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There are six characteristics of speech, all of which are vital to speak effectively. In this section we'll look at each of them separately. These speech characteristics are basically important to you

THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE

BY STEPHEN R .COVEEY The first habit is 1)proactivity. Be proactive. The word proactivity is fairly common in management literature, but you won't find it in the dictionary. It means more than merely

NPR 2008-09-27

Congressional leaders are reporting progress today in talks aimed at fashioning a bailout of the country's financial markets. NPR's Debbie Elliott has more. Negotiations jump-started after House Republicans joined the talks. Minority Leader John Boe

Changing Colleges in the US Is Complex, Costly

Savannah College of Art and Design, or SCAD, is a private university in the American state of Georgia. In 2003, Sarah Luthans believed it would be the best place for her to study painting. But after two years there, Luthans found she wanted more crea

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Worlds Oldest Person Turns 117, Eats 2 Uncooked Eggs a Day 世界上最老的人已117岁，一天吃2个生鸡蛋 The oldest living person celebrated a birthday earlier this week. 本周，世界上最老的人庆祝了自己的生日。 Emma Morano

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By Melinda Smith Washington 31 August 2007 Centuries ago doctors used hypnosis to help relieve the excruciating pain of surgery. It then fell out of favor with the introduction of anesthesia. Now as VOA's Melinda Smith reports, new studies show a hos

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A thousand times My son is growing up and it scares me. Terrifies me, actually. Girls, driving, alcohol, drugs, how can I protect him from all of these things? When he was little, I was one of those r

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Course 1 What courses do you offer for next term? 2 Are these courses for beginners? 3 When will the courses begin? 4 How long will the courses last? 5 How many classes are there in a week? 6 How much do these courses cost? 7 What course does profes

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01.04.05 1. Are you busy with your study this term? 2. How many courses do you have? 3. How many compulsory courses （必修课） do you have? 4. I think you're overloaded. 5. Were your credits （学分） be enough? 6. Do you audit （旁听） other courses

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Should Lords block tax credit cuts? YESTERDAY Lib Dem leader and Labour's Owen Smith debate tax credits

英语博客：Playing with whales

Mum, can you put in your password? is a question that I hear almost on a daily basis. My kids are into apps in a big way(1). We are slowly getting sucked(2) into the app market. I allow my daughter to play on my iPhone every now and then(3). That's f

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AGRICULTURE REPORT - Carbon Trading: How the Chicago Climate Exchange WorksBy Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 I'm Shep O'Neal with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Agriculture

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EDUCATION REPORT - Praise for Advanced Placement Classes, but Also CriticismBy Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Thursday, February 23, 2006 I'm Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English Education Report. Th

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By Jessica Berman Washington 14 May 2008 Researchers have determined that commonly prescribed triple-drug combination therapies that use old antiviral drugs are the most effective for suppressing the deadly virus that causes AIDS. The findings have m

VOA标准英语2011--Swiss Firm Seeks Carbon Credits in Kenya

Swiss Firm Seeks Carbon Credits in Kenya with Clean Water The purchase and sale of carbon credits are relatively new concepts in Africa, accounting for less than three percent of the $144 billion global carbon credit trade. The system is designed to

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Today in Your Health, we answer some of your questions about the Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. You've sent us many questions. And we've lined some of them up with NPR's health policy correspondent, Alison Ko

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GUY RAZ, HOST: I want to ask you about this really famous Talmudic notion - actually, it might be that in the Quran as well - but this idea that, you know, if you save a single life, then you have saved all of humanity. You know that one? PETER SINGE

英语小达人 437 The Time Account(1)

The Time Account 时间账户 Say there is a bank that credits your account each morning with RMB86,400. 假设有一家银行每天早上往你的帐户里存入86,400元， Every evening, the bank deletes whatever remains of this sum that you have

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Action English 42 Movie Dictionary Credits 字幕 Opening Credits 片头字幕 Closing Credits 片尾字幕 American Slang You bet 当然, 真的, 的确,没错 例句 You bet were going to the concert. We just got a great deal on tickets. 我们当然要去听音乐会了。我们