Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday after a two-year battle with cancer, ending 14 years of tumultuous rule that made the socialist leader a hero for the poor but a hate figure to his opponents. 本周二,委内瑞拉总统乌戈查韦斯

发表于:2018-12-12 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 英语阅读理解

I am always surprised how some interviewees tend to trail off towards the end of an interview instead of finishing strong and leaving a lasting impression, says Zachary Rose, CEO and founder of Green Education Services, a green jobs training firm in

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1. Thank you for calling. 谢谢您打电话来。 还能这样说: It is nice of you to call. Thanks for calling me. 应用解析: call off 取消,叫走,使转移; call on 拜访,要求,招致,指名; call out at 对某人高声叫喊

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总结奥巴马在峰会期间的表现,美国媒体热衷于用握手外交、魅力攻势等字眼形容。奥巴马本人也对峰会成果感到满意,称从古巴、委内瑞拉等美国在拉美的传统对手处看到积极信号。 After days of handshakes with unlikely leaders, President Obama is ending his four-day

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AS IT IS 2015-07-03 Japanese-Americans Remember End of World War II 日裔美国人回忆二战结束之时 This year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Recently, several Japanese-American men gathered in Los Angeles to remember t

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AS IT IS 2016-03-09 Solar Eclipse Starts Wednesday, Ends Tuesday 星期三开始星期二结束的日食 This is Whats Trending Today. A solar eclipse will pass over Earth on Wednesday, starting in Southeast Asia March 9, and ending in the western Pa

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1. I've really got to go, I'll get back to you when I get the office。 我真的得走了,我进办公室再打给你。 2. Sorry, I must end the conversation. There's someone on the other line。 抱歉,我不能再说了。有另一人在线。

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A: Excuse me, but is this dress on sale? B: The dress was on sale yesterday. A: Are you sure? I'd be happy to pay the sale price today. B: I'm so sorry, but rules are rules. A: I'll just check out a few other stores. B: I'm sorry I couldn't help you.

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今天我们要学的词组是wrap up。 Wrap up的意思是包起来。比如包礼物, wrap the present; 把书包起来寄出去 - Wrap up the books and mail them out. Wrap up也有完成、结束的意思。 比如美国国务卿赖斯结束了对

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Dozens of diplomats have ended hours of talks on the Syria crisis in Vienna, with agreements reached on several points but substantial differences, especially concerning the future of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, remaining. A joint statement

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JEFFREY BROWN:Finally tonight: ending extreme poverty around the world by 2030. That's the ambitious goal announced by World Bank president Jim Yong Kim, as his organization and the International Monetary Fund begin their annual spring meetings with

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JEFFREY BROWN: And finally tonight, a new book argues that blaming addicts for their addictions could hurt people's chances for getting clean. Judy Woodruff has our conversation. JUDY WOODRUFF: Drug abuse and substance addiction costs the United Stat

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如果正在寻求能操练英语的挑战性的机会的话,就拿起电话吧。看不到你通话的对象也看不到他们使用的肢体语言可能会使电话变成最难的一种交流工具。但是不要害怕!我们提供一些窍门来

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any minute随时,马上 例句: She should be here at any minute. 她马上就到。 They are going to announce it any minute now. 他们随时会宣布结果。 The baseball game has been going on for 3 hours so it should be finished any minute no

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Following more than a week of Ethiopia-mediated talks, Somalia's feuding president and prime minister have reportedly agreed to end their political dispute, which had jeopardized the stability of the country's transitional government. A government sp

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一、问候 每个电话应该以礼貌的问候开始例如,Hi, how've you been? 或者Nice to hear from you. 就算你出于某种意图打电话给工作上认识的人,如果不以礼貌的寒喧开始谈话而直接进入工作主题的话也

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内战和种族纷争已经给全世界带来令人难以置信的苦难,而斯蒂芬沃尔夫的研究表明,在过去的20年内,这类冲突发生的数量在稳步减少。他从北爱尔兰,利比亚,帝汶岛的冲突中得到:领导力

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面试时,面试官会问及很多方面的内容,包括家庭情况,如家人对你的影响等,这些都应事先有所准备。当面试结束,尤其是英语面试结束的时候,礼貌的道别是很必要的,它会给面试官留下

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释义: be done with 结束 比较常用的表达,表示结束某事,比 finish 用得更多。be done with 后面可以接事情,也可以接人物。也可以除去 with,单单使用 I'm ( not ) done ( 没结束),You done?(结束了?)

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Hello, Im Jerry Smit with the BBC news. A group with links to so called Islamic State says it carried out the extended gun and bomb assault in the center of the Indonesian capital Jakarta. For almost 3 hours, police battle militants at locations incl

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