Unit 8 Discount and Commission

Discount and Commission 折扣和佣金 Brief Introduction 佣金一般是中间商因介绍交易或代买商品而获取的报酬。作为中间商因其有一定的贸易渠道，所以通过其开展

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Women are so much better than men at so many things. But according to a report published by the Royal Society, chess is not one of them. The topic of sex

Preserving Cambodia's Cultural Treasures

The U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh announced this month that the Cultural Heritage Center for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State has awarded $350,000 from the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation to

高级口译笔记:文化交流 Cultural Exchange

文化交流 Cultural Exchange 一、词汇 汉字的四声（平声、上声、仄声和去声） the four tones of Chinese characters, namely, the level tone, the rising tone, the falling-rising tone, and the falling tone 笔画 stroke 部首 radic

英语口语大赢家Topic91:折扣Discount

阿美总算是挑中了一件自己喜欢的衣服，但衣服的价格可不便宜，最后阿美买了吗？一起来看看吧！ Listen Read Learn May: This skirt is overpriced. Salesclerk: We never overcharge. It is a fair price to pay. May: Is it on sale? Salesclerk: In this season? No.

英文短篇故事（纽约）56 A Senior Discount at the Movies

You lied, she said. I just read that seniors must be 65 or over. You are only 63. Yet when we went to the AMC theater, you got the senior discount. You told the woman you were a senior. You lied to get a $4 discount. He said that a senior could be di

Experts Discount Talk of North Korea Instability

By Kate Pound Dawson Recent rumors have prompted speculation that North Korea's government could be facing dangerous instability. While many experts say the speculation is overblown, they warn that Se

英语口语大赢家Topic224:中国的文化遗产Chinese Cultural Relics

文化遗产已经开始成为当今中国的热门话题，因为必须在国家发展和传统文化保存间找到平衡。 Listen Read Learn Cultural relics have begun to be a hot topic in China today as the balance between developing the nation and retaining traditional culture must be

学个词Learn a Word 第1230期 discount

今天我们要学的词是discount。 Discount, 做名词用，有折价的意思。 I bought the dress at a 50% discount, 我这条裙子是五折买的。 We made room reservations at a five-star hotel for our class reunion and even got a group di

新西兰英语 13 New Zealand becoming more multi-cultural

The new Race Relations Report 2007 shows that New Zealand is becoming more multi-cultural and we are also feeling more comfortable about immigrants from different ethnic backgrounds. Maoris represent about 15% of the population, Asians nearly 7% and

每日一词【1230】discount：折扣

今天我们要学的词是discount。 Discount, 做名词用，有折价的意思。 I bought the dress at a 50% discount, 我这条裙子是五折买的。 We made room reservations at a five-star hotel for our class reunion and even got a group di

Top legislator stresses protection over cultural relics

BEIJING, April 5 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislator Wu Bangguo on Thursday stressed protection of the country's cultural relics ahead of the top legislature's nationwide inspection of the enforcement of Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics. Wu, c

Bridge the Cultural Gap

Once, during the course of a conversation with a colleague who was a woman of color, I happened to refer to her as an African American. Her response left me confused. Don't call me that, she said. I've never been to Africa; I don't know the first thi

China eyes traditional cultural education

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辛沛沛NO-BOOK 傻瓜机口语极短句 Lesson 193 Give me a discount,please.

Lesson 193 Give me a discount,please. 1.Any discount?有折扣吗 2.Is thee any discount?有折扣吗？ 3.Give me a discount,please.给我打个折吧。 4.I discount what he said.我不全信他说的话。 5.It's at a 15% discount.这个打八五折

China, Russia vow to advance cultural exchange

China, Russia vow to advance cultural exchange

Program announced for 2012 London Cultural Olympiad

LONDON, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Program for the London 2012 Festival to celebrate the Olympic and Paralympic Games was announced on Thursday. The 12-week festival, from June 21 to September 9, will draw together more than 25,000 artists from all 204 com

China to conduct moveable cultural relics census

China to conduct moveable cultural relics census BEIJING, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- The State Council, or China's cabinet, has announced the country's first census on moveable cultural relics, in a move to better gauge and protect the state of the country'

China issues five-year cultural development blueprint

BEIJING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- China on Wednesday issued a national outline for cultural reform and development for the 2011-2015 period, calling for further efforts to promote the cultural industry's development and boost the country's cultural influe

Film fest gives Beijing more cultural capital

BEIJING, April 28 (Xinhua) -- The second Beijing International Film Festival concluded on Sunday, with industry insiders hoping that the festival will create a new global perception of Beijing and the Chinese film industry. As the birthplace of China