VOA慢速英语-THIS IS AMERICA - The Color of Money: Bureau of Engr

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华尔街基础英语Lesson 79

38.Next pls. 39.Can you cash this check pls? 40.Have you got any identification? 41.What? 42.I mean, how do I know the check is yours? It could be your check, or it could be someone else’s check. 43

英闻天下——552 Calls for Legislative Backup for Children's Welfare

Data released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs indicate there are at least 150,000 street children across China. More than 80 percent of them come from rural areas, and 48 percent have run away from home because of family problems. Earlier this year,

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And nearly half a million homeless people are still living in those makeshift settlements in Haiti today. Only a tinny tiny percentage have made it to organize tent cities. The rest are making do with whatever building materials they can find hidden

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Rachel: So what about America? If you lose your job what happens? Todd: Well, we have what you have. It's not called the dole though, it's called welfare, and basically what happens is if you lose your job, you can get money from the government, but

听一分钟英文：Tax-税收

Tax is a necessary evil. Thats what many people say. I think it is necessary because its the only way to keep a country going. Without the government collecting taxes, it would have no money to spend on education, the police, hospitals, roads, etc. N

美国国家公共电台 NPR Ringling Bros. Curtain Call Is Latest Victory For Animal Welfare Activists

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus performs its final show in New York City this evening, capping off a nearly 150-year run. And while many are sorry to see the circus close, animal welfare activists are counting this

美国国家公共电台 NPR 20 Years Since Welfare's Overhaul, Results Are Mixed

20 Years Since Welfare's Overhaul, Results Are Mixed DAVID GREENE, HOST: Twenty years ago today, President Bill Clinton signed legislation to end welfare as we know it. And that is exactly what happened. Benefits were limited, and poor families were

美国国家公共电台 NPR Democratic Senators Slam Trump's Pick To Run Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Elizabeth Warren and other Senate Democrats fired tough questions today at President Trump's nominee to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Financial industry groups and Republicans are backing Kathy Kraninger's nom

Revised Elderly People's Welfare Law Goes into Effect

A revised version of the elderly people's welfare law is now in effect in China. As CRI's Su Yi reports, it forces the families of elderly people to regularly visit and care for them. The revised Law for the Protection of the Rights and Interests of

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Playing to win, David Cameron came off second best in this contest during his Christmas visit to British troops in Afghanistan. And his supporters will be hoping there will be no own goals for their Prime Minister or the coalition in the New Year. On

China's drug retail sales hit 188 bln yuan

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Singapore nursing homes face bed crunch

SINGAPORE, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The over 60 nursing homes in Singapore, especially those run by voluntary welfare organizations, are facing a bed crunch, local daily Straits Times reported on Sunday. The newspaper found in a check with 20 homes that mo

TED演讲:选择的困惑(1)

I'm going to talk to you about some stuff that's in this book of mine that I hope will resonate with other things you've already heard, 我想在这里谈谈我这本书里的部分内容，希望它和你们已经听到过的一些事物引起共鸣，

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Rachel: So what about America? If you lose your job what happens? Todd: Well, we have what you have. It's not called the dole though, it's called welfare, and basically what happens is if you lose your job, you can get money from the government, but

新西兰英语 530 National plans new welfare benefits

362,400 people aged between 18 and 64 are on welfare benefits. (June 2010 figures). The Prime Minister, John Key, said today that if National is re-elected, there would be changes to the benefits. Sole parents who have children aged 14 and over will

Children's Day marked across China

BEIJING, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Welfare activities and projects initiated for children swept across China on Friday, International Children's Day. A free lunch for poor pupils online fund raising scheme led by domestic web search giant Baidu called for n

奇妙的朋友 还是莫名其妙的朋友

Wonderful Friends, a 3-month-long reality show on Hunan TV, came to an end on March 28th. But the debate it aroused is far from dying out. 湖南卫视真人秀节目《奇妙的朋友》历时三个月，已于上月28日完结。但是，因之而起

经济学人:福利改革 睡房与碎砖

Welfare reform 福利改革 Bedrooms and brickbats 睡房与碎砖 The bedroom tax will probably survive 睡房税很可能延续 ON A sunny spring morning, a small group of protesters wait at the Department of Work and Pensions with a giant card for

经济学人:鸡肉经济:鸡肉为何如此受欢迎(4)

Concerns about the health of livestock have also led the EU to pass some of the worlds strictest animal-welfare laws. 欧盟担忧牲畜健康,这促使其通过了世界上最严格的动物福利法。 Battery cages for egg-laying hens were banned