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This January 11th, we're starting with the report on Venezuela. The nation is in an economic tailspin. It's located in South America. It's home to around 31 million people. And even though its president, Nicolas Maduro, increased Venezuela's minimum

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At a young and tender age, Patti Wilson was told by her doctor that she was an epileptic. Her father, Jim Wilson, is a morning jogger. One day she smiled through her braces and said,

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01. When did you last get a promotion or a pay raise? 你最近一次的升职加薪是什么时候的事? 02. I really hate the competition in getting a promotion. 我真是受够了为升职而你争我斗。 03. I'd like to talk to you about my sa

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According to scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Center and NASA, Arctic sea ice appears to have reached its minimum for the year at nearly 1.7 million square miles. A chilling fact, considering that this is only about 10 % more than the

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The government plans to sell 49% of Mighty River Power company very soon. Mighty River is an electricity company. New Zealanders who are interested in buying shares in this company need to pre-register their interest on-line. About 150,000 people hav

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PRAGUE, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Usain Bolt had confirmed his participation in the men's 4x100 meters relay at the Ostrava Golden Spike meeting in Czech Republic scheduled on June 27, organizers said on Thursday. It will be the seventh time for the Jamai

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From NPR News in Washington, Im Rebecca Sheir. This year, Easter falls on the same day for the Eastern and Western churches. Thousands of Christian pilgrims celebrated the holiday in Jerusalem today. NPRs Lourdes Garcia-Navarro was there. Im standing

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A: Hello, I really appreciate the opportunity to interview for this position. B: I was wondering if you like team projects, or projects that you work on alone. A: I like to work on group projects that value and need each individuals contributions. B:

美国习惯用语:585 run of the mill

今天我们要讲三个习惯用语，它们的意思都是指一些东西不是很好，也不是非常坏，只是一般而已。我们先来讲第一个：run of the mill。Run一般的意思就是跑。然而，在run of the mill这个习惯用语

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According to scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Center and NASA, Arctic sea ice appears to have reached its minimum for the year at nearly 1.7 million square miles. A chilling fact, considering that this is only about 10 % more than the l

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The government is going to change the repayment rate for student loans. At the moment, when graduates earn a minimum of $19,084 a year (that is $367 a week), they have to start repaying the loan at a rate of 10% of their pay until the full loan is pa

美国习惯用语: Lesson 235 - Dry run / Cut and dried

在这次节目里，我们要给大家讲两个以dry这个字为主的习惯用语。Dry就是：干，也就是干和湿的干。我们首先要讲的一个习惯用语是：Dry run. Dry是干，ru

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You talk about the legacy and they could serve, certainly have been known better time into trying to build on that. But is it right youre speaking at the same time as unfortunately we scrape compulsory repeat lessons in schools? Well, we havent done

我国7省市上调今年最低工资标准

Statistics indicate China's yearly minimum wage increase appears to be slowing, and the increases are unevenly distributed across the country, the China Economic Weekly reports. 《中国经济周刊》近日报道，数据显示，我国年度最低工

Govt aims to close income gap with wage hike

BEIJING, Feb.?9 (Xinhuanet) -- The government aims to raise its minimum wage at least 13 percent each year from 2011 to 2015, according to a national employment promotion plan released on Wednesday. China raised its minimum wage by an average of 12.5

China raises minimum wheat purchase prices for 2012

BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- China's top economic planner announced Wednesday that it will raise the minimum purchase prices for wheat from farmers in 2012 to boost grain output. The move aims to protect farmers' enthusiasm to grow grains and furthe

Djokovic Hopes Run Continues at French Open

The second Grand Slam tennis tournament of 2011, the French Open, begins Sunday in Paris. Much of the attention will be on Novak Djokovic of Serbia, who is a remarkable 37-0 this year and is looking to dethrone defending champion(冠军) and five-tim

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One of the most high-profile headlines on China's state-run sector this year is a planned merger between Shanghai-based Bao Steel and another steel company based in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Both companies, owned by the central government, a

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Listen to February 18th 2011 to hear the background to this. In February this year, workers who care for intellectually disabled people, won their case for better night pay. The court said that they should be paid the minimum wage for sleeping at nig

Brazilian minister confirms budget cut

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Brzilian Planning Minister Miriam Belchior Monday confirmed planned federal budget cut in 2011, but said it is a routine（日常工作）. There are curtailments（缩减） every year. About the amount to be cut,