VOA双语新闻：18、泰国——“东方底特律”

泰国东方底特律 Thailand is gaining a reputation as the Detroit of the East for its booming automobile industry. It is now the world's third largest maker of commercial vehicles, behind only the United States and China and ranked ninth in total

NPR 2008-11-23

President-elect Barack Obama says he has directed his economic team to develop a sweeping economic stimulus plan that will be broader in scope than proposals he spoke of during the campaign. There'll be a two-year nationwide effort to jumpstart job

News & Reports 2011-04-23

Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This Edition China's State Council calls for stricter regulation of the use of food additives in response to a series of food safety problems. China's copyright watchdog says they

CNN Marketplace 2006-01-14

Credit goes to: alanwjw, durianxt, dreamcast, scootert, chemff, 牛背上的蝎子, jjjwin, Anderson Cooper, leungwong and collenice. This business update is brought to you by Verizon Online DSL. Mich

CNN Marketplace 2006-01-29

Rachel Lee: The U. S. economy slowed to a crawl in the last three months of 2005. Gross Domestic Product grew just 1. 1%. Economist John Narof: John Narof: There were a number of factors that are easi

美国有线电视 CNN 2008-12-18

Hello, there, thanks for joining us. Im Virginia Cha at the CNN Center in Atlanta with a look at whats happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Some new developments in the Wall Street investment fraud case, the bail hearing for Bernard Madoff has been canceled f

NPR 2008-11-16

The world leaders at the summit in Washington on the global financial crisis have agreed on an action plan that includes greater regulation of financial markets, something European leaders have been advocating for years. And countries such as India,

NPR 2008-12-20

The Bush administration today announced a more than 17-billion-dollar rescue plan for troubled Detroit automakers Chrysler and GM. NPR's Chris Arnold reports. President Bush said that under ordinary circumstances he would have let the automakers fai

谁要来买克莱斯勒

Rumors are flying about who will buy the American auto company Chrysler from DaimlerChrysler, their German parent company. Car makers Volkswagen, Hyundai, Mitsubishi, Fiat, and Renault-Nissan have all announced that they are not interested. Most rum

美国有线电视 CNN 2008-12-11

From the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Nicole Lapin. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is back on the job while he is out on bail. Blagojevich is at his office in Chicago a day after his arrest on fe

每日一词【617】lifeline：救生索，生命线

今天我们要学的词是lifeline。 Lifeline, 的意思是救生索，生命线。 The local soup kitchens are a real lifeline for the poor, 当地的救济厨房简直就是穷人的一条生命线。 The Bush administration offered a new lifelin

CNN 2009-02-16

I'm Asieh Namdar, at the CNN.com newsroom in Atlanta, here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. The battle over the 787-billion-dollar stimulus bill officially ends after President's Day. President Obama says he will sign the bill into law

NPR 2008-11-13

Democratic leaders want Congress to focus on a bailout for the U.S. auto industry during next week's lame-duck session of Congress. But Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says it should not be tied to the 700-billion-dollar rescue package for troubled

VOA标准英语2011--Automakers Turn Agro-Waste into Car Part

Scientists in Brazil are turning fruit fibers into car parts. At a recent meeting of the American Chemical Society, the researchers described their work in making the next generation of automotive parts made from natural fibers from bananas, pineappl

NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-01-16

From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. The U.S. House is confronting debate over federal related victims in super storm Sandy. Law makers are considering a nearly $51 billion assistance package. NPRs Tamara Keith reports on objections by some

2018年CRI New energy cars drive China towards a green future

China's new energy vehicle market has recorded another year of rapid growth, as the government continues to encourage the development of green transportation. And government is continuing to push this development further through the use of national p

Business Channel 2006-09-04&07

Investors that did cheer the August jobs report, they saw it, it's not too hot, not too cold. Employers added about 128, 000 jobs in August, which is in line with expectations. And ah, the jobs number

Business Channel 2006-09-29&10-02

For the second day in a row, the Dow Industrials setting record highs, a triple-digit rally sent the Dows surging past the 11,800 mark for the very first time. This is the NASDAQ Composite rose to a 5

美国有线电视 CNN 2008-12-16

Good morning, from the CNN Center here in Atlanta, I'm Melissa Long. It's Monday morning, December 15th. Here is a look at some of the stories happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Will he or won't he? The question many in Illinois are asking as calls mount fo

China's auto deals galore due to high inventory

Year-end and year-begining are traditional sales peak season for vehicles. And this time, the promotion is even on a larger scale. High inventory level and a tie-in sales mode are the reasons. It may be good news for vehicle buyers, but not such a ha