脆弱的诺言,靠不住的诺言

Grandpa was celebrating his 100th birthday, and everyone was complimenting him on how well he looked. I'll tell you the secret, he said. My wife and I were married seventy-five years ago. On our wedding night we made a pledge that whenever we had a

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(142) / 评论(0) 分类 英文笑话

U.S. automobile companies suffered additional sharp losses in November, underscoring the threats facing the industry amid the U.S. recession. As VOA's Dan Robinson reports, the big three U.S. automakers have submitted details of their plans to restr

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(135) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(十二月)

BANGKOK, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Thailand and Japan agreed here on Thursday to further strengthen economic and business ties, as the two sides both expressed intention to cooperate in Thailand's key infrastructure mega-projects. In a press briefing after

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(125) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

India's prime minister and Pakistan's president have agreed to a new round of peace talks before the end of the year. Barry Newhouse in Islamabad and Anjana Pasricha in New Delhi report the leaders also agreed to a joint commission that will investi

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(九月)

The annual summit of Pacific Rim leaders has ended in Lima, Peru with a show of support for trade liberalization, and a vow to overcome the current global financial crisis. VOA White House Correspondent Paula Wolfson reports it was the final summit

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(122) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(十一月)

By Kurt Achin Seoul 04 October 2007 The two Koreas have signed a cooperation pact that for the first time puts North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's personal signature on a pledge to end to his nuclear weapons programs. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from S

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(128) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA常速英语(十月)

Senem: Hey, Shawn, I heard that you are really good at making key lime pie. Shawn: Key lime pie, that's my special recipe. I just can't give that out to anybody. Senem: Yes, you can. Please. I really want to make it tonight. Please tell me. Shawn: Wh

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(153) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英语对话1000个

By Kari Barber Freetown 03 September 2007 A meeting at the opposition APC headquarters to train young supporters in Freetown The two parties in Sierra Leone's presidential runoff have said the only rally to be held in the capital before Saturday's vo

发表于:2019-01-25 / 阅读(171) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(九月)

By Lisa Bryant Paris 17 December 2007 International donors pledged $7.4 billion over the next three years to help the cashed-strapped Palestinian government. Lisa Bryant has more for VOA from the Paris donors' conference. Spread out over a three-year

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十二月)

By Daniel Schearf Irbil, Iraq 29 February 2008 U.S. officials have praised Iraq's recent efforts to develop its economy and pledged cooperation on banking and trade. But Iraqi officials say the lack of security is still restricting investment and gro

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By Stefan Bos Budapest 17 November 2007 The people of Kosovo are voting Saturday for a new local government. All the main political parties in the Albanian-majority province have pledged to gain independence from Serbia. Kosovo's Serbian minority is

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十一月)

今天我们要学的词pledge。 Pledge, 是许诺,保证的意思。阿根廷第一夫人克里斯蒂娜.费尔南德斯.德.基什内尔成为阿根廷第一位民选女总统。She pledged to fight poverty and extend growth, 她保证要打击贫

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(129) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

By Terry FitzPatrick Cape Town 03 March 2008 South African officials are proposing that children recite a pledge of allegiance in school, to promote a sense of history and civic responsibility. But instead of bringing the country together, the South

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(158) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(三月)

BEIJING, July 10 (Xinhua) -- China and the European Union (EU) pledged Tuesday to set a good example for international cooperation in the 21st century. The two sides made the pledge in a joint press release issued after the third China-EU high-level

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(116) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

BEIJING, April 1 (Xinhua) -- State Councilor Meng Jianzhu and Viktor Ivanov, director of Russia's Federal Narcotics Service, met on Sunday to discuss cooperative anti-drug efforts. Meng, who is also minister of public security, said China hopes both

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

take the pledge的意思是发誓要戒酒(to promise to abstain from drinking alcohol)。 例句: I'm not ready to take the pledge yet, but I will cut down. 我还没准备好完全戒酒,不过我会少喝的。 My aunt tried to get me to take

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(129) / 评论(0) 分类 美国俚语

RIGA, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie here on Monday met his Latvian counterpart Artis Pabriks, with both sides pledging to enhance bilateral military cooperation. During the meeting, Liang said that China attaches great im

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(161) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Senem: Hey, Shawn, I heard that you are really good at making key lime pie. Shawn: Key lime pie, that's my special recipe. I just can't give that out to anybody. Senem: Yes, you can. Please. I really want to make it tonight. Please tell me. Shawn: Wh

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(172) / 评论(0) 分类 英语访谈对话

今天我们要学的词 pledge。 Pledge, 是许诺,保证的意思。阿根廷第一夫人克里斯蒂娜.费尔南德斯.德.基什内尔成为阿根廷第一位民选女总统。She pledged to fight poverty and extend growth, 她保证要打击贫

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(117) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

International financial institutions have promised $38 billion more to four Arab countries trying to transition to democracy, nearly doubling a previous pledge. French Finance Minister Francois Baroin announced the pledge Saturday at the second day o

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abut upon
adult type tuberculosis
agrichar
all wave filter
anastrepha obliqua (macquart)
anthologie
at a distance of
bacterim
basal unconformity
baseline delay
bit-tool
broad-minded
Burgstädt
capacity utilization variance
celioelytrotomy
chondroma of lung
conceptualizations
cryopedometry
cycletours
cyrtomium hookerianum c. chr.
dental radiology
disembarrassment
door-stead
dyeline process
earller
explanatory legend
Extended Trading
flophouse
focused ion beam technology
forest reserves
Gangka
gimpier
ground alarm
ground mobile force
helical
identical formula
internal wind
jatta
jet engine modulation effect
josephson computer
knee type
laser wind tunnel
Lingua Franca Nova
magnetic induction probe
main shut-down system
maintenance support
make the acquaintance of someone
melanosis premaligna
minimum stock
mungrel
Negro spiritual
nonsensationalist
Northwest Coast Indian
octagonal hammer
one-way bottle
output well
outweeding
packaged pneumatic instruments
palladium trifluoride
parens patriae
piezoelasticity
PINNOIDEA
pinone
praxeologists
precedeth
procedural model
psychic secretion
quaternary ammonium compounds
re-orientations
root version
Saussurea dschungdienensis
semi flat band method
septoria violae
shede
ship-in-a-bottle
Shiryayevka
signal unit back
silius
Silver's syndrome
smoke damper
special loom
stacking up
staned
stationary crucible furnace
stepped winding
stock handling facilities
sub-allotment
sylvicultures
system functionality
system of astrono-mical constants
Tavassi
town-and-country
tradeswomen
trial asphalt
ulmus propinqua koidz.
uncongenially
unlegislated
varsovienne position
venenosalivary
waveguide transmission
zadan