VOA 商务英语 lesson14

Dialog 1: New words: Jeans(牛仔裤), retail outlet (零售点)，guilty as charged(所控属实),catalog（邮购） Market penetration(市场渗透力) F: Mr. Gomes. Blue Jeans King. Welcome. M: what youve heard is not true. F: Its not true that you sell more jeans

NPR 2009-08-18

President Obama says US military operations in Afghanistan are crucial to national security. If left unchecked, the Taliban insurgency will mean an even larger safe haven from which al-Qaeda would plot to kill more Americans. So this is not only a w

2012年ESL之商务英语 11 Business Zoning

Business Zoning Sybil: Oh, this is it! This is the perfect location for our new store! Leo: Sorry, but this space isnt zoned for retail. Its zoned for offices. Sybil: But couldnt we get the zoning commission to re-zone it? Leo: Thats not an easy proc

电商法草案首次提请审议 委员建议进一步完善微商规范

China's top legislature is deliberating a draft law that will regulate and facilitate booming e-commerce in the country. 中国最高立法机关正在审议一份规范和促进中国电子商务的法律草案。 The draft law was submitted for rev

2007年VOA标准英语-Opposition to Large Retail Stores Grows in Indi

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 26 August 2007 Woman walks outside a Reliance Fresh supermarket in Hyderabad, India In India, efforts by multinationals to grab a slice of the country's growing retail business are meeting strong opposition from traders a

宜家是如何征服世界的

It took some time to figure out just the right shopping complex, off just the right highway interchange and just the right distance from Seoul, that could accommodate a 624,000-square-foot storethat is to say, one more than three times the size of th

乔布斯传 第61期:奇迹从车库开始(2)

After a dozen assembled boards had been approved by Wozniak, 12块组装好的主板经过沃兹尼亚克检验合格后， Jobs drove them over to the Byte Shop. 被乔布斯送到了Byte Shop。 Terrell was a bit taken aback. 特雷尔有点儿吃惊

三星发放防火盒回收Note7

在三星宣布停止生产有缺陷的Note 7之后，Note 7的召回也因其起火倾向而被一些快递公司拒绝提供服务。不得已之下，三星公司只能向Note 7用户寄出一套特制安全盒以方便用户将Note 7寄回。Note

在这5个行业工作能毁了你的健康！谨慎择业

A recent survey from NPR (National Public Radio) adds to a growing pile of research that some jobs can really, really hurt your health. 美国国家公共电视台(NPR)最近的一项调查进行了众多研究，发现有些工作的确会损害健康

Beijing marks New Year with shopping spree

BEIJING, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Beijing's major commercial outlets started the year 2013 with a business boom as shopping prevailed over travels as citizens' favorite activity during the New Year holiday. Beijing marked the coldest New Year from January

没有声音的闹钟：让香味唤醒你

Nobody likes waking up in the morning to the nagging, electronic bleep of regular alarm clocks or smartphones, but the smell of just-baked croissants and freshly roasted coffee? Now you're talking. 没有人喜欢早晨普通闹钟或智能手机里闹

百胜餐饮在中国陷入羊肉丑闻

Shanghai authorities are testing alleged mislabeled mutton from a wholesaler which supplies a chain of hot pot restaurants run by U.S. fast food firm Yum Brands. Shanghai food safety inspectors have raided a wholesale market and found packages labele

土豪真会玩 迪拜将建世界最高住宅楼

The developer Meydan has announced the launch of a new scheme known as Meydan One featuring a 711m-high tower, a huge new mall, the worlds largest indoor ski slope, a 25,000 sq metres indoor sports facility, the biggest dancing fountains in the world

英公司发明排队神器

When you're out shopping it can sometimes feel like you're always stuck at the end of the longest line. 外出购物，总免不了碰上排队这个老大难问题：长长的队伍似乎总排不完。 Shoppers know this age-old dilemma all to well

阿里巴巴投资折扣连锁超市

Alibaba has bought a stake in a discount grocery store chain, as Chinas biggest ecommerce group broadens its focus from online to offline retail as part of its expansion strategy. 阿里巴巴(Alibaba)收购了一家折扣连锁超市的股份，这家

Chinese commercial banks go "intelligent"

BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua)-- When a customer fumbled with a touch-and-go machine at a bank in downtown Beijing, a smiling receptionist jokingly asked him if he was a spy. You must be an employee from another bank trying to study our intelligent banking

谷歌推出Android M和Android Pay

Google has introduced its updated android mobile software and a mobile payment system at the company's annual developers conference in San Francisco. The Android M mobile software features an upgraded version of Google Now, the voice-activated assist

Scalpers dial up trouble for iPhone release

BEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Conflicts among hundreds of scalpers raring to stock up on the new iPhone 4S are casting a shadow over the gadget's launch on the Chinese mainland on Friday. Over the weekend, scalpers from two groups bickered and shov

Foreign Investment in India Slows

NEW DELHI Foreign investment in India has slowed down in recent months, but a recent United Nations survey says Asia's third largest economy continues to be an attractive investment destination for global companies. Official data show that in April a

经济学人:中国的消费大军 依旧活跃(下)

The dynamism of the mostly-private consumer sector comes not from stimulus, argues Andy Rothman of Matthews Asia, an investment firm, but from strong income growth and low household debt. (Chinese household debt stands at about 40% of GDP, roughly ha