新西兰英语 820 Local Body Elections

Local body organisations are city or district councils, local or community boards, regional councils and District Health Boards. Different areas have different local body organisations. District Health Boards are responsible for hospitals in your are

科学美国人60秒 SSS Voters Are Seldom Swayed by Local Campaign Stops

Donald Trump hasn't been running the most traditional campaign. And it's not just the unfiltered tweets. He's neglecting campaigning full stop. Thomas Wood, an assistant professor of political science at Ohio State. He's had about half as many public

英文短篇故事（纽约）530 Where's My New York 1?

Joe's monthly phone-Internet-cable TV bill had risen from $90 to $160. He called Time-Warmer's Customers Rule! number. The rep said he could reduce Joe's bill to $110 a month. Joe called Horizon, Time-Warmer's rival. The rep said Horizon's Triple Pla

中级英语听力lesson 26

Interest in sport in Britain is widespread, as is indicated by the huge crowds which attend such occasions as the Football Association Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, international rugby matches at Twic

北外英语中级听力-26

Interest in sport in Britain is widespread, as is indicated by the huge crowds which attend such occasions as the Football Association Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, international rugby matches at Twickenham, Murrayfield or Cardiff Arms Park, the Wimb

First stage of Egypt's draft constitution referendum ends

CAIRO, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- The first stage of the referendum of Egypt's draft constitution ended Saturday night at 11:00 p.m. local time (2100 GMT). Due to the high turnout, the closing time of the referendum was extended from 7:00 p.m. local time (1

什么是铸造在伯克希尔县:发现就是用当地货币做奖励

JUDY WOODRUFF: Now trading in Ben Franklins for Norman Rockwells. Economics correspondent Paul Solman visits one New England county that prints its own money. It's part of his ongoing reporting Making Sense of financial news. PAUL SOLMAN: The Berkshi

让你成为“勤俭节约”标兵的6招

Instructions 1.Track your spending for at least 2 weeks. You won't really know how to live a thriftier lifestyle until you know where your money is currently going. Write down every time you spend money and take a look at it at the end of the month.

美国文化脱口秀 第683期:用time difference形容时差 那你就错啦!

时差 说起时差大家或许立马会想到： Time difference 但它只能用来描述地理上的时间差异： What's the time difference between New York and Shanghai? 纽约和上海时差多少？ 谈到具体的时差，中文里会说快、

【听英文对话做选择】乘飞机

1. What is the number of this flight? A. 80 B. 18 C. 81 2. How long is the flight?? A. 2 hours, 40 minutes B. 2 hours, 14 minutes C. 2 hours, 4 minutes 3. What is the local time in Seattle? A. 11:45 PM B. 12:15 PM C. 10:12 AM 4. What is the current w

Runoff election starts in French overseas territories

PARIS, May 5 (Xinhua) -- The second round election that will decide the next French president between Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande has started in overseas departments and territories on Saturday. Around 1 million overseas voters are expected

纽约证交所暂停交易近4小时

Trading stopped around 11:30 am local time and all open orders were cancelled. The exchange explained the situation on its official twitter account, saying We're experiencing a technical issue that we're working to resolve as quickly as possible. The

优步得到的并非只是安慰奖

Two years ago, a fateful meeting between Cheng Wei, who today is chairman of Chinas car-hailing hegemon Didi Chuxing, and Travis Kalanick, chief executive of San Francisco-based Uber, set the tone for a rivalry that would shake Chinas internet indust

French sports minister quits government

PARIS, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- French Sports Minister Chantal Jouanno announced Monday her resignation from the centre-right government after winning a seat in the country's upper house of parliament. A day after being elected as senator of Paris, Jouan

Make Today Count（中英对照）

Despite the treatment, I felt well enough to drive home that afternoon. But the car was silent as grave. Wanda and I still could not talk to one another about our common problem -- my cancer. She was sitting in the front with me and looking fixedly o

How Helping Others Helps You Lift Depression

How Helping Others Helps You Lift Depression Want to boost your mood without diet, exercise, or pills? Perhaps, you should consider volunteering. In his article, Its Good to Be Good: Science Says Its So, Dr Stephen Post sites numerous scientific stud

天籁音乐:Starlight

英国独立摇滚乐队Mumm-Ra由五人组成，乐队成员都是同学，还在读书的时候就组建了这只乐队。他们的歌曲She's Got You High曾是电影《和莎莫的500天》插曲。 Starlight Mumm-Ra I'm so in love again I'm walk

5.5-magnitude earthquake hits Southern California

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- A swarm of earthquakes including one of 5.5-magnitude hit Southern California area near the Mexican border around noon Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quakes started to hit the area of Brawley at

Galliani allows more time for AC Milan coach Allegri

Galliani allows more time for AC Milan coach Allegri MILAN, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- AC Milan club vice president Adriano Galliani insisted Thursday that the Rossoneri head coach Massimiliano Allegri has not been given one game to save his job. Local rep

Three Gorges Dam migrants find new homes

NANCHANG, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Although he is still homesick from time to time, 61-year-old Lei Yangqing admits that life has never been better for himself and his fellow villagers, who moved years ago to make way for the construction of the Three Gor