新西兰英语 661 Job losses

This has been a bad week so far for job losses. Yesterday, KiwiRail said that 158 staff will lose their jobs. Many of these people are engineering staff. Also Solid Energy, which owns coal mines, will close Spring Creek in Greymouth with a loss of 22

新西兰英语 765 Aluminium Smelter

The aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point near Invercargill opened in 1971. It had a contract to buy cheap electricity, generated by hydro-electricity from Lake Manapouri which is not far away. Now in 2013, 13% of all electricity generated in New Zealand,

BBC榜单：世界最伟大10家博物馆

Musee dOrsay, France 奥赛美术馆，法国 Standing on the Left Bank of the Seine, this venerable Paris museum was opened in 1986 in a former Beaux-Arts railway station and hotel. The layout uses its previous incarnation to full effect galleries c

购物英语对话-Buying a Pan(1)

A: I am looking for a pan. B: No problem. What size would you like? A: A big one would be nice. B: How about this one? It's our biggest16 in diameter. A: Oh, yes. I like that one. But it's too heavy. B: Okay, try this one. It's made of aluminum. A: O

购物英语对话-Buying a Pan(4)

A: Can you help me find a pan? B: Are you looking for a small, medium, or large pan? A: I want a big pan. B: Does this one look big enough? A: Yes, it's the right size, but it weighs too much. B: Well, what do you think of the aluminum pan? A: It's l

购物英语对话-Buying a Pan(3)

A: I'd like to purchase a pan. B: Is there any particular size that you want? A: Well, I cook a lot of big meals. B: What do you think of this one? It's a 16 pan. A: Yes, that's the right size, but it's so heavy. B: Well, look at our aluminum pan. It

购物英语对话-Buying a Pan(2)

A: I need a pan. B: Okay. Do you have a particular size in mind? A: Well, the bigger the better, I think. B: Look at this one. It's our biggest pan. A: Yes, that is big enough, but it's too heavy for me. B: Okay, we have the same thing in aluminum. A

【购物】买平底锅-Buying a Pan

A: I am looking for a pan. B: No problem. What size would you like? A: A big one would be nice. B: How about this one? It's our biggest16 in diameter. A:I like that one, but it's too heavy. B: Okay, try this one. It's made of aluminum. A: This is muc

经济学人144:波音公司的不幸 噩梦般的客机

IT WAS tempting fate to call an ambitious new aircraft the Dreamliner. A combination of radical technology and a novel outsourced system of manufacture has turned the Boeing 787 into a nightmare. 把一架充满雄心的新型飞机称为梦幻客机，

神探夏洛克第二季第二集_10

神探夏洛克第二季第二集_9 我有幸在世界卫生组织会议上 I had the honour of meeting Mr Holmes 见过福尔摩斯先生 在...布鲁塞尔对吗? at the WHO conference in... Brussels, was it? 维也纳 维也纳 没错 Vienna. Vien

“爱疯7”成新自拍神器

Selfies could soon be even sharper, if claims about Apple's next iPhone are confirmed. 若关于下一代iPhone的推测属实，自拍体验或许会更加炫酷。 Experts analysed the recent test version of iOS 9 released by the firm - and founds

卖空者再次瞄准香港中概股

Two fresh attacks by short sellers on Hong Kong-listed stocks are testing the citys efforts to limit companies ability to halt their shares from trading without answering allegations. 卖空者对香港上市股票发起的两起最新袭击，正在考

中国忠旺拟收购美国铝制品企业

A controversial Chinese metals entrepreneur plans to acquire Aleris, a privately held American rolled aluminium products producer, for $1.11bn in cash plus $1.22bn in net debt. 一位引发争议的中国金属制品企业家计划以11.1亿美元现金

AP 2011-06-13

1. The search continues for 20-year-old Lauren Spierer. Police have few leads but suspect foul play in the disappearance of the Indiana University sophomore who has been missing for five days. 2. Moammar Gadhafi stood defiant in the face of the heavi

语法精讲：And 的一些特殊用法和汉译

And是一个常用的并列连词。其一般的用法和译法，已有不少文章论及。本文仅就and的一些特殊用法作一简单介绍。 一、And前后的两部分表示同时发生的动作，或同时存在的属性、特征等可译为

经济学人:自由兑换:欧元区的经常账户盈余(2)

Current-account imbalances are not always a cause for concern. 经常账户失衡并不总是一件令人担忧的事。 As a matter of arithmetic, they measure the gap between domestic savings and investment. 基于数理逻辑，他们对国内储蓄

安赛乐米塔尔将发布新型高强度汽车用钢

ArcelorMittal will launch a new high-strength automotive steel later this year, throwing down the gauntlet to its rivals in the race to make cars lighter. 安赛乐米塔尔(ArcelorMittal)将于今年晚些时候发布一款新型高强度汽车用钢，

听播客学英语 148 胡说八道

Recently, I found a postcard. You can see a picture of it on the website or on the screen of your iPod. On the front of the card it says Birminghams total rubbish What does this mean. Does it mean that Birmingham is total rubbish in other words, Birm

托福语法 And的七种用法你知道吗？

And是一个常用的并列连词。其一般的用法和译法，已有不少文章论及。本文小编仅就and的一些特殊用法作一简单介绍。 一、And前后的两部分表示同时发生的动作，或同时存在的属性、特征等可

经济学人:几内亚人的火星生活(1)

In the small village of Lasanayah, Mamadou Kalissa looks out over his ancestral home. 在Lasanayah的一个小村庄里，马马杜卡利萨朝着自己的老家看去。 Last year it was farmland but now bauxite mining has turned it into a Martian l