Economics Report - A Big Ruling for Wal-Mart in Sex-Discrimination Case 经济报道 - 沃尔玛逃过大规模性别歧视集体诉讼 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。 In the American

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C: oh, it seems that Ive lost my train ticket. M: are you kidding? The train leaves in an hour. Where did you put it? C: it was in my pocket, but now I cant find it. M: is it in the other pocket? C: no, it is not here. Damn it! Im going to have to bu

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A US judge has given approval for a class action suit by American cigarette smokers against several tobacco companies for deceptive advertising. The suit, which seeks damages of up to $200 billion, claims that advertising for cigarettes sold as ligh

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Tencent says it's in contact with Russian authorities over its ban on the use of Wechat. 腾讯公司日前表示,他们正与俄罗斯当局就禁用微信进行沟通。 Russia's telecom watchdog announced earlier this week that WeChat is not in

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

Some breaking news now on Lance Armstrong. The global governing body of cycling has just announced moments ago: it will ban on Armstrong for life and strip him of his 7 tour titles. ABC's Neil Collins join us now from Seattle with the very latest on

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A one-man's disturbance in Beijing today at the World Bank news conference. World Bank President Robert Zoellic just began speaking when this man Du JianGuo stood up and started chanting slogans. The state-own industry should not be privatized. And t

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The mascot, Kangkang, debuted on Thursday. It's based on a colored ink prototype painted by well-known Chinese artist Han Meilin. The 80-year-old is the man behind the famous fuwa, the mascots for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. For the Spring Fes

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China plagued by locusts 中国遭蝗害 Huge swarms of locusts have been destroying crops in northern China - a region which is already suffering from its worst drought in more than a decade. Two areas have been struck by the locust plague at once.

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A hacking group said on Thursday it has crashed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official website to protest Japan's plans to hunt whales. 一黑客组织称周四已攻陷日本首相安倍晋三的官方网站,以此抗议日本的捕鲸计划。 Chie

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

I was among the first batch of people to read Guo Jingmings City of Fantasy (《幻城》) back in 2003, when I was in high school. To my younger self, the story was *heart-rending, and Guos language was mind-blowingly beautiful. I amused myself by i

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

In northeast Chinas Heilongjiang province, a female teacher in the city of Jiamusi saved her students from being run over by a bus, but couldn't escape from the tragedy herself. Zhang Lili is now being treated the intensive care unit of a local hospi

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻视频

According to the report published by the National Audit Office, the problematic money constituted more than a quarter of the lottery funds reviewed in the audit. Authorities say irregularities included embezzlement, fraud, illegal subsidies for staff

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

One of the most difficult financialdecisions one has to make in life is to decide the place where they wouldchoose to stay. The location one chooses is influenced by a host of pros andcons. The cost of living, the availability of economic opportuniti

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Britain suffered further blows to its economic standing last Monday as two top ratings agencies downgraded its sovereign credit score, judging the vote to leave the European Union would hurt its economy. 上周一,英国的经济地位遭受进一步

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STOCKHOLM, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven and visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday criticized the U.S. decision to ban entry of citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries as anti-Muslim bias. It is deeply r

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The Paralympic Games will take place as planned next month in Rio, but face major budget cuts, the International Paralympic Committee has announced. 国际残奥委员会宣布,残奥会将于下月在里约如期举行,不过面临着预算大幅削

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After a couple of accidents in 2014, Malaysia Airline System (MAS) has almost finished its painful restructuring that involves axing of about one-third of its total staff. 在经历过2014年的两起事故后,马航即将完成痛苦的重组。这将

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TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Iranian officials said on Tuesday that foreign elements were behind the blasts that targeted Iran' s embassy in Lebanon's capital Beirut in the morning. In a telephone conversation with his Lebanese counterpart Michel Sule

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I'm looking at that. That doesn't seem right. I'd... That was... 我看了一下 这翻译的好像不对 I had an intern translate that.So any mistakes are not my fault. 实习生翻译的 有错误别来找我 Some other news out of Europe I wanna

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HARI SREENIVASAN: We turn to the crisis in Turkey, where the government continued its crackdown on those involved in an attempted coup that left more than 250 dead and nearly 2,000 injured. Leaders from around the world are calling for restraint. New

发表于:2019-03-09 / 阅读(866) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列