美国国家公共电台 NPR VA Hospitals Still Struggling With Adding Staff Despite Billions From Choice Act

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: An effort to help American veterans get medical care faster is not working. NPR and some of its member stations have investigated a multi-billion dollar U.S. government program for veterans. It is supposed to add more doctors, nu

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今天我们要学的词是quota. Quota 作为名词，是配额，限额的意思。A group is suing Harvard University for discrimination against Asian-American students and comparing its admission process to an illegal quota system. 一个团体正在

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Replaces White House Chief of Staff

By Scott Stearns White House 28 March 2006 White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card President Bush has replaced his chief of staff. The move follows calls from some within his own political party to sha

2006年VOA标准英语-University Staff to Strike in Nigeria

By Franz Wild Abidjan 20 April 2006 The Nigerian university staff union says its members' working conditions have dropped below acceptable levels, and the government is interfering in academic affairs

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Rallies engulfed Europe on Saturday in response to the escalating refugee crisis. Tens of thousands of people filled central London to protest the British government's position on the migrants' plight. Human rights activists, politicians and performe

美国国家公共电台 NPR Immigration Judge Says Quota Will Cripple Already Overburdened System

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Immigration courts are so overwhelmed that their backlog is approaching 700,000 unresolved cases. Unlike other courts, immigration judges report to the attorney general, and Jeff Sessions wants to impose quotas on them to tackle

2015年CRI IMF Quota Reforms to Give Emerging Economies Larger Say: Analysts

The 2010 IMF reforms expanded the voting power of China, India, Russia and Brazil. Those who agreed to give up some voting share included the United States, Saudi Arabia and South Africa, though several European countries gave up the largest share. A

Google's YouTube to boost staff by 30 percent in 2011

NEW YORK, Mar 10 (Reuters) - YouTube, the popular video site owned by Google Inc, said on Thursday it is adding 200 jobs, boosting its staff by more than 30 percent in its biggest hiring year. In a blog posting, the company also said more than 35 hou

学个词Learn a Word 第1653-staff

今天我们要学的词是staff。Staff 做为名词是工作人员，比如 staff meeting就是职工会议。The Washington Times plans to cut staff for a second time in three years. 华盛顿时报计划裁员，这是三年以来的第二次了。

英语新闻视频 OPEC meets to set output quota

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries,or OPEC, weighed a push by some members Monday to modestly boost its production quota, in the face of stubbornly high oil prices. On the eve of Tuesday's OPEC meeting in Vienna, Austria, half a dozen

每日一词【800】quota：定量，配额

今天我们要学的词是quota。 Quota, 定量，配额。Idaho has set a quota of 220 wolves for the upcoming hunting season, 爱达荷州规定，今年狩猎季节最多只能猎杀220头狼。意大利职业足协负责人说，Italian footbal

2006年VOA标准英语-Eritrea Expels Five UN Staff

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 06 September 2006 The Eritrean government has expelled five U.N. staff members on spying allegations. Four out of the five are members of the U.N. Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea. The fifth was formerly a security coordinat

学个词Learn a Word 第1411期　half-staff

今天我们要学的词是half-staff。Half-staff, 意思是降半旗。 As a matter of protocol, U.N. offices around the globe lowered their flags to half-staff to mark the funeral of former North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, 不久前维吉尼亚理工

Beijing to maintain car quota for 2013

BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Beijing will maintain its license plate lottery scheme next year, as well as cap the number of registered cars at 240,000, a local official said Thursday. Li Xiaosong, deputy director of the municipal commission of transp

人民币纳入SDR有助国际金融

WASHINGTON, July 12 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should include Chinese currency renminbi (RMB) into its special drawing rights (SDR) basket as it will help reform the international financial system to reflect the growing weight

学个词Learn a Word 第800期 Quota

今天我们要学的词是quota。 Quota, 定量，配额。Idaho has set a quota of 220 wolves for the upcoming hunting season, 爱达荷州规定，今年狩猎季节最多只能猎杀220头狼。意大利职业足协负责人说，Italian footbal

经济学人:哥伦比亚基础设施 (2)

They appoint three board members between them, matching the government's quota. 他们从中指定3名董事会成员，与政府配额相匹配。 A final three, also chosen by the government, must be from outside politics. For a 4G project to get F

新西兰英语 566 Ombudsman office needs more staff

The Ombudsman, Beverley Wakeham, told a Parliamentary committee that her office has too much work and too few staff. She needs another $1m to employ extra staff and for general administration. The job of the Ombudsman office is to deal with complaint

How to Get Your Morning Off to a Great Start

How to Get Your Morning Off to a Great Start Have you ever had one of those mornings where you woke up filled with energy and fired with enthusiasm, and got straight into your day? Chances are, you raced through a stack of work before lunch, and kept

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According to Tencent's statement a month ago, the company has to pay transaction fees but has never charged users. The decision to charge now is because the user amount is getting bigger, and the company needs to soften those rocketing costs. They've