Hong Kong had planned on introducing a sales tax of 5% on good and services, and an extensive television and print ad campaign tried to convince Hong Kong citizens that such a tax would help their economy, but the administration is dropping the plan

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(375) / 评论(0) 分类 初级商务英语听力2006

各国尽最后努力推动伊朗核协议 Iranian and international negotiators convene in Vienna Tuesday for a final push to try to reach agreement on Irans nuclear program by the November 24 deadline. 伊朗和国际谈判员本周将齐聚维也纳

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克里访印推动美印经贸关系 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry travels to South Asia on Saturday in a bid to promote economic ties with India. Kerry and U.S. business leaders will attend a global investors summit inaugurated by Indian Prime

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AS IT IS 2015-06-18 Group Seeks to Improve Muslim-Jewish Relations AJC推动改善穆斯林与犹太人的关系 The AJC is one of Americas oldest and most influential Jewish groups. At its recent yearly meeting, the group invited several Muslims to

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美议员推动心理疾病与枪支暴力提案 The mass killing in Santa Barbara, California that left six people dead has reignited a debate in the U.S. Congress about how to keep guns out of the hands of the seriously mentally ill. Since efforts

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拜登赴乌克兰和土耳其推动外交政策 U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will tackle two conflicts at the forefront of American foreign policy when he visits Ukraine, Morocco and Turkey next week, including continued Russian aggression in Ukrai

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埃塞俄比亚推动大型水利工程建设 With a newly-signed deal on sharing Nile River waters with Egypt, Ethiopia is moving ahead with the continuing construction of Africa's largest hydro-power dam and the filling of a reservoir. 在与埃及新

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Hi, everybody. 大家好! This week, I visited a community college in Florida, where I spoke with students about what we need to do to make sure our economy rewards the hard work of every American. 本周,我走访了佛罗里达州的一所社区大

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Some good news to report today from the world of public education: For the first time in recent years, American high schools have cracked a milestone on graduation rates, reaching 80 percent. Jeffrey Brown has the story, as part of our

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建设对破坏、保护对毁灭、推动对阻止 建设类词汇 increase 增加 rehabilitative 复原 enhance 提高 maintenance 维持 破坏类词汇 disrupt 破坏 impair 破坏 devastate 损毁的 undermine 破坏 disturb 扰乱 intervention 干

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At the site of the world premiere of the new 3D science fiction adventure film Avatar, the first public screening of the movie is just finishing. The early verdict: Thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyable, a James Cameron's masterpiece. Yeah, he's basically

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[The] United States and five other world powers are calling on Iran to accept face-to-face nuclear talks, ahead of a key meeting of the UN General Assembly(大会) later this month. Several countries have made it clear that they'll be pushing for tou

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Chinas Nobel literature winner Mo Yan has called for more attention to be paid to Chinese literature from readers worldwide. He said he planned to write more in the future. Speaking at a news conference in Stockholm, Mo Yan said he hoped that people

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Narendra Modi is sworn in today as India's new prime minister, following his Bharatiya Janata Party's general election win, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has called Modi to congratulate him on taking office. Li said that China and India are importan

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The Pentagon has tapped some of science and technologys greatest minds to help innovate U.S. military capabilities and culture, and members of this panel say they will continue serving in the Trump administration if asked. 美国五角大楼一个专家

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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Brussels Sunday for a state visit to Belgium, the first ever made by a Chinese head of state to the country in 27 years. Belgium is the last leg of Xi Jinping's four-nation European trip. Before Belgium, he vis

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Beijing health officials are promoting a blood drive to ensure there is an adequate supply of a type of blood that is far more common among non-Asians. It is the latest in a long list of preparations that the city is making as it gets ready for the 2

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One day after delivering a speech to the Muslim world, U.S. President Barack Obama pushed for progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, and in negotiations on Iran's nuclear ambitions. The president spoke after talks with German Chancellor Ang

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It has now been three months since the tragic events in Newtown, Connecticut. 自康涅狄格州新城的惨剧发生已经过去三个月。 Three months since we lost 20 innocent children and six dedicated adults who had so much left to give. 三个月

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有时候当我们静静观察这个世界的时候,你会惊叹人类对自然的探知和科学技术的发展是如此的迅速。以前只能在科幻电影里看到的片段,似乎一天天都在变成现实。究竟是什么让人类的文明

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