中式口语纠错:A public servant

美语听力 English Café 447

Topics: Famous Americans John Philip Sousa; Confidential Magazine and the Criminal Libel Suit of 1957; developer versus programmer versus coder; describing a person with a good character Words: composer to conduct march to dedicate official to be ins

World Bank Calls for Better Public Services

By Jill Moss Broadcast: September 29, 2003 This is Robert Covent with the VOA Special English Development Report. The World Bank says the poor quality of public services in developing countries is hur

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法律英语就该这么说 第75期:案情代表了反诽谤法的新动向

必背句型: A:The case represents a new development in the law of libel. 案情代表了反诽谤法的新动向。 B:What is the new development? 新动向是什么？ The case represents a new development in the law of libel. 案情代表了反诽谤

法律英语就该这么说 第72期:非受害者无权进行诉论

必背句型: A:He is the one who is not injured. 他不是受害者。 B:An action is not given to one who is not injured. 非受害者无权进行诉论。 An action is not given to him. 他无权进行诉论。 An action is given to the postgradua

美语听力 English Café 581

Topics:The John Peter Zenger Trial; tone versus hue versus tint versus shade; wherewithal; pronouncing saw, sew, sow, and sue Words: apprentice printer journal governor to rig anonymous libel trial to disbar jury amendment speech press tone hue tint

Public Library of Science

By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: August 13, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Health Report. Health news and other scientific information generally comes from research published in the

2007年VOA标准英语-Arabic Public School Opens in NYC

By Paige Kollock New York City 11 September 2007 One of New York City's smallest public schools is probably one of the most controversial the Khalil Gibran International Academy. The Brooklyn middle school, devoted to Arabic language and culture, ope

VOA标准英语2009年-Libel Remains A Criminal Offense in Si

Supreme Court upholds criminal libel act, says law poses no immediate danger to journalists Fid Thompson | Freetown 28 December 2009 Sierra Leone's Supreme Court recently threw out a case aiming to repeal the country's criminal libel law, under which

Hollande pledges to put public finances in order by 2017

PARIS, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- French President Francois Hollande on Saturday reiterated his promise to reach zero deficit by 2017 via public spending cuts and growth stimulus. The path is that of achieving a balanced public finances at the end of the ma

White House Takes Gun Control to American Public

WHITE HOUSE The Obama administration is once again going to the American people to win support for one of its initiatives. The president and other White House officials are mounting a public campaign for passage of gun control legislation, evidenced

China issues first public services plan

BEIJING, July 18 (Xinhua) -- The State Council, or China's cabinet, has issued the first national plan for public services, the country's top economic planning agency said Wednesday. The government will intensify its efforts to improve basic public s

Nepal bans smoking in public places from Sunday

KATHMANDU, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Ban on smoking in public places will be enforced from Sunday with the Tobacco Control and Regulatory Act-2010 coming into effect. Those smoking in public places will be fined and civil servants will be liable to departme

Majority in U.S. supports public smoking ban

NEW YORK, July 15 (Xinhua) -- A Gallup survey released on Friday found a total of 59 percent of Americans support a ban on smoking in all public places. The July 7-10 survey among 1,016 national adults showed a change in the public's attitude toward

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A man was sued by a woman for defamation of character. She charged that he had called her a pig. The man was found guilty and fined. After the trial he asked the judge, This means that I cannot call Mrs. Johnson a pig? The judge said that was true. D

Mrs. Johnson and pig

A man was sued by a woman for defamation of character. She charged that he had called her a pig. The man was found guilty and fined. After the trial he asked the judge, Does this meanthat I cannot call Mrs. Johnson a pig?The judge said that was true.

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1.Typical of the grassland dwellers of the continent is the American antelope, or pronghorn. 2.Of the millions who saw Haley's comet in 1986, how many people will live long enough to see it return in the twenty-first century. 3.Anthropologists have d

美语听力 English Cafe 186

Topics: American Cities: San Diego; tabloid press and U.S. libel/slander laws; under (someones) thumb; precision versus accuracy; coming to you from Words: moderate climate urban renewal defense pharmaceutical press tabloids headlines shocking slande

【英音模仿秀】安迪·沃霍尔的裤子

模仿句子 Andy's leather trousers were part of his work clobber, as surely as the smock and beret of the impressionist painter in his Montmartre rockery. 翻译 安迪的皮裤子是他工作服的一部分，就好像与他同在蒙马特尔高地的