Going Through Customs Customs Officer: Your passports, please. What is your final destination? ?zkan: Los Angeles. Customs Officer: How long is your stay? ?zkan: Well be there for a week. Customs Officer: What is the purpose of your trip? ?zkan: Im g

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年ESL之旅行交通购物

Israel Begins Dismantling Section of West Bank Barrier After a long Palestinian struggle, Israel on Sunday began changing the route of its security fence near a West Bank village. Israel started dismantling a section of its controversial West Bank se

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A: What can I do for you today? 今天有什么我可以帮您的? B: It's a little embarrassing really; you see I think I've got a counterfeit note. 这真有点儿尴尬,你看我想我这里有一张假钞。 A: Do you remember where you got i

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A: Unfortunately, according to our regulations I have to confiscate these counterfeit notes. 很遗憾,根据规定,我得没收这些伪钞。 B: So,this 500 RMB is worthless? 那么说,这500块钱就分文不值了? A: I'm sorry but it is

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(Shirley sees her colleague reading a magazine) Shirley: What are you reading? Maria: Gee! You scared me! Shirley: Aha, Fitness Consultant. Very good, Don't you know about the rules in this office? Maria: Yes, Ma'am. No magazines during the office ho

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Burma Legal Advisers Help Land Grab Victims 缅甸的政治和经济开放已吸引大量的外国投资者和刺激了房地产繁荣。 Land values are soaring in parts of Burma, even in ethnic states, where fighting has left thousands homeless. Th

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1. President Bush says he doesn't expect the violence in Iraq to abate anytime soon. He says he expects heavy fighting to continue for the next few months with more American and Iraqi casualties. 2. The head of the UN nuclear agency says he agrees w

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NRA Leaders Step Up Calls to Fight Restrictions on Gun Ownership NRA members came from all over the country to rally for the right to bear arms guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which is under threat, according to NRA Execu

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Leading the news this morning.Tony Abbott is expected to announce his new ministry today. The prime minister elect meets replaced Sophie Mirebella who has ruled herself out of contention, while she battles to retain her seat. Julie Bishop is likely t

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The numbers of tigers in the wild in South East Asia have dropped by more than 70% a little more than a decade. That's the claim in a new report from the WWF. The organization says there were an estimated 1,200 tigers in the Greater Mekong Region dur

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Well, the Home Secretary John Reid has warned mini-motorbike riders that their machines or mini-motors could be confiscate d and crushed in a national crackdown. Offenders could also find themselves with points on their driving licenses even if they

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By Efam Dovi Accra 18 October 2006 In Ghana, President John Kufuor's government is paying reparation to about 2,000 Ghanaians who suffered human rights abuses under former governments. The West African nation, now perceived as a leading democracy in

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今天我们要学的词是confiscate。 Confiscate, 没收。 The police confiscated a dozen handguns and over $100,000 worth of drugs during the raid, 警察在突袭行动中收缴了12只手枪和价值十多万美元的毒品。 Thai Customs off

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今天我们要学的词是foreclosure。 Foreclosure, 是丧失抵押品赎回权的意思。由于很多人交不出房屋贷款,美国目前正面临着 一场房屋被银行没收的风潮。Experts say the foreclosure crisis will get worse bef

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北加州火灾地区爆发洪水 This is AP News Minute. President Trump canceled his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit at Argentina. Trump cited Russia's seizure of Ukraine navy vessels in the Black Sea over the weeken

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China says it had great success in its crackdown on intellectual property rights violations in 2007. Officials say there will be even greater vigilance for the Beijing Olympics in August. 中国说,去年在保护知识产权方面取得了巨大的成

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Aid agencies in Sudan are trying to reverse an expulsion order that was announced Wednesday after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for crimes against humanity in Darfur. 在苏丹的国际救

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Acting amid more bad news about the pace of home mortgage foreclosures in the United States, the U.S. House of Representatives approved by a vote of 234 to 191 legislation that would allow judges to order changes in mortgage terms to help more Americ

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has met with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, suggesting the two countries enjoy huge potential for cooperation. The Chinese Premier is suggesting there is room for expanding cooperation in areas including financing

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I read an article in the newspaper this morning about a man who had been on the lam for 12 years. He was wanted by the police because they believed he had committed a murder. But before the man could go to trial, he bolted and left the country. He ha

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