TO MOST outsiders Georgian history is a closed book. Indeed for English-speakers there are practically no books at all. Georgia mostly features on the edges of other peoples’ histories. Xenophon, des...
A TELEVISION campaign in the 1980s showed a volcano exploding and dark clouds looming over a blackened tombstone chiselled with the word AIDS. “Don’t die of ignorance”, intoned a grim voice. Panic abo...
IMMIGRATION is the quintessential supply-side policy. It expands the labour force, encourages investment and provides taxpayers to supportAmerica’s growing ranks of the grey-haired. Sadly, Barack Obam...
WHEN companies should recognise revenues on their books is one of the most contentious and consequential issues in the staid profession of accounting. For simple sales of goods the timing is usually ...
DRAFTING a constitution isn’t something one does every day. It took Washington, Franklin and Co several months to achieve, that steamy summer in Philadelphia in 1787. When Beate Sirota was roped in to...
THERE is a lull before the renewed storm in the battle for Alstom, a French group whose turbines power generators around the world and whose high-speed trains sprint across the countryside. Too small...
文化发展词汇：开展对外文化交流 carry out mass activities on culture博采各国文化之长 draw on strong point of the cultures of other countries开展群众性文化活动 carry out mass activities on culture营造良好文化环境 create a healthy cultural env...
环保词汇：recycl循环energy saving节能green house绿色环境not polluted无污染environment pollution 环境污染environmental conservation 环境保护environmental legislation 环境立法environmental reform 环境改造...
雾霾词汇:雾霾haze;空气质量检测air quality monitoring;空气污染指数air pollution index;悬浮颗粒物airborne particulate matter;可吸入颗粒物inhalable particle;烟雾smog;橙色预警orange alert;有毒物质toxic substance;实时发布PM2.5数据release real-time PM...
勤俭节约词汇减少浪费 reduce waste减轻负担 reduce the burden of促进改革 promote reform提高居民环保和生态意识 improve residents environmental and ecological awareness形成文明、健康、崇尚科学的良好社会风尚 form civilized , healthy and science-upholdin...