BEP 133 ADV – Sales and Interviews: Elevator Pitch

In this Business English Podcast, were going to look at delivering an elevator pitch. A sales pitch is a presentation designed to introduce a product or service in order to convince people to buy it. An elevator pitch is a very short presentation des

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1.President Barack Obama laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unkonwns to mark Memorial Day. He also called on Americans to remember and honor the sacrifices of the country's fighting men and women. 2.A fire broke out aboard a royal Caribbean cruise ship

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2015-09-07

Migrants, mostly Syrian refugees are flowing across Hungary on to Austria and Germany after the two countries said they take them in. Hungary bused some of them to the Austrian border overnight. Others have been walking. And reporter DB in Munich tel

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2015-10-11

The Obama administration is changing strategy in Syria. The Pentagon says instead of trying to vet and train large numbers of moderate Syrian rebels to be combat-ready against ISIS, it will focus more on support. Here's NPR's DW. With Russia bombing

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2015-09-13

The National Institute of Health is out with a critical study that finds a treating high blood pressure more aggressively than usual can significantly reduce the risk of heart disease and death among people over the age of 50. Doctor JT is the princi

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60秒科学:Perfect Pitch Related to Language

Can you name those notes? Probably notperhaps one in 10,000 speakers of European languages has perfect pitch, the ability to recognize a note without having heard any reference note first. But theres a much better chance you could successfully name

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Slow and Gassy Balloon is Social Media Fave

AS IT IS 2015-10-31 Slow and Gassy Balloon is Social Media Fave Who knew a huge blimp basically a 73-meter-long balloon could become the social media star of the week? When the blimp broke free of its tether Wednesday, it quickly captured the attenti

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CCTV9英语新闻：Capsized ship Eastern Star moved upstream

The damaged cruise ship Eastern Star has been moved ten kilometres upstream from where it capsized in the Yangtze River, following concerns the ship may sustain more damage in inclement weather in the area. The capsized ship Eastern Star is towed awa

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今天我们要学的词是pitch。Pitch可以是推销的意思，既可以作名词也可以作动词。At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev made a strong pitch for foreign investment in Russia. 在达沃斯世

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今天介绍的俚语是pitch in，pitch in是什么意思呢？最常见得意思是一起帮忙，做出贡献(to join in and help someone with something). 例句： If you could pitch in a little we'd be finished quicker. 如果你能帮忙一下，

Iraqi oil exports hit highest level since 1980 in March

BAGHDAD, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi crude oil exports struck the highest level since 1980 in March, as the country exported 71.827 million barrels and brought in more than 8.4 billion U.S. dollars, the Iraqi Oil Ministry said Sunday. The average crude

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We have more about canal boats in todays podcast. It was late afternoon when we arrived at the boatyard to find our canal boat. One of the staff took us round the boat, to show us how things worked. Then he gave me the keys. The boat was ours, for th

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There's a fire starting in my heart, Reaching a fever pitch and it's bring me out the dark. Finally I can see you crystal clear Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your ship bare. See how I'll leave, with every piece of you Don't underestimate the