天方夜谭英文故事：The Three Wisemen and The Camel

Once there lived a man in a small village in Arabia. He had a camel. Whenever he went on a journey, he went along with his camel. At one such journey, he lost his camel unexpectedly. He was in search of his camel. He asked everyone, Have you seen my

美国习惯用语-第869:get wise to

我有个朋友在政府部门工作。他这工作以前可是个肥缺，经常用公款吃喝旅游。可好景不长，这种挥霍公款的行为被发现了，他被调查机构请去喝茶了。这让我想到了一个习惯用语，那就是:

词汇大师-- Wise Writing Instead of '-Wise'

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER, our guest is the author of a new book called On Words: Insight Into How Our Words Work -- and Don't. RS: Paula LaRocque has worked for many years as a writing instructor and newsp

华尔街的赚钱经(MP3+中英字幕) 第34期:如何快速变成有钱人(2)

2, Read Personal Finance Blogs 阅读个人理财博客 I find that I get encouraged to save-and to adopt good financial habits in general-by reading about others' tips and success. One of my must-read blogs for this is The Simple Dollar. 我是通过阅

100个儿童英语小故事: The Wise Old Lady 聪明的老妇人

046 The Wise Old Lady A long time ago, there was a young man who wanted to be a writer. He wanted to get married and to live writing compositions, but he couldn't discover what he had to write. He couldn't come up with any good stories, and it seemed

英文笑话：Give Me a Dollar 给我一块钱

Son: Dad, give me a dime. Father: Son, don't you think you're getting too big to be forever begging for dimes? Son: I guess you're right, Dad. Give me a dollar, will you? 儿子：爸爸，给我一角钱。 父亲：儿子，你不认为你已经长大了，不该再老是一角一角

'The Gift of the Magi,' by O. Henry

One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it in the smallest pieces of money - pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by negotiating with the men at the market who sold vegetables and meat. Negotiating until one's face

US Dollar's Decline

By Jeffrey Young Americans crossing borders groan in dismay as they exchange their dollars for less and less in other currencies. Holidays in Europe, for instance, that once seemed reasonably priced h

NASA's WISE satellite spots "horseshoe" asteroid

LOS ANGELES, April 8 (Xinhua) -- NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has discovered a rare asteroid that traces out a horseshoe shape relative to Earth, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said on Friday. Unlike most near-Earth asteroid

美国习惯用语:552 top dollar

我们不久前学的一些习惯用语分别包括美国钱币中价值最低的两种硬币：penny和dime。 今天要学的习惯用语却都包括美国钱币中最基本的单位：dollar这个单词，dollar是一美元。今天要学的第一个

VOA常速英语2007年-AU Launches 'Panel of the Wise'

By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 18 December 2007 The African Union has inaugurated a panel of distinguished citizens to promote efforts to prevent conflict on a continent that has seen more than its share of wars. VOA's Peter Heinlein reports from AU h

yuan strengthens to record high of 6.5651 per U.S. dollar

BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese currency Renminbi (人民币)( RMB), or the yuan, on Monday strengthened to an all-time high of 6.5651 per U.S. dollar, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading System. Monday's central parity rate of t

Euro Losing Strength Against the Dollar

The euro has lost 5.1 percent versus the dollar over the past month. And a spate of poor eurozone economic data Friday further eroded its value, signaling a grim economic outlook for the European economy in 2012. At 13 years old, the euro is barely a

Euro falls against dollar on New York market

NEW YORK, June 29 (Xinhua) -- The euro（欧元） fell against the U.S. dollar Tuesday on concerns over the health of the global recovery（恢复）. The deep cuts in public spending and slowing economies in Europe have drawn investors' concerns. O

Australian dollar hits 28-year high

CANBERRA, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Australian dollar hit a 28 year high as it edged closer to parity with the U.S. dollar, rising to a new post-float record of 99.70 U.S. cents on Thursday morning. At 11:15am (AEDT) on Thursday, the local unit was tra

A million dollar lesson 千金一课

A million dollar lesson 千金一课 cab driver taught me a million dollar lesson in customer satisfaction and expectation. Motivational speakers charge thousands of dollars to impart this kind of training to corporate executives and staff. It cost m

英语单词大师：Wise Writing Instead of '-Wise'

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER, our guest is the author of a new book called On Words: Insight Into How Our Words Work -- and Don't.RS: Paula LaRocque has worked for many years as a writing instructor and newspa

U.S.stocks rise on stronger dollar, mixed data

NEW YORK, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as the U.S. dollar strengthened against the Japanese yen while investors weighed two mixed reports in manufacturing（制造业,工业）. The U.S. dollar surged against the yen after the B

Dollar surges amid Egypt unrest

NEW YORK, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar was boosted against most major currencies in late New York trading on Friday as tensions in Egypt(埃及) raised concerns about stability in the Middle East and Africa. The situation in the Middle East an

Gold continues to drop as dollar gains

CHICAGO, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures on the COMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange slipped for the sixth consecutive session on Thursday, as the dollar's rally muted demand for precious metals as an alternative investment. The most a