Old, But Not Retired Drop into the Vita Needle Company of Needham, Massachusetts. It’s six a.m. and Rosa Finnegan is arriving for work, one of 35 people employed by this small manufacturing outfit.

发表于:2018-11-28 / 阅读(165) / 评论(0) 分类 疯狂英语2004年

Neil: Hello, Im Neil. Welcome to 6 Minute English from bbclearningenglish.com. Finn is with me today. Hi Finn. Finn: Hello Neil. Neil: Lets begin with a question. Its about retirement and I would like to know what the official age of retirement is in

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The American Museum of Natural Historys Hayden Planetarium hosted a discussion of the future of manned space flight on March 15th. Retired Air Force General Lester Lyles was asked about the militarys interest in space: Its the high ground. Its the ul

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M: Ok, so where do you think we can save more money? W: Well, we could eat in more. That 300 dollars for entertainment is mostly going to restaurants. M: Yeah. Thats a good idea and you like to cook. What about the books? W: No, I need my books. M:

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今天学的词组是bow out。Bow out的意思是退出、引退、退休。白宫的chief usher,也就是白宫的大管家Gary Walters宣布2006年年底退休。有报道说, White House's chief usher is bowing out. 这位大管家在白宫任职

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Today's podcast will be dedicated to the 'th'. English, being quite irregular at times, has two ways of pronouncing the combination of the t and the h. That may seem simple, but getting it right is a key to sounding like a native. I have met many peo

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

Most people are looking forward to the retired life, they have a lot of plans, such as travel around the world or do something they have never done before. But for some old and retired persons, who have lose their wife or husband, feel lonely all the

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Advice for

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1. A UN official who met with war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic as he was being extradited from Belgrade says Mladic was extremely cooperative when taken into custody. He'll appear before a judge in the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal on Friday. Mladic is

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When I was small, I fell in love with tennis, so I like to watch tennis match so much. Today, the tennis players have extended their career time, before, most of them will retire around 30 years old, because it is old enough for an athlete. But now,

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有关延迟退休的说法近日流传甚广,实行了几十年的退休年龄真的要改了吗?人力资源和社会保障部有关负责人9月15日表示,我国暂时不会调整退休年龄,有关部门目前只是在研究一些延迟退

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RIO DE JANEIRO, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Brazil legend Ronaldo accused Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson of lacking respect by referring to him as the fat one. Speaking during a press conference involving Brazil's 2014 World Cup organizing commi

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Couple Sues Retirement Village Denied Housing for Being Gay? 一对伴侣起诉退休村因同性恋拒绝提供住宿? Mary Walsh and Bev Nance were rejected by a senior-living community outside St. Louis. Now the married couple is suing for discr

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Hello, Lawton. I see your edge has dulled. 你好,罗通。你的刀刃有点钝了 Oh, I knew you were there. I just didn't care if you killed me. 我知道你在那儿。你是否要杀我,我不在乎 What do you want? 你想怎么样 My organ

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the legislature of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region plans to draft a regulation by 2016 to curb religious extremism. It may include a ban on wearing clothes in public linked to religious extremism such as full face and body coverings, the head of

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Idiom: Russian roulette ( something dangerous ) Hit the book: Thrifty Come in handy Varian Commemorate Vintage Keepsake Motto Now that's a bag for life! Thrifty shopper has been using the same Tesco plastic carrier for 34 YEARS since it was made for

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今天学的词组是bow out。Bow out的意思是退出、引退、退休。白宫的chief usher,也就是白宫的大管家Gary Walters宣布2006年年底退休。有报道说, White House's chief usher is bowing out. 这位大管家在白宫任职

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The Same Duties A retired four-star general ran into his former orderly, also retired, in a Manhattan bar and spent the rest of the evening persuading him to come work for him as his valet. Your duties will be exactly the same as they were in the arm

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Interestingly enough, when you start to crank the data, 有意思的是,当你开始收集数据时, these pockets of futureless language speakers all around the world turn out to be, by and large, some of the world's best savers. 你就会发现这

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mostly adv.主要地 John succeeded mostly because he worked hard and had great ambition. 约翰能够成功主要是因为他努力工作又有强烈的企图心。 commit vt.犯(罪);奉献 Lucas committed a serious crime and was sentenced to

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