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Ken早上在饮水器旁见到同事Dan和April. K: Good morning, Dan. Good morning, April. DA: Hi, Ken. Good morning. K: So...have you heard the big news? A: No! Tell us! K: Well, you know Jason Smith? D: You mean our company's Chief Financial Offic

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Today the Crown which means the government signed a treaty settlement with the Tuhoe people for $1.7m. This is the third biggest treaty settlement. The Tuhoe land is in the Urewera area which includes the National Park, Lake Waikaremoana. The area is

英语语法：38 Collective Nouns

Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is collective nouns, nouns that describe a group, such as family, orchestra, and board. Guest-writer Bonnie Trenga writes, There are around 200 collective nouns in the English language (1). Sometimes they take a singul

126.An Excellent Scheme

After 20 years as a pilot, I became an airport manger and soon found the stress was getting to me. I needed a release and wanted to buy a motorcycle, but my family thought it was too dangerous. My wif

Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes reach quick settlement for divorce

BEIJING, July 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Hollywood stars Tom Cruise, 50, and Katie Holmes, 33, reached a settlement on Monday, legally dealing with their divorce. This happened only less than two weeks after Holmes unexpectedly filed for divorce, lawyers for

Palestinians' despair grows as Obama not to ask Israel to halt settlement

RAMALLAH, March 17 (Xinhua) -- One Palestinian official said Sunday that they are more despaired after U.S. President Barack Obama said that he would not present a new Mideast peace initiative or request Israel to halt settlement activities in the Pa

Pyramid vs. Ponzi Scheme. Which One Is Worse?

Pyramid vs. Ponzi Scheme. Which One Is Worse? And now for the VOA Learning English program, Words and Their Stories. When you work hard for your money, you do not want to lose it. And if you invest your hard-earned money, you want to see great return

VOA标准英语2009年-Israeli Army Threatens Massive Force a

Robert Berger | Jerusalem 20 December 2009 A Palestinian worker builds at a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit Arieh, 20 Dec 2009 Israel's defense minister has ordered the army to use massive force to impose a freeze on cons

VOA标准英语2010年-Palestinian Ban on Working in Settleme

Palestinian workers arrive at dawn at the Nilin Israeli checkpoint, between the West Bank and the Jewish settlement of Modiin Illit. (File) Palestinian leaders recently announced a ban prohibiting Palestinian laborers from working on Jewish settlemen

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at heart，by heart 这一组短语的涵义也各不相同。 At heart 的意思是在心里、心底里或本质上（from theheart，from the bottom of one's heart or essentially）。byheart 的意思是背诵、熟记（by rote；to learn so wel

新西兰英语 55 Emissions Trading Scheme

The Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) could become law later this week or early next week. This scheme is a plan to cut greenhouse gases by making businesses pay for their carbon dioxide emissions, that is the CO2 which they put into the air. There will

Trading Scheme Costs Swiss Bank $2 Billion

Police in London say they have arrested a man accused in an unauthorized trading scheme that allegedly cost Swiss bank UBS about $2 billion. Police say Kweku Adoboli, 31, was taken into custody Thursday on the suspicion of abusing his position to com

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今天我们要学的词是collective。 Collective, 集体的。 The NFL and its players are working on a new collective bargaining agreement, 美式足球联盟正在跟球员协商，设法达成新的劳资协定。 加拿大冰球队击败美国队

学个词Learn a Word 第932期 Collective

今天我们要学的词是collective。 Collective, 集体的。 The NFL and its players are working on a new collective bargaining agreement, 美式足球联盟正在跟球员协商，设法达成新的劳资协定。 加拿大冰球队击败美国队

HSBC to pay 249 mln USDs in foreclosure abuse settlement

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Banking giant HSBC has agreed to pay 249 million U.S. dollars to borrowers in a settlement with U.S. federal regulators for its foreclosure abuse practices, U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Friday. The sums paid by HS

Claim and Settlement of Claim 索赔与理赔

Key Sentences（重点句子） 370．As they are in such a damaged condition, we doubt we will be able to take delivery. 由于它们残损如此严重，恐怕我们无法提货。 371．Do you know the percentage of the damaged portion? 你们知道

老外眼中的 “裸婚”

What in China is considered a naked marriage is simply a normal marriage inAustralia. 实际上，中国人眼中的裸婚在澳大利亚是一种十分平常的结婚方式。 The expectation that a man should provide material goods before a woman w

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See June 26th 2008 for background to this news. On Saturday, eight Maori iwi celebrated the Treelord settlement in Turangi near Lake Taupo. It is called Treelord because the fishing settlement with another iwi was called Sealord. The celebrations at

金融类英文术语

economist 经济学家 socialist economy 社会主义经济 capitalist economy 资本主义经济 collective economy 集体经济 planned economy 计划经济 controlled economy 管制经济 rural economics 农村经济 liberal economy 自由经济 m

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1. After you.你先请。 这是一句很常用的客套话，在进/出门，上车得场合你都可以表现一下。 好象现在女士不愿意你这么做，特别是那些女权主义者。 我还记得这么一段话：一个女士对一个让她