Senior Palestinian Predicts Violence if Statehood Blocked at UN A senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organization - Hanan Ashrawi - says the Arab Spring events of the past few months have had a major impact on the Middle East, including the re

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(32) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(五月)

The re-marriage between two elderly people is on the increase recently in China. The new trend has aroused lots of concern from people from all walks of life. And the priority concern includes problems of how to handle their personal deposits, proper

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Her elder brother is five years her senior. 她的哥哥比她大五岁。 senior有年长的意思,也指年纪叫大的人。钢材那句话相当于 Her elder brother is five years older than she. 上面的那句话也可说成: Her elder brot

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 蒋健棠英语实用句子

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

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During the doctor's periodic visit to my elderly mother, I told him that Mother would be celebrating her 98th birthday in few days. Delighted by the news, he bent down and gave her a kiss for the occa

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英汉幽默故事选读

China's aging population is growing, but facilities and services for the elderly are currently insufficient to meet market demand. China is now encouraging more foreign investment in its senior care industry as the country transitions into an aging s

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 世界各地新闻集锦

今天我们要学的词是senior。 Senior, 有高级,资深的意思。最近提交美国国会的一份报告说, Seventy-seven percent of senior officers in active military duty are white, 美国在职高级军官77%是白人。 Google awarde

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A month ago, senior doctors in New Zealand hospitals said they would go on strike at the end of March to get more pay. It now looks as though they will not go on strike after all. The Minister of Health, David Cunliffe, has worked hard in the last mo

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发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(312) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(上)--各类新闻

PARIS, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Jeffrey Sachs, special advisor for UN Secretary General(秘书长), envisioned Thursday a three-pillar monetary system in place of U.S. dollar dominance in post-crisis world at an economic forum in Paris. We can't go to a gl

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

By Al Pessin Pentagon 14 March 2008 The U.S. Defense Department announced Friday that it has taken custody of a senior al-Qaida official, who is now being held at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(三月)

由于医药事业的发展如今人的寿命普遍延长。这一来老年人也越来越多。老年人成为人口中举足轻重的群体。商界发现老年顾客是他们市场上的大主顾。政界也因为老年选民队伍的壮大而深感

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During the doctor's periodic visit to my elderly mother, I told him that Mother would be celebrating her 98th birthday in few days. Delighted by the news, he bent down and gave her a kiss for the occasion. He then announced that he, too, would be cel

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 17 July 2007 A report in Tuesday's Washington Post newspaper indicates that at least some military planners believe a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq would not cause a disaster. But the Bush administration says that is only one

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Senior Chinese official urges food industry development BEIJING, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- A senior Chinese leader on Friday urged a state-owned grain and food conglomerate to improve its competitiveness to contribute to a more developed and safer food ind

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LOS ANGELES, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Senior U.S. performers in Los Angeles and elsewhere are generally happy with their lives as artists, although they still face age discrimination, a study published Thursday showed. Focusing on actors, dancers, choreogr

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By David Gollust State Department 13 November 2007 The Bush administration is sending Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte to Pakistan to press for an end to the state of emergency imposed by President Pervez Musharraf earlier this month. Negrop

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十一月)

今天我们要学的词是senior。 Senior, 有高级,资深的意思。最近提交美国国会的一份报告说, Seventy-seven percent of senior officers in active military duty are white, 美国在职高级军官77%是白人。 Google awarde

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 20 February 2008 A senior aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says Palestinians should follow the example of Kosovo and unilaterally declare independence. VOA's Jim Teeple reports the idea was dismissed by Palestinian

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2008年(二月)

Japan is now dealing with the on-going fallout from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the war-linked Yasukuni shrine last month. With the US having already expressed its disappointment, Japanese diplomats are busy attempting to soothe ties with Wa

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