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Birbal Stories: Birbal The Child

Birbal arrived late for a function and the emperor was displeased. My child was crying and I had to placate him, explained the courtier. Does it take so long to calm down a child? asked the emperor. It appears you know nothing about child rearing. No

经济学人:优步第一把交椅:新时代的考验(下)

Uber's board will seek an experienced boss, perhaps a woman. 当下，董事会正在寻找一位成熟老练的总裁，众人猜测是一位女性。 He or she will need experience running a multinational. 这位总裁将要担负起运营一家大型

愉悦口语:第50期 说服英文怎么说

讲解文本： talk into 说服某人做某事 making concessions 做让步 concession 让步 I talked him into making concessions on the question. 我说服他在这个问题上作出让步。 疯狂练习吧！

2015年ESL之商务英语 17 Defending Your Ideas at Work

Defending Your Ideas at Work Monica: Thats why I dont think its doable. We should consider other ideas. ... That was Monica. Shes my co-worker and my nemesis. She criticizes all of my ideas, but Ive learned that the best defense is to not get defensi

海伦·米伦新电影《温彻斯特》讲述枪击伤害

Helen Mirren Talks 'Winchester' Film, Effects of Gun Deaths on the Living Actor Helen Mirren says her new film Winchester is not a horror movie, but a ghost story. She says the film has foreign roots and also something very American: an understanding

美联社新闻一分钟 2005-11-01

1. President Bush nominates Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court seeking to re-shift the judiciary and mollify conservatives who derailed his previous pick. 2. In Washington, Rosa Parks is remember

VOA常速英语2014--波罗申科仍获得很多支持

Despite Criticism, Ukraine's Poroshenko Still Has Much Support KYIV Just over three months after taking office, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is facing some increased opposition based largely on controversial decisions he has made in the count

205 联合国轻武器大会继续进行

205 联合国轻武器大会继续进行 UN Conference Continues Work on Small Arms Agreement Breck Ardery United Nations 20 Jul 2001 20:41 UTC Delegates to a United Nations conference on small arms a

No curtains in the bathroom

Having been married ten years and still living in an apartment, the wife would often complain about anything, as she was tired of saving every penny to buy a dream home.Trying to placate (安抚)her, the husband found a new apartment, within their bu

万物简史 第394期:浩瀚的海洋(13)

He thought underwater exploration a waste of resources and pointed out that the Navy was not a research institute. 他认为水下探索是浪费资源，还指出海军不是个研究机构。 The nation, moreover, was about to become fully preoccup

英语热词：得没得过“男士感冒”？

When a man gets a cold, everything shuts down. Hes on the couch in misery -- unwilling to do anything (even go to the doctor). But a woman with a cold just bucks up and goes on about her day. 男士得了感冒，就什么都不想做。他痛苦地坐

GRE词汇分类记忆：安慰缓和

背诵GRE词汇的时候，不仅要背诵下来，也要将这些词汇的意思及用法同时记忆下来。在背诵的时候，对于同类型或者意义相近的词汇，做到辨析和掌握的话，就会对GRE考试更加有利。下面就为

万圣节你不知道的6件事

1. The Origins of Halloween 万圣节的起源 Halloween is thought to have originated around 4000 B.C., which means Halloween has been around for over 6,000 years as we know it today, borrow traditions from different festivals namely: the Roman fera

巴西抗议世界杯活动继续

RIO DE JANEIRO, June 23 (Xinhua) -- A new round of protests unfolded across Brazil Saturday despite President Dilma Rousseff's latest pledges to improve public services and fight corruption. According to the police, more people protested in over 100

经济学人:电子游戏如何打破监管困境?(2)

The second is the realisation that players will happily pay real money for virtual goods. 第二，玩家将更愿意为虚拟商品支付真实资金。 These can be upgrades, costumes or weapons for their in-game characters, 虚拟商品可能是游戏

美国学生人类历史 第150期:教皇与皇帝之争(6)

The Hohenstaufen family which got hold of the Imperial German Throne shortly afterwards, were even more independent than their predecessors. 不久之后，夺取了德意志帝国皇位的霍亨施陶芬家族变得比他们的前任更为独立，更

经济学人521:枪支管制

Gun control 枪支管制 Armed robbery 持枪抢劫 Quietly, and rather politely, Britain is getting a gun lobby 不知不觉中，英国成为倡议枪支管制的一大阵营 ORYX and buffalo heads stare glumly from the walls of James Purdey amp; S

经济学人:瑞士银行 谭天忠的微调(2)

He now intends to bring in SFr4bn through a rights issue. (Share sales in 2015 raised SFr6bn.) 他现在打算通过供股来注入四十亿瑞郎。（2015年的股权交易筹集了六十亿瑞郎。） Shareholders had never been keen on the flota

经济学人:英国政治 法拉奇反抗主流政坛

British politics 英国政治 Farage against the machine 法拉奇反抗主流政坛 Mainstream politicians seeking to rival the populism of Nigel Farage's party are on a hiding to nothing 主流政客寻找机会对抗奈吉尔法拉奇的民粹主义