast from Beijing, in a show of continued support for the troubled Latin American economy from one of its main creditors. 委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯

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创业本身是一所更大的学校,甜酸苦辣咸五味俱全。创过业的人通常比常人更懂事,更了解社会、更理解价值、更善于做决定、更有人缘、更有钱、更热爱自由,当然也会更加感叹世间善恶和

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1 Ive come to make sure that your stay in Beijing is a pleasant one. 我特地为你们安排使你们在北京的逗留愉快。 2 Youre going out of your way for us, I believe. 我相信这是对我们的特殊照顾了。 3 Its just the matter of

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白领(white-collar worker)是指有教育背景和工作经验的、从事脑力劳动的阶层,对这些人来说,英语应该算得上是一种利器,有些公司甚至直接将晋升机会与英语水平挂钩,这使得职场白领平添

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Yao Ming is probably Chinas most famous sports star. He plays basketball for the China national team and for the Houston Rockets in America. He is currently the tallest player in the NBA, measuring 2.29 metres. His mother and father stand at 1.90 and

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1. Listening enough to care and caring enough to listen. 2. Being a dreamer but not living in a dream world. 3. Saying It doesn't matter and meaning it. 4. Being a positive influence in any way possible, to as many as possible, for as long as I possi

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今天要讲的英语词是whistle-blower. Whistle-blower的意思是吹哨人。在英语里指的是揭发内部违规的人。《华盛顿邮报》最近在头版报道波音公司的新闻时,所写的标题就是:Boeing Parts and Rules Bent,

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The robot takeover of the world may not be as dramatic as we thought. It won't come in the form of explosions, but rather in the form of employment. Yikes. 机器人掌管世界不会像我们想象的那么戏剧化。它会以受雇佣,而不是爆

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22. Personal Privacy vs. Hospitality A: I dont like my Chinese friends calling me Lao Wai. It makes me feel that I am not one of them. B: Actually, Chinese people want to treat you as one of us. The word lao always implies respect and closeness when

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They will suffer. 他们将受苦。 An early cold front swifts through beginning in November 1941. 1941年11月初一道早冬的冷锋迅速通过苏联。 Temperatures will plummet to almost minus 40 degree celsius. 气温将骤降到零下40摄氏度

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School of Art 艺术学院 The Yale School of Art is one of twelve constituent schools of Yale University, granting only Masters of Fine Arts degrees to those completing studies in graphic design, painting/ printmaking,photography, or sculpture. 耶鲁

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LESSON 50 SUMMER 第五十课 夏天 Now it is summer. The days are long, and the sun is up in the sky hours before you are awake. 现在是夏天了。白天变长了。太阳在你苏醒的几小时前就已经升起来了。 The trees are full of

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