《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》09 Why French Live Longer

Unit 9 Why French Live Longer In 1965, a French lawyer, Andre Raffray, gambled on statistics and lost. He acquired the flat of a 90-year-old woman, Jeanne Calment, agreeing to pay her a lifetime pension of 2,500 francs a month in exchange. It seemed

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unit06 Why French Live Longer 为什么法国人会长寿

In 1965, a French lowyer, Andre Raffray, gambled on statistics and lost. He acquired the flat of a 90-year-old woman, Jeanne Calment, agreeing to pay her a lifetime pension of 2500 francs a month in exchange. It seemed reasonable to think Calment wou

为机器人设置毁灭开关 欧盟或立法将其当人看

Europe is preparing for a robot revolution. 欧洲正策划一场机器人革命。 European lawmakers have proposed that robots be equipped with emergency kill switches to prevent them from causing excessive damage. Legislators have also suggested t

美国文化脱口秀 第162期:中国医保差,美国也很泪崩

常说在中国看不起病。但是在美国，更看不起病！而且美国还是世界上唯一没有全民医保的发达国家。虽然奥巴马上台后开始推行医保，但是阻力重重。今天，我们就要说说在美国看病的那些

英语课程计划-World Day Against Child Labour

One of the worlds most serious problems is the use of child labour. June 12 is the World Day Against Child Labour. All around the world people will take part in activities to raise awareness of the damage child labour does to children, families and s

新西兰英语 803 No ‘man ban’ for Labour

The Labour Party will not ban men from becoming candidates for election in some seats. The Labour Council wants to discuss the idea during the Labour Party conference in November of having 50% women MPs. However, David Shearer, the leader of the Labo

新西兰英语 692 Labour Party Leadership

First check back to November 18th about the Labour Party conference. During the conference last weekend, David Cunnliffe refused to say if he supported David Shearer as Leader of the Opposition. This looked as if Mr Cunnliffe wanted to challenge Mr S

新西兰英语 693 Labour Party Conference

The Labour Party held their annual conference over the weekend. More than 500 members attended. A member is someone who pays a membership fee to belong to the Labour Party. This includes the 34 Labour Members of Parliament. The Leader of the Oppositi

新西兰英语 61 Parliament Ends

Last week was the final session for Parliament before the elections on November 8th. During the session last week, MPs who were retiring gave their farewell speeches. One well-known National MP, Katherine Rich, decided to retire from Parliament as sh

中国会计科目的中英文对照—损益类2

城市维护建设税 Tax for maintaining and building cities 资源税 Resources tax 土地增值税 Increment tax on land value 其他业务支出 Other business expense 销售其他材料成本 Oth

CRI Hourly News 2012 08 12

180 killed in strong quake in northwest Iran: official Two strong earthquakes struck villages in northwest Iran on Saturday killing some 180 people and injuring hundreds of others. Six villages near the city of Tabriz were completely destroyed and ot

保险业词汇

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中国保监会称要推动'环强险'方案落地

China is quickening the pace of putting together its compulsory environmental pollution liability insurance implementation plan - and joint regulation and product designs could be key issues, experts said. 我国正加快拟定环境污染强制责任保

CRI Hourly News 2012 08 11

Chinese FM stresses joint effort with ASEAN to maintain peace in South China Sea China has called on ASEAN countries to make joint effort to maintain peace in the South China Sea. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told a joint press conference wit

Commercial Insurance for Taxies Needed

In the event of an accident, taxi drivers face possible bankruptcy since many are not protected by commercial insurance, and would be required to pay not only compensation to the accident victim, but also a penalty from the traffic administration. [P

经济学人:澳大利亚最大金融机构正在受审 (1)

BANKS often face conflicts of interest when it comes to advising their customers. 当提及为客户提供咨询建议的时候，银行经常面临利益冲突。 The regulators who are supposed to stop the abuses that can result are not always up t

新西兰英语 538 Labour Party Leadership

After the Labour Party lost the election, the leader, Phil Goff, resigned. Later this week the Party will choose another leader. They will choose between two men David Shearer and David Cunliffe. Both men have been speaking at Labour Party meetings.

新西兰英语 517 Voting in the election

Only 73% of registered voters chose to vote on Saturday. This is the lowest percentage since 1887. 3,053,705 people are registered to vote but only 2.2m people voted. Although it is too early to know all the details, it seems that young people are no

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0726 - 老虎袭人谁该反思？

Topic 1-40% of Poor Chinese Families Caused by Medical Bill According to the State Council Information Office, over 44% of Chinese households fall into poverty for the sole reason of hefty medical bills. In spite of wider medical insurance coverage r