VOA慢速英语2012--A Soft Body, but the Mind of a Robot

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - A Soft Body, but the Mind of a Robot SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember. Today, we tell about soft-bodied robots -- robots that can move m

美国习惯用语:598 soft soap

今天要讲的三个习惯用语里都是以soft这个词为主的。Soft这个词的中文解释就是，软。我们现在来给大家介绍今天要讲的第一个习惯用语：soft soap。Soap就是用来洗澡或者洗衣服的肥皂。 Soft s

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African Schools Add Soft Skills Training Programs

Some African schools are adding programs that teach what officials are calling soft skills to students. Soft skills are personal qualities that help a person relate effectively to others. Officials say this kind of training can help students succeed

经济学人37:关于资本税的零和争论

Finance and Economics；Free exchange;Zero-sum debate; 财经；自由兑换; 零和争论; Economists are rethinking the view that capital should not be taxed; 经济学家正重新考虑是否要推翻不该对资本征税的观点。 Executives th

我国明年起所有发票将实施电子化

China will extend its electronic invoice system nationwide in 2016 to better regulate the taxation of online businesses. 我国2016年将实现所有发票的网络化运行，对电子商务征税实行更有效的监管。 It's expected to help cur

Music,when soft voices die－亲柔的声音寂灭后

Music,when soft voices die Music,when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory Odours,when sweet violets sicken Live within the sense they quicken Rose leaves,when the rose is dead Are heaped for the be

中国为小微企业减税

Small and micro-sized companies in China are seeing their corporate income tax cut by half. Chinese tax authorities have announced companies with annual incomes of less than 200-thousand yuan are going to see their rates cut down to 10-percent. The t

美国习惯用语:464 hard money; soft money

今天我们继续讲在竞选活动中时常会听到的习惯用语。人人知道竞选总统需要大笔资金；你得雇佣大批竞选工作人员，要租用飞机以供你和手下人员前往各地开展竞选，还必需在广播和电视上

Fiscal policies key to growth: Vice Premier

SHANGHAI, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Vice Premier Li Keqiang has urged local governments to improve and implement structural tax-reduction polices, while pushing forward fiscal and tax reforms to help stabilize growth. Li made the remarks at two meetings he

英文面试更重Soft Skills

眼下，知名企业的校园招聘已经纷纷进入面试阶段，随着外企的英文面试如火如荼的展开，书店里各类以世界最佳公司面试题为标榜的面试指南也纷纷告罄。且不论其内容优劣，单就最佳公司

我国财政部安排千亿资金去产能

China's Ministry of Finance said last Wednesday it has earmarked a special fund of 100 billion yuan (15.33 billion U.S. dollars) to subsidize local governments and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in reducing steel and coal overcapacity. 我国财政部上

Work Underway for a Potential E-commerce Tax

The Chinese Commerce Ministry's spokesperson Yao Jian has confirmed that research is underway for a potential e-commerce tax. Tax should be managed by the financial and taxation authorities. Our financial and taxation authorities will regulate the ta

新西兰将对含糖饮料征税?

WELLINGTON, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- New Zealanders are rapidly developing a taste for a tax on sugary drinks to offset the public health costs of obesity, according to research out Friday. The findings from two large-scale, nationwide surveys indicated

双语：英国1/4个税来自1%富人

New figures released by HM Revenue and Customs reveal those in the top 1 per cent of earners pay a quarter of all income tax. A quarter of all of Britain's income tax revenues this year will be paid by just one per cent of earners, according to offic

热词精选:营改增

热词精选:营改增 小伙伴们，期待已久的月度热词盘点终于新鲜出炉啦！5月份出台了一些新政策，营改增、拥堵费、品质革命等事关每个小伙伴的切实生活，还有你们关注的网络视频直播也在

英语口语--介绍自己工作经历

1. Sales manager. In addition to ordinary sales activities and management of department, responsible for recruiting and training of sales staff members. 销售部经理.除了正常销售活动和部门管理之外,还负责招聘与训练销售人员

中国学生在托福写作中缺什么

有人戏说道，老外眼中的托福写作考试句子分为3个档次，最差的是主动句，较好的是被动句，倒装句等，最好的nominalization(名词化)的句子，这样的句子最学术最适合写论文。那么面对这样的差

英文乡村歌曲：Kathleen Edwards - A Soft Place to Land

Callin' it quits You think this is easy I swear I heard you callin' the jury Call it a catch Without any strings attached Well I'm lookin' for a soft place to land The forest floor The palms of your hands I'm lookin' for a soft place to land I call i

英文面试更重SoftSkills

眼下，知名企业的校园招聘已经纷纷进入面试阶段，随着外企的英文面试如火如荼的展开，书店里各类以世界最佳公司面试题为标榜的面试指南也纷纷告罄。且不论其内容优劣，单就最佳公司