NPR 2011-11-10

Political changes are under way in Europe as a result of the region's burgeoning debt crisis. Greece's embattled prime minister has stepped down after leading his country through a financial crisis for the past two years. John Psaropoulos reports fro

美国常用英语俚语:dweeb

【句子对照】 Stephan spends all day on his computer and never talks to anybody. What a dweeb. 史蒂文整天都在玩电脑，从来不和人说话，真是个怪胎！ 【关键俚语】 dweeb 英：A nerd; someone who is interested only in s

NPR 2010-05-07

The closing bell on Wall Street after quite an afternoon, markets are recovering some losses after stocks took a brief nosedive at one point. The Dow plunged nearly 1,000 points before gaining ground. We see at last check, the Dow was down now more t

NPR 2010-03-08

President Obama congratulated Iraqis for coming out to vote in todays parliamentary elections in spite of violence by insurgents that killed at least 38 people. That's the sound of the morning call to prayer during voting this morning at a Baghdad po

为什么我无法长时间学习？

Why Can't I study For Long Hours? 为什么我不能够长时间学习？ 获得268好评的回答@Nachiket Hattangadi, I'm assuming you either have to give an entrance exam or you've enrolled in some professional course like CA or CS. 我猜你应该是

UN Says Afghan Elections on Track

By Peter Heinlein United Nations officials say preparations for Afghanistan's October 9 presidential election are on track, despite expectations of violence. U.N. and Afghan diplomats reject warnings

Train Ticket Refund Fee

The Railways Ministry's new regulation for train ticket refunds went into effect yesterday. Passengers now only have to pay 5 percent of the cost of their tickets as the refund fee compared to 20 percent of the ticket price that they had to pay for a

经济学人101:企业税务 计划夭折

Corporate taxation 企业税务 Death of the Double Irish 计划夭折 The Irish government plans to alter one of its more controversial tax policies 爱尔兰政府计划改变其一项颇具争议的税收政策 BONO may front one of the world's mo

浪漫而昂贵的城市--悉尼

Sydney's fun and romantic, but also expensive 悉尼浪漫有趣，但也很昂贵 Sydney ranks in the world's top ten for romantic fun -- but living that dream costs a lot, according to the latest survey 悉尼被列为世界十大浪漫有趣城市但

苏格兰vs英格兰 尼斯湖水怪争夺战

Of all the tales about the Loch Ness Monster, it must be one of the most unlikely an English plot to kidnap the beast and display its carcass in London. But back in the 1930s the Scots feared that such a thing was all too possible, according to newly

中国放松煤矿工作日限制

Chinas top planning body has relaxed working day restrictions on its coal mines after reduced output boosted prices, frustrating central planners desire to control both price and supply of the nations most important energy source. 中国最高规划机

美女求职简历不该附照片？

A beautiful woman can use her looks for many things - but getting a job, it seems, is not one of them. 美女们可以利用外表得到很多东西，但是，找工作似乎不在此列。 Including a photo with a job application is less likely to

火星一号移民计划 探险者的单程票

An ambitious project to establish a human colony on Mars has attracted applications from tens of thousands of would-be astronauts, just two weeks after applications opened. 一项雄心勃勃的火星人类殖民计划在开放申请短短两周之内就

最有价值足球俱乐部 曼联力压拜仁排名第一

Manchester United is the world's most valuable football brand, replacing Bayern Munich, according to a report from consultancy Brand Finance. 咨询公司Brand Finance的报告称，曼联已取代拜仁慕尼黑成为世界最具价值的足球品牌。

经济学人:削减预算 十便士的规划(1)

United States 美国 The Budget: Ten-penny plan 削减预算：十便士的规划 The White House proposes eye watering budget cuts 白宫提出了眼泪汪汪的预算缩减 During his campaign for the White House, Donald Trump touted a penny plan f

经济学人:劳工VS资本 艰苦年代的正义(1)

Britain 英国 Labor VS Capital: Justice in an age of austerity 劳工对资本：艰苦年代的正义 Charging workers from employment tribunals erodes their rights. 劳资审裁处向雇员收费会损害他们的权利。 Eight years after Britai

外媒看中国 救助1300只狗的六旬老妇们

In a mind-boggling gesture of kindness and love for a multitude of animals who need it the most, five elderly women have taken it upon themselves to care for more than 1,300 stray dogs at a canine sanctuary in China. 在中国的一家流浪狗救助站

Foreign Investment in India Slows

NEW DELHI Foreign investment in India has slowed down in recent months, but a recent United Nations survey says Asia's third largest economy continues to be an attractive investment destination for global companies. Official data show that in April a

经济学人32:乌干达同性恋者大卫·卡多

Obituary;David Kato; 讣告;大卫卡多; David Kato Kisule, a gay campaigner in Uganda, died on January 26th, aged 46. 乌干达同性恋者大卫卡多1月26日被害，现年46岁。 To the 935 pupils at St Herman Nkoni primary school, on the Masa

经济学人385:巴基斯坦的移动通信业

Mobile telecoms in Pakistan 巴基斯坦的移动通信业 At last, 3G 终于等到你，3G The government raises a bit of money and gets a long-awaited industry started 政府筹集到了一定资金，启动了长期停滞的产业 Now we can reall