Beauty and the Beast; The Prince and the Pauper; city mouse meets country mouse: Three classic tales where opposites cross paths, learn from each other, and live happily ever after. 《美女与野兽》、《王子与贫民》和《城市老鼠和乡村

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 Bilingual News

《英语错不起》栏目收录了人们在日常生活中容易用错的英语口语表达,是纠正易错英语表达,学习正确的交际英语口语的好帮手。通过学习本栏目,英语学习爱好者可以掌握地道的英语口语

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 英语错不起

You are operating in so many different markets 你们的生意涉及很多不同文化氛围的销售市场, in terms of cultural differences like think of France or China or Jordan or many other countries around the world. 比如法国、中国、约

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 创业成功人士访谈录

Our guest tonight is Howard Schultz, the chairman of Starbucks Coffee Company. 今晚我们的客人是星巴克咖啡公司的董事长,霍华德舒尔茨。 He has turned his passion for coffee into a multi billion dollar global business with sto

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The warmth and hospitality of the people.I love the food, 土耳其人民热情好客。我很喜欢这里的食物, and I was taken with what I believe to be a much larger opportunity for Starbucks than I think we originally thought. 我看到了这

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英语学习笔记: coffee fanatic [f?'n?t?k] 咖啡狂热者 barista [b?'ri?st?] n. 咖啡师 cynical ['s?n?kl] adj.愤世嫉俗的 Short 最小/tall 小杯/grande 中杯/venti 大杯 decaf ['di?k?f] n. 脱咖啡因咖啡 single espresso [e'

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 早安英文

今天我们要学的词是repeal. To repeal 意思是废止,放弃。Voters in Ireland went to the polls last Friday to decide whether to keep or repeal a constitutional amendment banning abortions in most cases. 爱尔兰选民上周五前往投票

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今天我们要学的词是symbolic. Symbolic形容词,意思是有象征性的,有象征意义的。Two black men arrested for sitting in a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything settled with the city for a symbolic $1 each. 在费城一

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今天我们要学的词是downsize。 Downsize, 减小规模,裁减员工。 The couple downsized to an apartment after their children went to college, 孩子上大学后,夫妇两人卖掉大房子,住进公寓楼。 美国经济不景气,很

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今天我们要学的词是downsize。 Downsize, 减小规模,裁减员工。 The couple downsized to an apartment after their children went to college, 孩子上大学后,夫妇两人卖掉大房子,住进公寓楼。 美国经济不景气,很

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。 Food prices are at their highest level since the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization began keeping records in nineteen ninety. The causes

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Metoo运动 在美国一说起Me too,大家都会第一时间想到: Metoo movement: 我也是运动 美国金牌制作人哈维温斯坦的性骚扰丑闻曝光之后,兴起了这一项社会运动,它呼吁所有曾经被骚扰过的女性挺

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阿美和咖啡厅的一个老顾客聊起了咖啡,从世界最著名的咖啡到时下流行的速溶咖啡,聊得还真欢呢。 Listen Read Learn May: Good afternoon, sir. You are really a regular customer here. May I ask you why you come here so often? Customer: I'm a newspaper column

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英语学习笔记: stall n. 厕所隔间 clap v. 鼓掌 badly adv. 非常,很 laundry n. 洗衣房 start doing something 开始做某事 pack to move 搬家 I thought I was the only one in the toilets so I started singing. When I finished, someo

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A legendary giant Kua Fu,overrating his own abilities,wanted to catch up with the sun.He followed the sun to its setting place at a valley far away and became very thirsty.Badly needing a drink of water,he went to the Yellow River and the R

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语

今天我们要学的词是 flagship. Flagship 旗舰。星巴克入驻中国已经13年了,但在印度才刚刚开了第一家。Starbucks opened its flagship store in Mumbai, which can hold up to 120 people. 星巴克的第一家旗舰店设在孟

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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是: When I hear a customer's name, I immediately think, how could I spell this name in an obnoxious way that will infuriate and perplex them. 当我听到客人的名字时,便马上思考要如何把

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I believe these contradictions and these tensions我认为这些矛盾 这些张力 are the greatest gift that we have 是我们所拥有的最伟大天赋 and hopefully, I can explain that 希望我能解释明白 But first let me say 首先我要说的

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Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz now is testing the political waters for a possible independent bid for president. 前星巴克首席执行官霍尔德舒尔茨现正在试水政坛,看看能否以独立候选人的身份竞选美国总统。 We

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(130) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2019年(二月)

Business. 商业。 Formula One. 一级方程式赛车。 Flagged down. 落马。 Can Formula One succeed without Bernie Ecclestone? 没有了伯尼?埃克莱斯顿,F1能否继续传奇? BERNIE ECCLESTONE, the boss of the Formula One Group, rarel

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