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Female Genital1 Cutting

Broadcast: Feb 24, 2003 By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Activists for the rights of women have declared a yearly observance to oppose the cutting of female sex organs.

【英文短篇小说】The Adjustment Team

It was bright morning. The sun shone down on the damp lawns and sidewalks, reflecting off the sparkling parked cars. The Clerk came walking hurriedly, leafing through his instructions, flipping pages and frowning. He stopped in front of the small gre

【英文短篇小说】The Adjustment Team（2）

They crossed the street together, Ruth holding on tight to Ed's arm. Ahead of them was the building, the towering structure of concrete and metal and glass. There it is, Ruth said. See? There it was, all right. The big building rose up, firm and soli

专业术语-财务英语词汇A3

ad referendum agreement 暂定协议；有待覆核的协定 ad valorem duty 从价税；按值征税 ad valorem duty system 从价税制 ad valorem fee 从价费 ad valorem tariff 从价关税 additi

专业术语-财务英语词汇S5

我国再次提高部分优抚对象抚恤补助标准

China will increase pension allowances for disabled soldiers, families of fallen soldiers and Red Army veterans, authorities said last Friday. 中国当局上周五表示，将提高对残疾军人、阵亡战士和红军老兵家庭的抚恤津贴。

经济金融术语汉英对照表 H

H 合理预期 rational expectation 核心资本 core capital 合资企业 joint-venture enterprises 红利 dividend 宏观经济运营良好 sound macroeconomic performance 宏观经济基本状况 macroeconomic fundamentals 宏观调控 macroeconom

经济金融术语汉英对照表 S-T

S 三角债 chain debts;inter-enterprise arrears 善政廉政 good governance 商业贷款 commercial loans 上市公司 （publicly）listed corporations 设备利用 capacity utilization 社会保障 social safety net;social security（insurance）

发改委:我国国内油价迎年内首涨

The National Development and Reform Commission on last Tuesday announced a rise in the per-ton retail price of gasoline by 165 yuan and diesel by 160 yuan. 国家发展改革委上周二发布通知称，将汽、柴油零售价格每吨分别上调1

国际贸易术语船务术语汇总

船务术语汇总 BAF （Bunker Adjustment Factor） 燃油附加费 CAF （Currency Adjustment Factor） 货币贬值附加费 YAS （Yard Surcharges）码头附加费 EPS （Equipment Position Surcharges） 设备位置附加费 DDC （Destination

Only the Best Are on the 'Cutting Edge'

Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. For todays program, we go into the kitchen! There is a good chance you do not go one day without using a knife. It is an important tool when cooking, and without it, you could not make ma

2018年CRI China to establish central adjustment system for pension funds

China has made plans to establish a central adjustment system for basic pension funds of enterprise employees to balance payment burdens of local governments. CRI's Victor Ning has more. Based on China's current pension system, a central adjustment f

英语笑话听力+文本：Height, Not Length是高度,不是长度

[00:39.12]height 高度 [00:43.33]length 长度 [00:47.42]mathematician 数学家 [00:52.35]be required to do something 被要求做某事 [00:58.34]measuring tape 卷尺 [01:04.45]A team of mathematicians were required [01:06.76]to measure the heigh

经济学人:自由兑换:欧元区的经常账户盈余(4)

Still, this uneven adjustment in the euro area could explain why both demand and inflation, 欧元区内的这种不均匀调整还能够解释，为什么一旦能源和食物价格被排除在外， once energy and food prices are excluded, have be

北京地铁调价方案出炉

The authorities in Beijing have decided to open a public hearing later this month for the subway price adjustment. Authorities have discussed plans to implement a metered option for public transportation. This means Beijing will end the era of flat r

CCTV9英语新闻：Senior economist on Chinese economy in 2016

Supply side-reform is dominating the Two Sessions thus far. Five national political advisors have just briefed the media on this subject. Here's Li Yining, a senior economist -- and also a member of the CPPCC Standing Committee -- on how he sees Chin

英文短篇故事（纽约）319 A Pain in the Ear

He dropped his glasses on the bathroom floor. They didn't break. They looked okay. A few days later, his right ear started hurting. He took off his glasses. The pain stopped. He put the glasses back on. The pain came back. He went to an eyeglass stor

【英音模仿秀】德国拖后腿

模仿句子：As far as turning tankers go steering the ship that is the European economy back into growth has been a slow and laborious process. In recent years after the height of the European debt crisis the region has shown only modest improveme

专业术语-财务英语词汇L11

liquidation 清盘；清偿〔债务〕；变现〔资产〕 liquidation of an account 平仓 liquidation of margin account