英语专业晨读美文-人生篇 9 Shelly to Elizabeth Hitc

[00:01.43]Shelly to Elizabeth Hitchener [00:03.94]Your letter of the 1st hath this moment reached me. [00:08.43]I answer it according to our agreement, [00:11.06] which shall be inviolable. [00:13.35]Truly did you say that, at our arising in the morn

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-10-31

1. The presidential candidates are making their last pitches to voters by mainly attacking their opponent. John McCain is trying to tie Barack Obama to oil companies while Obama spend part of the day saying McCain will keep economy in a ditch. 2. Th

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-09-26

1. It looks like there is an agreement in principle among lawmakers on a 700-billion-dollar bailout of the financial industry. The plan would have to pass both houses of Congress, then be signed by the president. 2. The first presidential debate pla

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-09-24

1. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is warning Congress that it must approve the administration's 700 billion dollar bailout,or risk a recession. He told the Senate Banking Committee that the failure to bail out the financial industry would bri

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-09-27

1.The Dow closes up as talks drag on in Washington about rescuing the nation's financial institutions. Plans for a 700-billion-dollar bailout come as US suffers its largest bank collapse in history. Republicans on Capitol Hill want less government i

第19期: lonely, neighbor, decide, kitchen, east

说一口流利的英语，从简单的单词开始。 听听，读读，背背，今天你的词汇量又增加了5个。 单词/词义 中英例句 单词听读 lonely [ 5lEunli ] Working as a writer can be a very lonely existence. adj. 寂寞的 当作家会是一种很寂莫的生涯。 neighbor [ 5neibE ] My next

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-09-07

1. It's the latest storm to threaten the southeast. Hurricane Ike is barreling toward islands near the southern Bahamas. Florida's governor says he's making sure relief supplies are ready in case Ike hits the state next week. 2. Tropical Storm Hanna

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-09-20

1.Stocks soar as the government unveils plans to restore calm to the financial system. The Dow closes up more than 300 points, extending a two-day rally. Investors appear soothed by plans to rescue banks from billions of dollars in bad debt. 2.Unite

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-09-18

1. Wall Street took it on the chin again today. The Dow closed down more than 400 points. The drop comes on the heels of the AIG bailout and as investors express more concern about investment banks. 2. US officials say an assault on the American Emb

AP一分钟时事04“奋进号”安全返航

This is AP News Minute. I. New fighting in Basra, Iraq. Reports indicate militiamen have overrun a number of police stations and an oil pipeline has been blown up. Also today more rockets were fired into the heavily-fortified Green Zone in Bagdad. I

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-10-22

1. More moves from the Federal Reserve to break through a credit clog. The central bank announcing it will buy commercial paper--short-term funding companies rely on for day-to-day expenses. All of this to stimulate lending and stop a deep economic

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-10-21

1. For the first time, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke says he supports the idea of a second stimulus package. The White House says President Bush is open to the idea of direct payments to Americans. Bernanke told Congress that the economy is likely to st

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-10-07

1.The Dow Jones is continuing its volatile ride at the time when the Dow was down over 500 points putting it below 10000 for the first time in four years. Despite the government's Wall Street bailout plan, credit markets are still strained.The Feder

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-10-16

1. On Wall Street, another volatile day. The Dow Jones Industrial is falling 733 points, the second largest point loss ever. Stocks dropped on disappointing economic news including a big drop in retail sales. 2. Tonight is the last time presidential

VOA标准英语2008年-Srebrenica Massacre Victims' Families File Dutc

By Lauren Comiteau Amsterdam 18 June 2008 Relatives of the victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia-Herzegovina have asked a Dutch civil court to wave U.N. immunity and allow them to seek damages for their loss. About 8,000 Muslims were mur

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-09-10

1. President Bush says he is keeping troop strength in Iraq mostly the same until the next president takes over. About 4,000 Marines support troops are slated to return in the coming months. But no Army brigades will pull out this year. 2. Western i

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-09-02

1. Hurricane Gustav is quickly losing its punch after plowing through south Louisiana's fishing and oil industry.The National Hurricane Center downgraded the storm to a Category 1 with 90-mile-an-hour winds. 2. Hurricane Gustav is sending water rush

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-10-06

1. A new Barack Obama ad that begins airing on national cable tomorrow calls John McCain's reaction to the recent financial turmoil erratic. The ad also accuses McCain of trying to shift debate from the economy to Obama's character. Sarah Palin has

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-10-14

1. A new brush fire has broken out in the hills above Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley suburbs, prompting mandatory evacuations. The new fire began Monday morning, a few miles west of the 3,700-acre brush fire that has been burning since early Sunda

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-10-10

1. The Dow drops below 9,000 for the first time in five years. Investors are gloomy about the economy and the health of corporations. Shares of General Motors tumbled almost 30 percent to their lowest level since 1950. 2. President Bush will meet wi