Strikes in Oklahoma and Kentucky. After teachers in West Virginia held out for a 5 percent pay raise, receiving it after a nine-day walkout in one of the poorest states in the U.S. This is a very unusual spring for us, for some of my teachers theyre

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(37) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(四月)

AS IT IS 2016-04-26 Cleveland Settles Tamir Rice Case for $6 million 白人警察枪杀黑人 克利夫兰赔偿600万美元 This is Whats Trending Today: The relatives of Tamir Rice will receive a $6 million settlement from Cleveland, Ohio. Rice was

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In India's financial hub of Mumbai, commandos and troops have mounted an operation to clear two luxury hotels seized by gunmen. At least 101 people have been killed and as many as 287 wounded in coordinated attacks mounted by terrorists at night. 印度

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Meeting a book keeper A: Excuse me, Alex? B: What can I do for you, Kim? A: I was wondering if you could get together with me to go over the payroll. B: Sure, anytime. 会见出纳 A:对不起,阿利克? B:有事吗?金姆? A:我不知道

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We're not gonna do better next year. 明年不会好过今年。 Why not? 为什么不会? Well, you know we're being gutted. We're losing Giambi, Damon, Isringhausen. Done deal. We're in trouble. 恩,我们被挖了墙角,失去了吉昂比,达

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Dinosaur Skeleton of Possible New Species Sells for $2.3 Million The skeleton of an extremely rare kind of dinosaur has sold for $2.3 million in Paris, France. The 150-million-year-old bones sold during an auction June 4 at the citys famous Eiffel To

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Gates Foundation Announces $92 Million Assistance to Schools The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is providing $92 million in assistance in a new effort to help minority and low-income students succeed. 比尔及梅琳达盖茨基金会将为一项新

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英语新闻视频:蝙蝠侠中原车售价420万美元 ' Want to own your very own Batmobile? Be ready to dish out some serious cash. The original car from the Batman television series has been auctioned off on Saturday, for a cool 4.2 million dol

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TED研究员马尔钦?雅库博夫斯基利用维基和数码制作工具,正在将50种农业机器的蓝图制成开放源,使得人们都能够按照这些蓝图自己制造拖拉机或收割机。而这仅仅是这个项目的开端。这个项

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Former President Barack Obama has inked a deal that will bank him $400,000 to speak to a Wall Street firm, placing him on the money train that caused his would-be successor Hillary Clinton problems in her presidential campaign. 美国前总统贝拉克

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

1. Wall Street is the source of a considerable portion of all NY earnings. 纽约所有收入中的很大一部分都来自于华尔街。 It deals not only with finance, but also insurance and real estate altogether amounting to 35% of total NY city

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AS IT IS 2015-06-02 US Promises $18 Million for Vietnam to Buy Patrol Boats 美国承诺1800万美元购买越南巡逻船 The United States has promised $18 million to help Vietnam buy American-made coast guard patrol boats to improve its sea defens

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Water Wheel Picks Up Trash in Baltimore's Waterways 巴尔的摩用水轮清理垃圾 BALTIMORE Trash in waterways around the world is a major environmental issue. The U.S. city of Baltimore, Maryland, is tackling its problem with a one-of-a-kind con

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Jolo rebels 'paid $5.5m ransom' 菲霍乐岛叛军已得到550万赎金 Some hostages have been held for 15 weeks 部分人质已被扣留15个星期 Muslim rebels holding around 30 hostages in the southern Philippines have reportedly received $5.5m

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Two days after the explosion in Qingdao, the oil spill in Jiaozhou Bay is worse than previously reported. The city's Maritime Safety Administration says the oil spill has spread across an area of 10,000 square meters in the Jiaozhou Bay and remains d

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- A passenger rocket plane developed by Virgin Galactic's crashed on Friday after suffering an in-flight anomaly during a powered test flight over the U.S. state of California, the commercial company said on Twitter. 新华

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(122) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

One rural farmer found out exactly how much it would cost for his local Internet service provider to extend their network outside of the service area, and it was a pretty scary number. To be exact, Windstream Communications was going to charge Nelson

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

今天我们要学的词是lavish. Lavish, 形容词,意思 大方的,铺张浪费的。雅虎公司以7100万美元的高薪聘请玛丽莎.迈耶出任CEO, Mayer's pay package is by far the most lavish that Yahoo has offered to its recent strin

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讲解 Todays key word is--scholarship n. 奖学金;学术;学识. 例句 I can 't continue my study without this scholarship. 如果没有这份奖学金我就没有办法继续学业。 延伸 Now let's learn the word in the news. A Chinese high sc

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Tributes have been streaming in for the American singer Prince who died unexpectedly on Thursday at the age of 57. President Obama described him as 'a virtuoso instrumentalist, a brilliant bandleader and an electrifying performer'. David Sillito now

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