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This month, one of China's largest oil and gasoline companies, Sinopec has started to use an online shopping platform to sell petrol. Let's follow our reporter Li Dong to find out more. China Sinopec Guangdong recently launched its online gasoline pu

ESL之人际交往 16 A Traditional Wedding

16A Traditional Wedding GLOSSARY wedding a ceremony that creates a marriage; a ceremony that makes twopeople married* They had a beautiful and very large wedding, with almost 300 guests. civil ceremony a wedding ceremony that is not religious; a wedd

2018年CRI Traditional folk art helps villagers shake off poverty

Situated in northwest China, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture is a major Muslim area and also once a trade stop along the ancient Silk Road. The folk art of brick carving has been thriving there, boosting the local economy. With a history of over 120

AMERICAN MOSAIC - Traditional Music? Heck No, It's Techno

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VOA常速英语2008年-Guinea's Traditional Fishermen Feel Squeeze of

By Nico Colombant Conakry, Guinea 06 February 2008 In Guinea, as in many other coastal parts of West Africa, entire communities depend on fishing as their essential source of income. The industry remains one of the region's most lucrative. But severa

VOA标准英语2010-Easton Corbin Stays True to Traditional C

It's not every day when a new singer earns comparisons to the King of Country George Strait. But, that is what's happening to newcomer, Easton Corbin. Corbin's debut single, A Little More Country Than That, reached Number One on the Country chart. Al

Nontraditional Students

By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: August 7, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Education Report. In a few weeks, more than one million students in the United States will start their first

VOA标准英语2010年-Cherokee Art Flourishes in Hard Times

In hard economic times, like the Great Depression of the 1930s, cash-poor Americans did what they could to make a living. Craftspeople found that durable, practical and beautiful handmade items were always in demand. Something similar appears to be h

VOA标准英语2012--E-Commerce Challenges Traditional Stores

E-Commerce Challenges Traditional Stores Lynne Shaner used the Internet to buy everything she needed for her wedding and holiday gifts for her husband and step daughter. Other than food, 90 percent of her purchases are made on the computer in her Was

The Art of Fiction

The Art of Fiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers is a nonfiction book by Ayn Rand,published posthumously. Edited by Tore Boeckmann, it was published by Plume in 2000. The book is based on a 1958 series of 12 four-hour lectures about fiction which

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Making Cheese the Traditional Way

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For almost two decades acclaimed writer and CPPCC member, Feng Jicai has been speaking out in support of protecting China's traditional villages. At this year's Two Sessions conference, Feng called on the central government to do more to help. Feng J

China eyes traditional cultural education

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The Art of Doing Nothing

The Art of Doing Nothing Sure, we all know how to do nothing. We all know how to lay around and waste time. But many of us are too busy to do it much, and when we do it, our minds are often on other things. We cannot relax and enjoy the nothingness.

环球英语 — 139：Traditional Healers Help With HIV

Voice 1 Thank you for joining us for todays Spotlight. Im Liz Waid. Voice 2 And Im Rebekah Schipper. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 If yo

英语笑话听力+文本：I would prefer the traditional service

I would prefer the traditional service 我还是喜欢传统的仪式 A young couple met with their pastor to set a date for their wedding. When he asked whether they preferred a contemporary or a traditional service, they opted for the contemporary.

Chinese booming e-commerce nibbles traditional retailers

BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- China's e-commerce giant Jingdong Mall announced Saturday that it has secured 700 million U.S. dollars in its latest fundraising effort. Canada's Ontario Teacher Pension Fund and Kingdom Holding Co, the international i

I would prefer the traditional service

I would prefer the traditional service 我还是喜欢传统的仪式 A young couple met with their pastor to set a date for their wedding. When he asked whether they preferred a contemporary or a traditional service, they opted for the contemporary.

The Art of Cry

The Art of Cry When Mrs Johnson entered Belli's room, she found that he was binding up his thumb. What's the matter with you? she asked. It is because of that hammer. Belli answered. But I didn't hear you cry. Oh, I thought you were not in just now.

The art of living

The art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go. For life is a paradox: it enjoins us to cling to its many gifts even while it ordains their eventual relinquishment. The rabbis of old put it this way: A man comes to this world with