第4期: hook, vacant, shape, total, change

说一口流利的英语，从简单的单词开始。 听听，读读，背背，今天你的词汇量又增加了5个。 单词/词义 中英例句 单词听读 hook He hung his coat on the hook behi

Death Rates Rising for Middle Age Whites with Little Education

A new study from Princeton University economists says white middle-aged Americans without college educations are dying at higher rates. Professors Anne Case and Angus Deaton wrote the study. It finds that men and women older than 45 but younger than

中式口语纠错:Total sum

CCTV9英语新闻：房姐龚爱爱身份造假获刑3年

Gong Aiai, nicked named house sister in China, was sentenced to 3 years in jail for charges of forging and trading official documents. 被称为中国房姐的龚爱爱，因伪造与买卖官方文件被判处3年有期徒刑。 A court in northwest

音乐咖啡厅:Total Eclipse Of The Heart -无力挽回 我心已碎

Total eclipse of the heart 心之全蚀 演唱：Bonnie Tylor 邦妮泰勒 Turn around, every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you're never coming round 走开，有时候我很寂寞，你却从未到过我身边 Turn around, every now and then I get a little bit tire

VOA标准英语2011--New Drugs Promise Higher Cure Rates for

New Drugs Promise Higher Cure Rates for Hepatitis C The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved two new drugs - boceprevir and telaprevir - to treat hepatitis C, a virus that can cause liver damage and cancer. The new drugs are expected to imp

每日一词【1028】rip-off：太贵了，不值，宰人

今天我们要学的词是rip-off。 Rip-off, 做为名词，指一件产品、服务要价过高，或质量太差。 Our credit card company hiked the interest rates to 24%. It's a total rip-off, 我们的信用卡公司把利率提高到24%，太宰

专业术语-财务英语词汇S4

schedule 清单；一览表；细目单；附表 schedule of charges 费用表 schedule of dealing 交易清单 schedule of property 财产清单 schedule of proportion 比例表 Schedule of Rates 标准

ECB raises eurozone interest rates to 1.5%

The European Central Bank (ECB) has raised interest rates to 1.5% from 1.25% in an attempt to cool inflation in the 17-nation eurozone. ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet said that inflation, now 2.7%, was likely to remain clearly above the ECB's 2% t

VOA标准英语2010年-Total Solar Eclipse Over Southern Hemi

An annular solar eclipse is seen formed over the sky of Burma's ancient historic city of Bagan, 15 Jan 2010 Holly Gilbert, an astrophysicist at NASA, explains the science behind the spectacle of the sun's disappearance. So during a total solar eclips

U.S. lung cancer rates decline: CDC

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The rates of new lung cancer cases in the United States dropped among men in 35 states and among women in six states between 1999 and 2008, according to a report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control an

学个词Learn a Word 第1028期 Rip-off

今天我们要学的词是rip-off。 Rip-off, 做为名词，指一件产品、服务要价过高，或质量太差。 Our credit card company hiked the interest rates to 24%. It's a total rip-off, 我们的信用卡公司把利率提高到24%，太宰

India Holds Interest Rates Steady Amid Slow Growth

India's central bank kept interest rates unchanged Monday in a bid to curb inflation, despite pressure to cut rates to spur lagging economic growth. The Reserve Bank kept the rate at 8 percent, and the cash reserve rate for banks at 4.75 percent. The

英语摇滚:Show me love

Show me love seit gestern bin ich total verwirrt denn tief in mir ist etwas seltsames passiert es war ein wundervoller Tag - das erste Mal allein mit dir nur danach war ich total deprimiert denn das war lange nicht genug, jetzt will ich mehr als du m

Aussie banks rolling in cash, silent on rates

SYDNEY, May 2 (Xinhua) --- The Australia New Zealand Bank (ANZ) has reported first-half underlying profit of over 3 billion U.S. dollars, a result that stands in stark contrast to its refusal to keep in step with the central bank's official rate move

Obesity rates keep rising in U.S

LOS ANGELES, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Obesity prevalence was 30 percent or higher in 12 states of the United States last year, compared to nine states in 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday. In 2000, no states in the

Suicide rates in Europe 'linked' to financial crisis

The financial crisis almost certainly led to an increase in suicides across Europe, health experts say. The analysis by US and UK researchers found a rise in suicides was recorded among working age people from 2007 to 2009 in nine of the 10 nations s

Teetotal: 滴酒不沾

Teetotal: 滴酒不沾 逢年过节、亲朋相聚，餐桌上自然免不了酒。如果您不胜酒力，倒真不如干脆一点，直接来句 我向来滴酒不沾。这句搪塞之辞，其相应的英文表达是：I am a teetotaler。关于te

China cuts interest rates, allows freer fluctuation

BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- China announced Thursday its first cut in benchmark interest rates in more than three years after slower-than-expected growth in the world's second-largest economy raised concerns of a hard landing. The People's Bank of Ch

英语歌曲经典翻唱：Total Eclipse Of The Heart

经典翻唱：Total Eclipse Of The Heart Total Eclipse Of The Heart于1983年由歌手Bonnie Tyler演唱，从此成为经典中的经典。德语音乐剧吸血鬼之舞中就选用了这首歌。大热美剧Glee同样翻唱了它。 Artist：Glee