中国平安保险(Ping An Insurance)股东昨日通过了一项备受争议的170亿美元再融资方案，这一方案被指责为是引发中国内地股市大跌的因素之一。
Shareholders in Ping An Insurance yesterday approved a controversial $17bn fundraising plan that has been partly blamed for triggering a slide in Chinese stock prices.
平安保险此次的再融资行动将成为中国内地股市迄今规模最大的融资，融资所得将用于海外和国内收购，其中可能包括收购保诚保险(Prudential)等英国保险公司。
The

中国股市今年的大幅下挫可能会成为中国人民政治协商会议(CPPCC)的主要讨论话题之一。从本周一开始，中国将在今后两周召开中国人民政治协商会议和中国人民代表大会。
The sharp fall in the Chinese stock market this year is likely to be one of the a big talking point at the meeting of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the series of political gatherings in Beijing over the next two weeks.
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U1
1.get…from 2.one of your family members or relatives
3.How many uncles do you have? 4.play football, play the piano
5.go shopping, go cycling
U2
1.Thank you. ---Not at all. 2.She can’t read or write.
3.help other people / others 4.friend---friendly / help---he

CHAPTER III EFFECT OF THE SPRING
One day, the air was warm, the Luxembourg was inundated with light and shade, the sky was as pure as though the angels had washed it that morning, the sparrows were giving vent to little
twitters in the depths of the chestnut-trees. Marius had th

#The Hoosegow looks like a nice new one. Y.T. has seen hotels that were worse places to sleep. Its logo sign, a saguaro cactus with a black cowboy hat restin

#White Columns, like most Burbclaves, has no jail, no police station. So unsightly. Property values. Think of the liability exposure. MetaCops has a franchis

#As Hiro approaches the Street, he sees two young couples, probably using their parents' computers for a double date in the Metaverse, climbing down out of P

#As Hiro approaches the Street, he sees two young couples, probably using their parents' computers for a double date in the Metaverse, climbing down out of P

#The others are still blinded, but Y.T. sees into the night with her Knight Visions, sees all the way into near infrared, and she sees the source of it, a do

#Y.T. has been privileged to watch many a young Clint plant his sweet face in an empty Burbclave pool during an unauthorized night run, but always on a skate

#Hiro Protagonist and Vitaly Chernobyl, roommates, are chilling out in their home, a spacious 20-by

#The Deliverator belongs to an elite order, a hallowed subcategory. He's got esprit up to here. Right now, he is preparing to carry out his third mission of

　　寒暑表降到冰点下十八度的时候，我们也是在廊下睡觉。每夜最熟识的就是天上的星辰了。也不过是点点闪烁的光明，而相看惯了，偶然不见，也有些想望与无聊。
　　连夜雨雪，一点星光都看不见。荷和我拥衾对坐，在廊子的两角，遥遥谈话。
荷指着说：“你看维纳斯（Venus）升起来了！”我抬头望时，却是山路转折处的路灯。我怡然一笑，也指着对山的一星灯火说：“那边是丘比特（Jupiter）呢！”
　　愈指愈多。松林中射来零乱的风灯，都成了满天星宿。真的，雪花隙里，看不出来天空和森林的界限，将繁灯当作繁星，简直是抵得过。
　　一念至诚的将假作真，灯光似乎都从地上飘起。这幻成的星光，都不移动，不必半夜梦醒时，再去追寻他们的位置。

CHAPTER IX EMPLOYMENT OF THE OLD TALENTS OF A POACHER AND THAT INFALLIBLE MARKSMANSHIP WHICH INFLUENCED THE CONDEMNATION OF 1796
Opinions were exchanged in the barricade. The firing from the gun was about to begin again. Against that grape-shot, they could not hold out a quarter of an hour longer. It was

    作者简介：王冬，北京新东方学校国外考试部，英联邦项目教师
　　雅思口语考试的目的是为了让学生到国外能很好地学习和生活，因此它不仅是简单的对话，还需要考生能回答一些深层次的问题，有一定逻辑思考能力。中国学生在回答问题时，太爱寻求标准答案。比如在一次模考过程中，学生一进门，我一般都会问：”How are you?” 而相当一部分学生只会回答：”Fine, thank you, and you?” 多一句都不会说。整个上午下来，答案也基本都是 ”Fine, thank you.” 之类的答案。于是我刻意对后面的考生这样问道：”It’s freezing outside, how are you?” 可得到的回答依然是