天方夜谭英文故事：The Monkey Advisor

Long ago there lived a poet. He always searched a calm place for composing new poems. One day he went to a forest nearby to find a calm place. At one place he thought, It is the best place for me to write poems. The place was quiet and surrounded by

听歌学英语：Just Got Paid-Sigala

I should grow up some day 终有一天我应该成熟点了 'Cause I got bills to pay 因为我尚有账单等着偿付 I can't be waking up in someone else's place 我不能宿醉后在别人家中醒来 I know I drink too much 我知道我贪杯了

英语口语大赢家Topic151:手机充值卡 Pre-paid Phone Cards

买了手机，接着自然是买电话卡，充话费了，手机套餐种类还真不少，还有专门为学生设计的套餐呢，真不错！ Listen Read Learn Clerk: Can I help you, Ma'am? Shirley: I need a phone card for this new cell phone. Clerk: Cool phone. What kind of phone card do yo

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Clerk: Can I help you, Ma'am? Shirley: I need a phone card for this new cell phone. Clerk: Cool phone. What kind of phone card do you want? Shirley: It's for my daughter who is still a senior high school student. Clerk: Then the M-Zone will be suitab

Getting Paid to Look After Elderly Relatives

Millions of Americans are looking after an older family member. A survey a few years ago put the value of family care-giving at $375 billion a year. And while care-giving has traditionally been something family members do for their elders, a growing

VOA标准英语2008年-Obama Advisor Provides Details on Vice Presiden

A senior advisor to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama says the party's ticket has been strengthened by the selection of Senator Joe Biden for vice president. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington, Obama named Biden as h

美国国家公共电台 NPR David Burkus: Would Work Improve If You Knew What Your Colleagues Get Paid?

GUY RAZ, HOST: It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Guy Raz. So imagine you've just gotten a new job. And on your first day, you head to a conference room for the new employee orientation. (CROSSTALK) UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Good morning, everyone. There'

美国国家公共电台 NPR How California's 'Paid Family Leave' Law Buys Time For New Parents

How California's 'Paid Family Leave' Law Buys Time For New Parents play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0005:11repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Fla

写作范文：孩子是否能有Paid-work

These days, it's not uncommon to find that some children are taking certain type of paid work in many countries. While some people, Idontknowlly astonished by this fact, firmly consider it as absolutely unreasonable, I finally fail to check out anyth

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Paid parental leave means money paid to a parent mother or father when a woman has a baby. At the moment, the tax payer pays a woman to stay at home for 14 weeks to look after her baby. The father can receive the money instead of the mother if he cho

UN senior advisor envisions three-pillar monetary system

PARIS, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Jeffrey Sachs, special advisor for UN Secretary General(秘书长), envisioned Thursday a three-pillar monetary system in place of U.S. dollar dominance in post-crisis world at an economic forum in Paris. We can't go to a gl

NATO police advisor killed in Kabul attack

KABUL, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- A NATO police advisor was killed Monday morning when an Afghan policewoman opened fire in capital Kabul, local media Tolo TV reported. A policewoman with the Afghan National Police (ANP) opened fire at a foreign police advi

Romney Says He Paid at Least 13 Percent in Taxes

The presumptive U.S. Republican presidential candidate says he has not paid less than 13 percent of his income in federal taxes during the past 10 years. Speaking to reporters in South Carolina, Mitt Romney said he had examined his tax returns for th

Ashton Kutcher tops Forbes highest-paid TV actors list

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Businesses Push Back On Paid-Sick-Leave Laws

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2016年CRI State Councilor meets U.S. National Security Advisor

Meeting with Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi following her arrival in Beijing, Susan Rice says the two countries are moving to strengthen their cooperation, but still need to work through their respective disputes openly. At the same time we mana

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I Already Paid 我付过账了 A man in a bar had a couple of beers, and the bartender told him he owed 4 dollars. 一个人在酒吧喝了几杯啤酒，侍者对他说他的酒钱是4美元。 But I paid, don't you remember? said the customer. 可是

Top political advisor visits exhibitions

BEIJING, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Top political advisor Jia Qinglin on Monday visited two exhibitions showcasing China's sustainable use of mines and charitable deeds of the country's political advisors. Jia, chairman of the National Committee of the Chin

雅思写作范文：孩子是否能有Paid-work

These days, it's not uncommon to find that some children are taking certain type of paid work in many countries. While some people, Idontknowlly astonished by this fact, firmly consider it as absolutely unreasonable, I finally fail to check out anyth

老外最常用的英文短语 第776期:get paid

get paid 得到支付，拿到薪水 We're not leaving until we get paid! 如果我们拿不到钱，就绝对不会离开！ We work. We get paid. You don't owe me anything. 我们工作就有薪水，你没有欠我什么。 Some guys get paid a gr