Should People Be Promoted according to Ability?

Lesson 21 Should People Be Promoted according to Ability? Text Flattering the Boss Gets You Everywhere In the world of work, flattery will get you everywhere. Employees who flatter their bosses tend to receive better evaluations and move more easily

Powell Expresses Confidence in Saudi Ability

David Gollust Secretary of State Colin Powell says Tuesday he has no reason to doubt the ability of the Saudi government to maintain stability and continue oil exports, despite the weekend terrorist a

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California lawmakers have approved a measure that legalized physician-assisted suicide. As Ben Adler of Capital Radio reports it's now up to the governor to sign it into the law. It's not clear whether Jerry Brown will sign the end-of-life legislatio

交流表达-016.Ability

能力 Ability 询问能否 Asking about Ability Are you in any good? Are you in any good at ... ? Are you clever at ... ? Can you ? Are you capable of ... ? Are you able to ... ? Do you think you can .... ? Think you can ? Do you reckon you could ? Do yo

2008年ESL之日常生活 12 Describing Talent and Ability

12Describing Talent and Ability GLOSSARY a natural a person who has natural ability; one who is born with a certain skill * Adam has learned to play the piano very quickly. He is a natural at learning toplay musical instruments. no one comes close to

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说一口流利的英语，从简单的单词开始。 听听，读读，背背，今天你的词汇量又增加了5个。 单词/词义 中英例句 单词听读 ability [ E5biliti ] We found him work

89.The ability of the Kangaroo

The zoo built a special eight-foot-high enclosure for its newly acquired kangaroo, but the next morning the animal was found hopping around outside. The height of the fence was increased to 15 feet, b

分数和能力Score and Ability

In China, the students have to take part in many exams, they need to get the high mark, so that they can enter the better school and have more chances to get to the college. Chinese education pays special attention to the score, it occupies important

Study: ability to multi-task wanes with age

BEIJING, April 12 (Xinhuanet) -- The elderly have a difficult time with multi-tasking as a study suggests that older brains behave differently when it comes to switching between two tasks, according to media reports on Tuesday. Researchers used funct

The ability of the Kangaroo

The zoo built a special eight-foot-high enclosure for its newly acquired kangaroo, but the next morning the animal was found hopping around outside. The height of the fence was increased to 15 feet, but the kangaroo got out again. Exasperated, the zo

词汇大师-- How a Child's Ability

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: age and the economics of learning English. RS: Our guest is Hoyt Bleakley, an economist at the University of Chicago. He and Aimee Chin at the University of Houston have studied t

Apple posts strong quarterly earnings

SAN FRANCISCO, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Apple Inc. on Tuesday reported strong third fiscal quarter results that top analysts' expectations, citing strong iPhone and iPad sales. For its fiscal 2011 third quarter ended on June 25, Apple reported net income

VOA标准英语2010年-Upbeat Earnings Reports Lift US Stocks

U.S. retail sales fell half a percent in June providing more evidence that the U.S. economic recovery will slow down in the second half of the year. But the weaker than expected consumer spending appeared to have little impact on Wall Street as inves

Wall Street rallies on positive earnings, home sales

NEW YORK, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street rallied on Thursday on better-than-expected earnings and data on home sales with all major indexes jumping more than 2 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average topped the 9,000 mark for the first time since

Wall Street mixed ahead of earnings season

NEW YORK, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street traded mixed on Monday as investors(投资者) were cautious before the first-quarter earnings season and a series of uncertainties still lingered in the markets. The three major indexes wavered between gain

Strong earnings reports push U.S. stocks higher

NEW YORK, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. stocks snapped a 3-day losing streak to close higher on Tuesday as strong earnings reports helped inject confidence into the market. Alcoa, the aluminum（铝） manufacturer which is traditionally the first com

Apple reports record quarterly earnings

SAN FRANCISCO, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Apple Inc. on Wednesday reported record second fiscal quarter results that blow out analysts'（分析师） expectations, citing strong demands for its products. For its fiscal 2011 second quarter ended on March 2

Microsoft quarterly earnings beat estimates

SAN FRANCISCO, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Microsoft Corp. on Thursday posted strong quarterly earnings in its fourth fiscal quarter, with profit and revenue beating expectations from Wall Street analysts. For the quarter ended June 30, the world's largest s

Wall Street buoyed by Caterpillar earnings

NEW YORK, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street held its strong gain to the last minute of trading on Monday, buoyed by strong earnings from Caterpillar and hopes on a concrete resolution to the European debt woes. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 1

Vietnam's Move to Publish Earnings Hailed

HANOI - Mired by mismanagement and debt, state-owned enterprises are the bane of the Vietnamese economy. But a recent move to publicize earnings is being hailed as a revolutionary step towards reform. When Vietnamese police issued an arrest warrant f