每日商务英语 第2期:画饼充饥

pie?in?the?sky画饼充饥 英文释义 A?bright?and?attractive?but?improbable?orunrealistic?reward. (NOTE:?hyphenated?when?usedas?a?modifier?before?a?noun) 例句 EXAMPLE:?The?new?company?president?told?the?unhappy?employees?that?everything?would?be

The Many Reasons for the Word 'The'

The 1995 film Dead Man has a strange opening scene. Actor Johnny Depp is sitting on a train. A man sits down across from Depps character, and speaks to him: Look out the window. And doesn't this remind you of when you were in the boat, and then later

TED演讲:修饰语滥用对写作的危害(2)

Having robbed the bank in record time, it was possible to make off with the town's chocolate rabbit as well. 在飞速洗劫了银行之后，还能偷走镇上的巧克力兔子。 The modifying phrase in this sentence seems unrelated to anything el

2017年CRI Commission urges full access to Myanmar's Rakhine

Ghassan Salame, member of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State, briefs media on the commission's interim report and recommendations in Yangon on March 16, 2017. [Photo: China Plus/Tu Yun] A 9-member international commission set up to monitor issu

2013年ESL之商务英语 17 Getting Access to Important People

Getting Access to Important People Camile: That is a really good idea. Nathan: Thanks, but theres no way I can get past all of the gatekeepers in this company to get access to the president. Hes the only one who can green-light a project like this. C

英语语法：73 Modifying Phrases

Grammar Girl here. Today, guest-writer Bonnie Trenga helps us understand modifiers that come at the beginning of a sentence. Bonnie says, As a guest-writer, I plan to talk about two kinds of troublesome modifiers that begin a sentence. Like many of y

英语语法：89 Stacked Modifiers

Todays episode concerns a what-you-may-have-been-wondering-about topic. That sure was a mouthful, and it illustrates the problem of stacked modifiers, which occurs when you string together too many words to describe a noun at the end of the mouthful.

英语语法：88 Splitting Verbs

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is how a verb and an adverb messed up the inauguration. I took a break from work Tuesday to watch Barack Obama's inauguration, and like millions of other people, I saw a bit of confusion between Chief Justice John Rob

英语语法：50 Funny Misplaced Modifiers

Grammar Girl here. Today guest-writer Bonnie Trenga is going to help us take a break from serious grammar and instead delve into the world of comedysome intentional, some not. Groucho Marx said it best: One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. H

VOA慢速英语 With US Tie, Cubans Have Better Access to Internet

AS IT IS 2015-09-05 With US Tie, Cubans Have Better Access to Internet The United States and Cuba officially re-established diplomatic relations two months ago. The re-establishment of ties had led to better access of the Internet across Cuba. Until

VOA慢速英语2014 US Teachers Reach Out to Indonesians in 'Access'

US Teachers Reach Out to Indonesians in 'Access' Most people would agree that knowing English is important for moving up in school and also in the workplace. But millions of students in developing countries have little or no chance for a quality Engl

2007年VOA标准英语-UNHCR Gains Access to Displaced in North Kivu

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 September 2007 The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) says it is distributing desperately needed relief supplies to thousands of people displaced by fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern province of North

VOA标准英语2010-Sudanese Government Blocks Independent El

A Sudanese woman casts her vote as representatives of candidates observe at a polling station during the second day of Sudan's first multiparty elections in decades, 12 April 2010 An online platform designed to facilitate independent monitoring of th

英语新闻视频 Journalists given wider access to cover CPPCC

Monday sees the opening of this year's session of the country's top advisory body, two days ahead of a session of China's top legislature, the National People's Congress. Coverage of the annual session of the CPPCC is one of the times when the media

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Alliance Works to Bring Internet Access to A

By Margaret Besheer New York 19 September 2007 A new U.N.-sponsored initiative is being launched to bridge the digital divide and connect African countries with each other and the rest of the world. VOA's Margaret Besheer reports from U.N. headquarte

2007年VOA标准英语-Medical Group Says Access to Medical Help in So

By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 20 August 2007 Doctor's from the Ugandan peacekeeping force in Somalia examine a malnourished boy at their field hospital at the Halane Camp just south of Mogadishu The medical group Doctors Without Borders is reporting a dras

CCTV9英语新闻：Path created to allow easy access to sinking site

The Eastern Star ship, which capsized in the Yangtze River Monday night, is located in a remote part of the river that is hard to access from land, making it difficult for personnel and rescue equipment to be delivered to the site. On Tuesday night,

新西兰英语 421 Business owners want access

Business people who have a shop, office or restaurant in the CBD (Central Business District) of Christchurch want access to their business. Most of the CBD has been closed since the earthquake in February. The Head of Civil Defence says it is too dan

VOA常速英语2007年-WHO Chief Wants Access To Medicines For Poor Co

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 05 November 2007 Director-General of the World Health Organization says people in poor countries should not be denied medicine they need to treat illnesses such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis because of the cost. Lisa Schlein rep

China supports HK's access to FTA with ASEAN: minister

SIEM REAP, Cambodia, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- China supports Hong Kong's access to the China-ASEAN Free Trade Zone (FTA) as it facilitates the economic integration of the southeastern Asian nations, said the Chinese Minister of Commerce Chen Deming here o