音标:['hɑ:fə'dɔlə] ;
n. [英国俚语] = half crown

人们在日常生活中,主要通过四种方式来实现这种交流功能,即:听,说,读,写。据专家统计,听和说在人们的交际中所占的比率最大,分别为45%和38%.听和说是语言活动中最重要的功能,然

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 考研英语

Greece has asked for a 60-billion-dollar international aid package to be activated. Greece had hoped that just the promise of EU support, agreed to last month, would've been enough to reassure markets and help the economy recover. But Greece's proble

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年

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

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 英文笑话

A dog owner claimed that his pet, when given money, would go to the news stall to buy a paper. His friend insisted on a demonstration and handed the dog some money - The dog trotted off, but an hour later he had still not returned with the paper. How

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语

Development Report - Feeding the Hungry, but Not With Pigeons A listener wonders if the birds could be caught and exported to crisis areas as protein to prevent starvation. Transcript of radio broadcast: 18 May 2008 This is the VOA Special English D

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2008年(五)月

The decision by Scotland to stay in the UK reduces the risk of financial instability in Europe, so as the British pound has hit a two-year high against the Euro. And it's up against the Australian dollar and the greenback. It's been a positive sessio

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2014年

And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was down. The Dax and Euro were also down. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is down five points, while the SP 500 is down three.The Australian

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2013年

New figures show business confidence was boosted by bets on a Coalition election victory and an interest rate cut in August. National Australia Bank's monthly survey of over 600 firms shows confidence shot up to a reading of six from minus three back

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2013年

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

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

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

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

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

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(119) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

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

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

The renminbis seemingly endless grind lower against the US dollar has been one of the financial stories of 2016, triggering a wave of capital outflows from China that Goldman Sachs estimates may have totalled $1.1tn since August 2015. 人民币兑美元

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Woolworths attempted to / the Bunnings Party with its Masters home improvement chain has turned into a nightmare. It lost more than 100 million dollars in the latest half year, and theres no sign yet of a turnaround. Wool still bullies supermarkets a

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2015年

Fred asked Joan, Would you lend me $2? I want to buy a lottery scratch-off. I'll pay you back tomorrow. She said, Sure. Just remember me if you win something. He bought a scratch-off. He used a dime to reveal the hidden numbers and symbols. He said,

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

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

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

英语口语:各种钱的叫法 1. 1美元(a dollar)还叫做a single, a buck, a bill. 5美元的说法有five dollars, a fiver, a five spot, five bucks. 10美元的说法有a ten, ten bucks, a ten spot, a sawbuck, a teener. 2. 5分:nickel, jitne

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

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

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

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

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

DEREK: You won't believe what just happened. KELLY: What? DEREK: I went down to change some money, right? KELLY: Yes. We need some. How much did you change? DEREK: I wanted to change around 5000 dollars. And you know the exchange rate. KELLY: Yes, it

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语
学英语单词
'mones
a min
abjected
acted as
Actinomyces freeri
air-borne particulate
Alstrom-Hallgren syndrome
angioparesis
aqueous bath
ardeburn
asplins
banzene dibromide
batcher-hammer pulveriser
borophosphate
bryonicine
Byzantine resilience
Cerus, Sungai
classifiability
coarse grind
cold junction compensation
compact disc read only memory
consumers' association
continued proportion
crystalline glaze
cylindrical
development land tax
dimplings
doctrine of economic liberalism
double-type
effective tractive power
elastic creep recovery
element antagonism
estimate by a interval
euonymus atropurpureuss
eye-shades
factor-price frontier
fast hole
field sequential image
follow the lead of sb.
general diameter steel wire ropes
glomus nigrum
glosso-
hauther
heavy assault weapon
homiculture
hr (hour)
illegal command check
impurity limitation
InterBase
investment currency
latch bit test
level tube bubble
LUH-6
make it too hot for
marl application
melolonthas melolonthas
monase
Moscow Time
MSAE
Mullen test
neda
neeces
Old Russian
order alismaless
out for
parcel bag
peritoneal fold
phlebo-
point loading
populist-right
posterior funiculus
preceptions
predicted wind angle
premature contraction
probationerships
pulmonary bulla
raciology
reaccentuate
relative risk
rubrospinal system
satar communication
sayaf
Scandinavian nation
slave processor
Sphinx's riddle
strip manifold
suchinda
supervixens
thermoelastic strain
Thurn, P.
timber processing enterprises
tungsten dibromide
turbine exhaust gas flow
twobedroom
uneasiness
unfavorableexchange
unworthwhile
Valentinians
velocity of steam
water washable penetrant
woohoo
xylomelums