Literacy heroes 文坛英雄

Rob: Hello I'm Rob. Welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm joined today by Finn. Hello Finn. Finn: Hi Rob. Rob: Today we're talking about literacy - that means the ability to read and write. And one way to improve your literacy is to read books and literat

双语美文欣赏：A box full of kisses

The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the li

Report Studies Growing Trees for Profit

Governments around the world have promised billions of dollars to replant trees on millions of hectares of poor land. What is missing are the businesses to make this happen. A new report by the World Resources Institute says it wants to solve this pr

Students at For-Profit Colleges Are Worse Off

Students at For-Profit Colleges Are Worse Off A new study says students who attended for-profit private colleges in the United States to learn a trade saw their earnings drop. The report by the National Bureau of Economic Research said, on average, p

2011年ESL之商务英语 15 Reselling Products for Profit

15 Reselling Products for Profit GLOSSARY to stand in line to stand with many other people, one in front of another,waiting to do or receive something when only one person at a time can do orreceive that thing * We had to stand in line at the bank fo

2018年CRI Chinese SOEs see solid profit growth in 2017

Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) saw 23.5 percent profit growth last year, a contrast to the 1.7-percent in 2016. Data from the Ministry of Finance shows that combined SOE profits rose to a record-high 2.9 trillion yuan, or about 450 billion U.

China's Datang Int'l Power profit down 22.78 pct in 2011

BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Datang International Power, a listed unit of China Datang, a major Chinese power producer, said Sunday its net profit fell 22.78 percent year-on-year to 1.91 billion yuan (303.2 million U.S. dollars) due to rising therma

河北加拿大版初中英语--UNIT 3

UNIT 3 [00:03.81]Lessons 17~24 [00:08.96]Amazing Animals [00:12.62]Lesson 17: [00:16.14]People Love Pets! [00:20.22]Real Pets and Imaginary PetsI'm going to write about my cat,says Jenny. [00:29.78]Her name is Snowball.She likes to sleep in the sun.

高中英语人教版必修4 05

[00:05.49]Reading [00:08.20]THEME PARKS--FUN AND MORE THAN FUN [00:14.08]Parks provide people with a place to amuse themselves [00:20.24]and to escape their busy lives for a while. [00:24.79]Though parks share this basic purpose, [00:29.36]they find

'You're Giving Me the Creeps!'

'You're Giving Me the Creeps!' Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. Americans can sometimes begin a sentence with the words Youre giving me. This expression usually describes a persons reaction to a surprise or to something

Touch: One Word, Many Uses

Touch: One Word, Many Uses Hello and welcome to Words and Their Stories! Touch is one of our five senses. It is our only language before birth -- as we develop inside our mothers. Later, touch is important when we are young children learning about th

China's No.2 automaker's net profit down 4.6 pct in 2011

SHANGHAI, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Dongfeng Motor Group Co., China's second largest carmaker, said Tuesday its 2011 net profit fell 4.6 percent year on year to 10.48 billion yuan (1.7 billion U.S. dollars). Sales revenue rose 7.4 percent year on year to

Cisco quarterly profit drops 7.9 percent

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Cisco Systems Inc., the world 's biggest networking equipment maker, on Wednesday reported that its profit fell about 7.9 percent in the most recent quarter. In the company's fiscal 2012 first quarter ending on Oct.

Gold slips on profit taking,strong dollar

CHICAGO, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures（黄金期货） on the COMEX （纽约商品交易所） Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange ended moderately lower on Wednesday, as sharp range up move in gold on Tuesday prompted investors to ta

生活的一课！

Everything happens for the best,my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. If you can carry on, one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappointment. 每当我遇到挫折时

HP quarterly profit plunges 90 percent

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) on Monday reported that its profit in the most recent quarter fell more than 90 percent with sales also declining. In the company's fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 ended Oct. 31, the company p

专业术语-财务英语词汇O3

offeree 受要约人 offeree company 受要约公司 offeree shareholder 受要约公司的股东 offeror 要约人 offeror company 要约公司；提出要约公司 off-floor terminal 离场交易终端

三人同舟

Three Men in a Boat Three men were sitting on a park bench. The one in the middle was reading a newspaper; the others were pretending to fish. They baited imaginary hooks, cast lines and reeled in their catch. A passing policeman stopped to watch the

如果生命再来一次

在肯塔基州路易斯维尔，有位已故的老人，她叫Nadine Stair ，在她85岁高龄的时候，有人问她，如果她再有一次生命的话，她会做些什么。下次我犯的错误会更多，她回答道。 When the late Nadine

CCTV9英语新闻：Low oil prices double Cathay Pacific Airways' profit

The plunge of oil prices has helped reduce fuel costs and made airlines big winners. Cathay Pacific Airways said on Wednesday that its annual profit nearly doubled in 2015. The net profit of Hong Kong's biggest airline jumped 90% from the year before