Unit 2 Inquiry

Unit 2 询盘 Inquiry 询 盘 Brief Introduction 在对外贸易中，交易的一方欲出售或购买某种商品，向另一方询问买卖该商品的各项交易条件，这种口头的或书面的表示，在进出口业务中称之为询盘或询

VOA慢速英语-IN THE NEWS - Financial Crisis Puts World Leaders at

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York Friday Leaders from the one hundred ninety-two members of the United Nations gathered in New York this week for the new General Assembly.

访谈录 2010-01-18&2010-01-20 你继续危机，我继续奖金

And now we turn to the drama unfolding here in Washington. Tomorrow marks the first public meeting of what's called the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, a panel set up by Congress, a lot like the 9/11 Commission was, to get to the bottom of last

VOA标准英语2008年-US Financial Crisis Expected to Affect Foreign

A United Nations survey on global investment prospects shows the U.S. financial crisis and economic downturn are making corporations more cautious about future foreign investment. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports from New Delhi. Official relea

新西兰英语 709 Royal Commission Report

Yesterday the Royal Commission, which investigated the collapse of the CTV building after the February 2011 earthquake, made their final report public. First the report was given to the government at the end of November. Last weekend it was given to

CNN 2011-02-06

Fridays are awesome! Just like the students and teachers at Ron Clark Academy, where I had the privilege of speaking yesterday. I'm Carl Azuz, bringing you 10 minutes of headlines, leaving out the commercials. Let's go ahead and get started. The fina

VOA常速英语2008年-Chad Creates Inquiry into Rebel Attack

By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 03 March 2008 Chad's government has created an official inquiry to look into the events surrounding a rebel attack on Chad's capital, N'Djamena, a month ago. But human rights activists say the inquiry will not be independent. F

VOA标准英语10月-UN Chief Says Financial Crisis Will Not Weaken Re

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the global financial crisis may have shaken world confidence, but not the international community's resolve to help the United Nations continue working to fight poverty and disease. From United Nation's headqu

'The Big Short' Explains the Global Financial Crisis

'The Big Short' Explains the Global Financial Crisis In 2008, two big Wall Street firms, or companies that trade money and investments, collapsed. The U.S. economy plunged into the Great Recession. That meant the economy was weak and many people lost

VOA标准英语2009-France Sets up Commission to Study Wearing o

The French National Assembly has agreed to set up a commission to study the wearing of the head-to-toe Islamic covering known as the burqa. The decision was made a day after the country's president, Nicolas Sarkozy, spoke out against the garment. A

VOA标准英语2009年-EU Commission President Barroso Unveils Pl

The European Union's executive arm has proposed far-reaching financial reforms to help prevent future financial crises, like the one now pummelling Europe and the rest of the world. European officials hope to put the reforms in place next year. Pres

新西兰英语 619 Earthquake Inquiry

First listen to September 15th 2011 to hear about the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Canterbury Earthquakes. The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Canterbury Earthquakes started hearings today to find out why the CTV building collapsed. CTV

VOA常速英语2008年-Commission Formed to Probe Kenya Election Probl

By Derek Kilner Nairobi 14 March 2008 Kenya's president has announced the formation of a commission to investigate the country's disputed December elections. But as Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, there are doubts about how effective such an inves

2 Unusual Things Affected by the Financial Crisis

Its hard to find something not impacted by our current financial crisis. Here are 12 examples of what the recession means for specific things, from Spam to sex addiction. 1. Spam It looks like meat, it tastes like meat, but its a far cheaper substitu

学个词Learn a Word 第569期 casualty

今天我们要学的词是casualty。 Casualty, 在战争中指人员伤亡，在其他灾难性事件中指受害者，一般用复数。阿富汗外交部说， The Pentagon has promised to take steps to reduce civilian casualties, 美国五角大楼

每日一词【569】casualty：人员伤亡，受害者

今天我们要学的词是casualty。 Casualty, 在战争中指人员伤亡，在其他灾难性事件中指受害者，一般用复数。阿富汗外交部说， The Pentagon has promised to take steps to reduce civilian casualties, 美国五角大楼

Europe's Financial Crisis Intensifies

Europe's financial crisis has deepened this week as worries rose about the health of another bank - the Franco-Belgian-owned Dexia. Dexia's board meets Saturday to discuss the bank's future. Dexia's woes underscore growing criticism about the region'

Suicide rates in Europe 'linked' to financial crisis

The financial crisis almost certainly led to an increase in suicides across Europe, health experts say. The analysis by US and UK researchers found a rise in suicides was recorded among working age people from 2007 to 2009 in nine of the 10 nations s

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-03-24

And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was a little up. We are just waiting for the graphics there. The Dax and Euro were both lower. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly. The Dow Jones is up, as is the

新西兰英语 489 Pike River Mine Inquiry

For background to this, listen to September 6 2011. The second stage of the inquiry ended on Friday. This stage was looking at the Search and Rescue to find out why 29 miners died in the Pike River Mine last November. For the last three weeks we have