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款待 Treat 英汉双语笑话
2011-9-9 12:59:47 阅读17 评论0 92011/09 Sept9
As a rookie in the Atlantic City, N.J., Police department, I was assigned a beat on the boardwalk. Hardly a day went by when I didn't come upon a child who had become separated from his parents.
One afternoon, I spotted a small boy standing alone, obviously lost. I tried to gain his
The Missed Blessings 错过的祝福
2011-9-8 13:39:58 阅读19 评论0 82011/09 Sept8
从前，有位年轻人即将大学生毕业。数月来，他一直渴望得到某汽车商产品陈列室中的一辆跑车。他知道，他那富有的父亲肯定买得起这辆车，于是，他便跟父亲说他很想得到那辆漂亮的跑车。
英语新词：你是职场“榴莲族”？
2011-9-3 7:44:07 阅读12 评论0 32011/09 Sept3
还记得我们说过的职场“草莓族”吗？这个族指的是新入职场的80后，素质不错、但是经受不了挫折和伤害。今天，我们来说一个他们的前辈，脾气臭、还不好对付的“榴莲族”。
Durian clan refers to those ill-tempered co-workers who have been working for many years and are hard to get along with, just like the smelly fruit with thick thorny skin.
白领不可不知的潮词：你的“实得工资”涨了吗
2011-9-3 7:42:34 阅读15 评论0 32011/09 Sept3
请看相关报道：
Report shows average take-home pay is ?1,212 lower than it was at the end of 2008, once inflation has been taken into account。
报告显示，将通胀因素考虑在内的话，现在的实得工资要比2008年底低1212英镑。
报道中的take-home income即“实得工资”，指的是在gross income(全额工资)基础上扣除掉必要的税费后，以现金方式支付给劳动者的工资报酬。随着2008年financial crisis(经济危机)蔓延全球以来，世界各地都面临不同程度的inflationary pressure(通胀压力)。
The Gift of Life
2011-9-2 13:19:01 阅读11 评论0 22011/09 Sept2
上帝的恩赐
On the very first day, God created the cow. He said to the cow, “Today I have created you! As a cow, you must go to the field with the farmer all day long. You will work all day under the sun! I will give you a life span of 50 years.”
第一天，上帝创造了牛。上帝对牛说：“今天，我创造了你。作为牛，你必须跟农夫下田，整天在日头下干活。我给你50年的生命。”
The cow objected, “What? This kind of a tough