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What I saw was a great opportunity to provide computing technology in a much more efficient way. That was the core idea of what became Dell Computer Corporation, and it’s one that we’ve stuck with

英伦广角 纽卡斯尔投资商SportsDirect就工作环境丑闻公开道歉

The billionaire founder of Sports Direct demonstrating the improved security check his main warehouse. Check now turn to you,most confess your pocket into the grill so far. Casually taking out the wallet a 50-pound notes, in a place you see payment d

Placebo Effect Update

By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: November 19, 2003 This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. When scientists want to test the effectiveness of a new drug, they usually divide

Belief in Cause and Effect

Benjamin Frankin wondered about(at) lightning. He combined his curiosity with imagination and carried out his well-known experiment to show that lightning and an electric spark are the same thing. Cur

360 – Diplomatic and Direct Language

「東北地方太平洋沖地震」により被害に遭われた方々へ、心よりお見舞いを申し上げるとともに、一日も早い復旧をお祈りいたします。 In this Business Skills 360 lesson we take a look at the language

VOA常速英语2007-UN Finds Widespread Growth in Foreign Direct Inv

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 16 October 2007 A new report finds growth in foreign direct investment (FDI) last year was the largest since 2000 and occurred in all regions of the world. In its annual World Investment Report , the U.N. Conference on Trade an

VOA常速英语2008年-Pentagon Report Finds No Direct Saddam-al-Qaida

By Al Pessin Pentagon 13 March 2008 The U.S. Defense Department has released a study of 600,000 documents from Saddam Hussein's archives concluding that while he supported many terrorist groups he did not have a direct connection with al-Qaida. But t

VOA标准英语2008年-China, Taiwan Prepare for Direct Flights

China says 3,000 Chinese tourists a day will be allowed to travel to Taiwan, a long-estranged island Beijing considers part of Chinese territory. The visits will be possible once the two sides implement regular, direct flights, weekend, next month.

S.Korea's direct corporate financing jumps 30% in Feb

SEOUL, March 28 (Xinhua) -- South Korean companies' direct financing jumped 30 percent in February from a month earlier, the financial regulator（调整者） said Monday. Corporate financing through public offers amounted to 14.05 trillion won (12.

Birthplace effect “出生地效应”

今年7月，14岁的美国华裔少年刘继打破老虎伍兹的纪录，成为美国青少年高尔夫锦标赛史上最年轻的冠军，同时刷新老虎伍兹保持了19年的纪录。刘继出生在纽约州一个只有11万人口的小城市史

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Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, right, and his Spanish counterpart Miguel Angel Moratinos give a press conference after their meeting in Jerusalem, 28 Jul 2010 Spain's Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos has called for unconditional,

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The governments of China and Taiwan have agreed to allow direct commercial flights for a limited time between their territories for the first time in 55 years. The move is expected to ease tensions in one of Asia's most contentious political disputes

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今天我们要学的词是side effect。 Side effect, 副作用。一项最近民调显示，Most Americans want health reform but fear its potential side effects, 大多数美国人都希望看到医疗改革，但是又担心改革可能带来的副

温室效应 The Greenhouse Effect

As the development of the society, people want to conquer the environment, they use the high technology to change the environment, when people are satisfied with what they did to the nature, the nature is starting to teach human being a lesson. In th

学个词Learn a Word 第753期 side effect

今天我们要学的词是side effect。 Side effect, 副作用。一项最近民调显示，Most Americans want health reform but fear its potential side effects, 大多数美国人都希望看到医疗改革，但是又担心改革可能带来的副

Pope leaves Vatican, resignation takes effect

VATICAN CITY, Feb.28 (Xinhua) -- The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI came into effect at 8 pm local time (1900 GMT) on Thursday, who had left the Vatican by helicopter for the papal vacation retreat in south Rome earlier in the afternoon. The pope h

Putin says ready for direct dialogue with Trump

Police in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region say 181 terror groups were dismantled since a sweeping campaign was launched a year ago. According to police, 96 percent were thwarted at the planning stage, and 112 suspects turned themsel

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US Vice President Joe Biden says the U.S is prepared to hold direct talks with Iran in the standoff over its nuclear ambitions. Biden made the comment at the annual Munich security conference, saying the talks will have to be real. We have made it cl