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What Is a 'Bomb Cyclone?'

This is Whats Trending Today When it comes to weather, it is hard to sound more frightening than to call a storm a bomb cyclone. 谈到天气，很难听到什么比炸弹旋风更可怕的了。 But that is how weather experts are describing a huge

Are You Too Smart for Your Own Good?

Are You Too Smart for Your Own Good? Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. Today we take a look at the word smart. If someone says you are smart, what do you they mean? Is it a good thing or something bad? The answer is not a

until 的法律意义

Hi, Could anyone confirm the meaning of until in a financial document? specifically Early repayment charges apply to the loan until 31/10/2008 Do they apply on 31/10/2008 as the dictionary definition in this context appears to be before in which case

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VOA标准英语2008年-High Definition Eye Glasses Provide Crisper Vis

By Carol Pearson Washington 05 May 2008 High definition TV provides sharper images, but high definition imaging now goes beyond television. VOA's Carol Pearson reports on high definition eye glasses.

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. John Wooden died last Friday at the age of ninety-nine. He was one of the greatest twentieth-century Americans in sports. He was an excellent college basketball player. He led Purdue University to a n

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By Mil Arcega Washington 21 February 2008 Japan's Toshiba Corporation effectively ended the format war over the next-generation DVD players after announcing this week that it would no longer manufacture HD DVD players and recorders. The announcement

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Competition often means waiting for people to make a choice. That was the case with VCRs, video cassette recorders. During the nineteen eighties, people had two choices: VHS and Betamax. The VHS form

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2.85 bln road journeys over festival period

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China to promote audio-video coding standard

BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- China will promote the application and industrialization of its self-developed audio-video coding standard (AVS+) in broadcasting and television, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) said Friday.

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1. Tell me about yourself! 对策：Keep your answer to one or two minutes; don't ramble. Use your resume summary as a base to start from.. 2. What do you know about our company? 对策：Do your homework before the interview! Spend some time online

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下面的习语和表达都和动词do有关，为了帮助理解这些常见的有关do的短语和表达，每个均有定义和例句。 1.Do a double take Definition: look twice at someone or something because you are surprised 定义：因惊讶而

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all in a day's work Definition: nothing special, part of the routine 这句话的意思是没什么特别的，司空见惯 例句： Don't worry about it. It's all in a day's work. 别担心，这没什么特别的， Cooking is all in a day's work.