CNN 2010-01-31

So what that is is evidence that people are being hired using the stimulus money, but what it leaves out is that someone is gonna have to pay the taxes to pay for that spending. So if you think that the extra spending now pay is creating jobs now, th

英语口语大赢家Topic39:领养动物Pet Adoption

爸爸被猴子吓着了，和妈妈坐在旁边休息。坐着没事，他们会聊些什么呢，一起来看看吧！ Listen Read Learn Mom: That's OK, Ben, just let it go. I thought you were just a little too much into it. Dad: I wasn't kidding before, OK, I'm fine now. Mom: Honey, ha

VOA标准英语2013--Story of One American Family’s Russian Adoption Told in Documentary

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Further US Credit Downgrade Possible

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VOA标准英语2010-Russian Adoption Scandal Shocks US Parent

The scandal also angered Russian officials and prompted the Kremlin to freeze further U.S. adoptions of Russian children. Elizabeth Lee | Washington 24 April 2010 Russian boy Artyom Savelyev, 7, who was sent back to Moscow by his adoptive American mo

白领英语晨读-082 Culture Adoption　文明的融合

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学个词Learn a Word 第452期 Adoption

今天我们要学的词是adoption。 Adoption, 是收养的意思。Vietnam is ending an infant adoption agreement with the United States, 越南决定终止跟美国达成的儿童收养协议。The U.S. Embassy in Vietnam released a report last w

VOA常速英语2007年-President, Mrs. Bush Mark Adoption Day

By Scott Stearns White House 16 November 2007 The President and Mrs. Bush are encouraging more people to adopt children. VOA Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, they marked America's National Adoption Day with a ceremony at the White House. Preside

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The U.N. Security Council has authorized a request from the U.N. chief for as many as 3,500 new peacekeepers and police to be sent to Haiti. This will boost the U.N. force in Haiti to more than 12,000. Chinese Ambassador Zhang Yesui said the council'

THIS IS AMERICA - International Adoptions

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2007年VOA标准英语-Guatemala Adoption Boom Creates Controversy

By Greg Flakus Guatemala City 13 September 2007 Every year, thousands of people from the United States visit the Central American nation of Guatemala, not just for tourism, but to adopt babies. Last year, more than 4,000 Guatemalan children were adop

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By Zorislav Baydyuk Chicago, Illinois 13 March 2007 watch International Adoption report Many Americans seeking to adopt children are looking to orphanages in other countries. Last year, the U.S. State Department issued over 20,000 immigrant visas to

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今天我们要学的词是adoption。 Adoption, 是收养的意思。Vietnam is ending an infant adoption agreement with the United States, 越南决定终止跟美国达成的儿童收养协议。The U.S. Embassy in Vietnam released a report last w

VOA标准英语2008年-South Korea Debates International Adoption

Since the 1950's, South Korea has sent more than 150,000 orphaned children to live with Western families. That is in part due to a prejudice that many Koreans have against taking in children who are not their own. But a growing number of advocates a

S&P Downgrades US Credit Rating for First Time

The credit rating agency Standard Poor's has downgraded the U.S. credit rating for the first time ever from the country's elite AAA status to AA-plus, with a negative outlook. In a statement late Friday, SP said it made the move because the deficit-r

Italy Faces Credit Rating Cut

A major financial services company says that Italy faces a significant chance of having its credit rating cut soon, but that it has no plans to downgrade France's top credit standing. Fitch Ratings said Tuesday it is confident that the 17-nation Euro

S&P Cuts Italy's Credit Rating

Standard Poors has cut Italy's credit rating, citing weak economic growth and political uncertainty. The credit rating agency cut Italy's rating one notch Monday - from A+ to A. SP said the country's shaky coalition government and differences in parl

US Faces Possible Credit Rating Downgrade

U.S. President Barack Obama and Congress are engaged in an intense rush to settle on a plan to raise the countrys borrowing limit beyond the current total of more than $14 trillion. It is an effort aimed at averting a possible default on the countrys