2016-04-19 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Speaking at the week-long 2016 Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Zhu Min said, that policy makers and economists have come to a consensus that

2016-04-17 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Hong Kong Disneyland has, for the first time since it opened over a decade ago, has been forced to lay off employees.Around 100 back-office staffers, said to be mostly restaurant a

2016-04-17 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The 'Bounty Hunters' walked the red carpet at the festival's opening ceremony, sharing details of this new film project.Hong Kong veteran actor Wallace Chung is one of the stars

2016-04-16 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Lou Jiwei made the remarks Friday in Washington in the wake of the recent downgrading of China's outlook by two U.S. credit rating agencies.

He says the outlook fails to refle

2016-04-15 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Few people believe any individual has a silver bullet capable of solving the world's problems overnight.And yet the postholder of the top job at the United Nations is often asked

2016-04-15 所属栏目:英语听力材料

"The Sun was warm, but the wind was chilly."During the IMF and World Bank spring meetings in Washington, Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, qu

2016-04-14 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Speaking about how he'll feel during his last game, Kobe Bryant says he is happy with everything."Tough to say. We'll see Wednesday. So far I've been pretty cool about everythin

2016-04-14 所属栏目:英语听力材料

What makes a good UN secretary general, a secretary or a general? That is the age-old question.Some diplomats and observers, including Britain's UN ambassador Matthew Rycroft, bel

2016-04-13 所属栏目:英语听力材料

It is the first time China has revealed a specific timetable for the country's football industry development.Published by the country's top economic planner on Monday, the plan w

2016-04-13 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The International Monetary Fund, or IMF, has projected economic outlook for 2016 and 2017 at 3.2% and 3.5 % respectively.Maurice Obstfeld is the Economic Counsellor and Director of

2016-04-12 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Less demand for pork after the festive season of China's traditional Lunar New Year usually causes a price dip, but this year the market has seen an unexpected surge in hog prices

2016-04-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Female? Check.Over the age of 27? Check!Single…? All check!Well, in that case, congrats– 'cause you officially win the title of being a "leftover woman", or widely kn

2016-04-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The class is entitled Ethics and Public Policy in a Globalized World.It starts with a video projection of a song from the 1972 musical movie Cabaret.

Yubing Shi looks amused...

2016-04-09 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The local regulation is set to take effect on May 1st.The language in it requires adults to fulfill their duties to their parents, as well as provide them with economic and spiritu

2016-04-09 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Alibaba has announced the planned European launch of Alipay at the just-concluded financial services event Money 20/20 in Copenhagen.Beginning this summer, users will be able to ma

2016-04-08 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Research for the latest report began in 2012, as a joint effort among China's Ministry of Education and a number of leading Chinese universities.Experts from well-known schools, i

2016-04-08 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The 2-million-pound factory, which is called the Foundry, has recently opened at Imperial College London.This special institution plans to industrialise the process of preparing DN

2016-04-07 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The new regulations issued by Beijing's Traffic Management Bureau ban certain classes of "non-motorized" vehicles from ten local streets.Starting next week, violators will face a

2016-04-06 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Renowned Chinese artist Zhang Daqian's painting, called "Peace Blossom Spring," went for 35 million US dollars, including the buyer's premium.This was more than 3-times the initi

2016-04-05 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The retired 7-foot-6 centre, who spent his entire 9-year NBA career with the Houston Rockets, has once again become the topic of discussion in the sports world.The Naismith Memoria

2016-04-04 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Like innumerable children with imaginations fired by animated films, Hong Kong product and graphic designer Ricky Ma grew up watching cartoons featuring the adventures of robots, a

2016-04-04 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Speaking at a news conference on Saturday, Arnaud Feist, CEO of Brussels Airport Company, says a limited number of passenger flights are planned to depart from the airport on Sunda

2016-04-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

With the theme of "time", Li Xiao's runway show at the China Fashion Week was crowded with fans, buyers, and designers.Just one month ago, this 20-something designer added another

2016-04-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

US President Barrack Obama opened the Plenary Session by describing the progress that many countries have made since the very beginning of the Summit."This is a perfect example of

2016-04-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

William Tobey is a Senior Fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University.

He used to serve on the National Security Council under three