SPEAKING EFFECTIVE AMERICAN ENGLISH

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

西方会计英语Unit four Tax accounti

[00:03.06]Text 4.1 Methods of depreciati [00:07.34]By definition, fixed assets are those which will provide services over a number of years and the matching convention tells us that we should recognise the expense in the same periode as we recognise

2007年VOA标准英语-Hypnosis - Effective Pain Reliever for Breast C

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

会计英语词汇

Accelerated Depreciation Method 计算折旧时，初期所提的折旧大于后期各年。加速折旧法主要包括余额递减折旧法 declining balance depreciation，双倍余额递减折旧法 double declining balance depreciation，年限总额

买车还是租车?

Anchor: Lots of Americans, you know, you are one of them, dream about owning a shiny new car. But before you spend your hard-earned cash on some hot wheels, you definitely want to hear what personal f

2007年VOA标准英语-Gates Says NATO Effective in Afghanistan, Even

By Al Pessin Brussels 13 June 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the NATO alliance has demonstrated that it can be effective in Afghanistan in spite of continuing shortfalls in the number of troops member-nations are providing. VOA's Al Pe

VOA标准英语2008年-Triple-Drug Therapy Found Most Effective Agains

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

美国国家公共电台 NPR Peter Singer: How Can We Be More Effective Altruists?

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

改革让出租车市场更公平

Wang is a taxi driver in his fifties. He's been driving cabs in Beijing for a long time. He says he made a loss in the first two months of this year, and estimates he'll see another loss in March. Last year, since the popularity of the app, it has be

巴西总统：通货膨胀受到控制

BRASILIA, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff said Wednesday that the country's public-sector accounts and inflation are under control, and the government has all the factors to prevent an unwanted rise in prices. During a ceremony

中国人赴日抢购纸尿裤

With the shops in Tokyos Ginza district preparing to close for the day, and the tour guide begging they return to the coach, two tourists from Chengdu, China, hit a crescendo in their debate over quality, styling and workmanship. 东京银座的商店正

经济学人318:金融市场

Finance and economics 财经商业 Buttonwood 金融市场 Where there's money, there's risk 哪里有货币，哪里就有风险 Events in America show that no asset is copper-bottomed 在美国发生的事情显示出没有资产是毫无风险的。

拉加德对中国经济充满信心

Lagarde said the effort to transit the Chinese economy comes at a tough time, with declining oil prices and fluctuating global markets. You know, we clearly understand the multiple layered transitions through which the Chinese economy is going and wi

人民币对美元再创15个月新高

The renminbi has hit its highest level in some 15 months against the U.S. dollar. The rise in the value of the Chinese currency is due largely to the depreciation of the US dollar. Currency traders have been avoiding the greenback amid lingering ques

Italian election outcome uncertain, euro at stake

ROME, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Eurozone leaders and financial markets may hold their breath on Sunday and Monday when austerity-hit Italians flock to the polls for an election whose outcome could trigger a resurgence of the eurozone debt crisis. Final opi

2016年中国电影票房总额有望再创新高

China's 2016 office box sales are expected to exceed the 2015 total of 44 billion yuan (6.8 billion U.S. dollars), the country's film watchdog said. 据中国电影监察机构日前表示，2016年中国票房总额有望超过2015年的440亿元人民

人民币对美元汇率中间价跌破6.5

The renminbi fell to a five-year low against the U.S. dollar on Monday after statistics indicated weaker-than-expected Chinese economic growth momentum in December. 继12月份发布了超乎预料的缓慢经济增长数据之后，本周一，人民币

经济学人:货币的半衰期 (2)

To make the numbers easier to grasp, they have provided an alternative way to express them. 为了让大家更好理解这些数据，他们提供了另一种表述方式。 They calculate how long it would take for prices to double, if inflation per

经济学人306:意大利美食天堂

Business 商业报道 Eataly 意大利美食天堂 Let them eat truffles 请他们吃松露巧克力糖 Italian food for the discerningand loaded 意大利美食专为识货的行家打造 FOR cognoscenti, the height of Italian taste these days is no