今天我们要学的词是special interest。 Special interest, 特殊利益集团，特别是指通过影响政策或立法来谋取私利的团体。 U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner unveiled new rules to limit special interest influence over the...
What are the teams to watch out for at this year's World Cup? What players are going to cover themselves in glory? Find out with this special Off the Pitch World Cup preview. Previous World Cup formWinners in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002Background...
By Jeri Watson and Caty Weaver Broadcast: December 26, 2004 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Faith Lapidus with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about five special people who died during the past year. We st...
BBC Learning English Weekender My Job Special Yvonne:Hello, Im Yvonne Archer and this is Weekender from bbclearningenglish.com! In todays programme, a My Job special as we hear about the work of a young woman named Sarah Niles. As you listen, try to...
The United Nations Special Envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Olusegun Obasanjo, has arrived in Kinshasa seeking to end the renewed fighting in the east. The visit comes as rebels take another town near the Ugandan border and relief official...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has named a former Nigerian president as his special envoy to help resolve the crisis in violence-wracked Eastern Congo. Mr. Ban also said Monday, that he is willing to go himself to Africa to meet with the preside...
36. you are special a well-know speaker started on his seminar by holding up a $20 bill in the room of 200. He asked,who would like this $20 bill.Hands started going up.He said,I'm going to give this $20 to one of you,but first,let me do this.He pro...
Two sisters remember their mother, who died battling cancer shortly after Thanksgiving four years ago This is Dave Isay, creator of StoryCorps, the project that records the stories of everyday Americans. StoryCorps airs each Friday on NPR's morning...
Mike was late for school. He said to his teacher, Mr. Black, Excuse me for my coming late, sir. I watched a football match in my dream. Why did it make you late? inquired the teacher. Because neither team could win the game, so it lasted a long time...
By Al Pessin Fort Bragg, North Carolina 04 April 2008 At the training center for members of the U.S. Army's elite Special Forces, soldiers learn a variety of specialized skills to enable them to take the lead in some of the toughest combat zones in t...
