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(378) / 评论(0) 分类 初级商务英语听力2006

It is holiday season in Brussels. Belgians and tourists stroll through Christmas markets that sell hot, spiced wine and Belgium's famous waffles. They pause before an enormous Christmas tree in the Grand Place, the central square of Brussels that is

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年12月

直布罗陀担心英国脱欧之举会使直失去欧盟保护 Red phone boxes, double-decker buses and pubs, Gibraltar is an unmistakable British outpost in southern Europe. The territory was ceded to Britain by Spain in 1713; a British vote to lea

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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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Learn from every mistake, because every experience, particularly your mistakes, are there to teach you and force you into being more of who you are. 要从错误中吸取教训,因为你的每一次经历、尤其是你犯下的错误,都将帮助你

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All but two of the European Union's 27 members have signed up to a new treaty on tighter fiscal rules. Britain's refusal to sign was flagged well in advance. The key point for me here is what is in our national interest and our national interest is t

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Agriculture Report - Putting Agriculture at the Center of Climate Talks 农业报道 - 推动农业成为气候变化谈判核心 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 This June in Brazil

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US Apologizes Over EU Ukraine Insult美国为自己在乌克兰问题上的侮辱性言论向欧盟道歉 LONDON A senior U.S. State Department official, Victoria Nuland, has apologized to the European Union after using an expletive while discussing

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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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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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Happy New Year! Everybody. This week, I traveled to Cleveland, Ohio, to talk with folks about the biggest challenge we face as a country rebuildour economy so that, once again, hard work pays off, responsibility is rewarded, and anyone, regardless of

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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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The Bush administration said it is pushing for a Gaza agreement that will end Hamas rocket fire into Israel, arms smuggling through tunnels from Egypt, and re-open Gaza crossing points for relief supplies and commerce. Secretary of State Condoleezza

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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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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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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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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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