corporate welfare bum (plural corporate welfare bums)
(chiefly Canada, idiomatic, derogatory) A business corporation or business executive receiving significant financial assistance from government sources.

WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Fall Guys / Bum Rap By Marilyn Rice Christiano Broadcast: Sunday, September 19, 2004 Now the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. Every week at this time, the

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[00:04.73]Language Structure: The Object Clause [00:11.02]A:Would you like to go and see a film this afternoon? [00:16.51]B:What did you say? [00:19.10]A:I asked whether you would like to go and see a film this afternoon. [00:25.39]B:It's raining har

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A month-long nationwide inspection of orphanages run by individuals and private operators is carried out throughout China after a private orphanage fire in Henan Province claimed seven lives. China is struggling to upgrade children's welfare by estab

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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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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

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今天我们要学的词是welfare. Welfare 有福利的意思。French President Emmanuel Macron said France should stop throwing large amounts of cash into a welfare system that doesn't rescue the poor from poverty. 法国总统马克龙说,法国应

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在这次节目里我们要讲的两个习惯用语都是形容有的人用来欺骗别人的手法。美国人有许多有关欺骗的习惯用语,但是像其他的习惯用语一样,有的随着时

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[00:04.99]achieve achievement Elizabeth Fry Quaker [00:13.56]完成成协议 成就 伊丽莎白.弗赖伊 教友派信徒 [00:22.13]condition Nobel Peace Prize welfare institute [00:31.57]条件 诺贝尔和平奖 福利 学会 [00:41.01]China Welfa

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Animal Welfare Drives Changes on US Farms Battery cage battle Nearly all eggs in the United States come from large facilities where hens are kept in small pens called battery cages. The Humane Society of the United States and other animal-welfare gro

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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

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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

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Forty-eight-year-old Yuan Lihai is the owner of an unregistered orphanage that caught fire last Friday. She had been taking abandoned children into her home for 26 years. Most of the children suffered from congenital diseases, ranging from cleft lips

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How do you measure a chickens happiness? Is it in the way it runs for food? Or by how much time it spends cleaning itself? To find the answers to these questions, researchers in Canada are putting 16 kinds of chickens through a series physical and me

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今天我们要介绍给大家的两个习惯用语里都有一个主要的字。那就是:Bum. Bum就是指那种游手好闲,不务正业的人。每个社会都有这样的人。美国虽然是一

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李华打电话问Larry今天下午要不要一块儿去打网球。今天李华会学到两个常用语:Bum和ticker. (Telephone rings) LH: 嘿!Larry, 你今天下午有空吗?想不想和我去打

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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

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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

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Listen to the dialogues and circle the topics that they are talking about. 1.Here's 60000 dollars including the 2 months deposit and 1 month rental. 2.I've paid 2500 dollars fine for speeding last month. 3.I'm jobless for over 6 months.I'm relying on

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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

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Social attitudes 社会态度 Generation gap 代沟 Why a resurgence in support for the welfare state wont help Labour 为什么支持福利国家的呼声重起不利于工党 Sep 14th 2013 |From the print edition MANY reasons can be found why publi

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