The White House warns House Speaker John Boehner's latest budget plan will be vetoed if it reaches President Obama's desk. It's opposed to a measure requiring that a second debt-limit vote be held before the 2012 elections. Now some conservatives, me

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台7月

The US Supreme Courts justices are done with a closed-door meeting during which they were expected to cast a preliminary vote on the nation's contentious health care law. But NPR's Nina Totenberg reports however, each of the nine justices leans on th

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年NPR美国国家公共电台3月

1.Cash award 现金奖励 A: How about cash award to push the sales? B: We can consider that. But how much should we offer? A:用现金奖励来推动销售怎么样? B:可以考虑,但给多少呢? 2.Close the deal 完成交易 A: We need to close the deal as soon as possi

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 天天商务口语

Every weekend, I go shopping downtown with a friend, but it is more of a hobby than anything else. I usually take a little cash, but I also have a credit card in case I need to charge something. I just make sure I don't go into too much debt spending

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Bonds have been in the news a lot in the last few weeks. Yields on the ten-year United States Treasury note jumped to their highest level in five years, before easing. Bonds are debt owed by a govern

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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus today unveiled a ten-year 856-billion-dollar healthcare overhaul bill though the Congressional Budget Office had a lower number. In the news conference on Capitol Hill today, the Montana Senator said with

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The GOP-led House is likely to vote against an increase in the debt ceiling today, but that's not expected to go far in the Democratic-run Senate and with the threat of a presidential veto. NPR's Andrea Seabrook is on Capitol Hill. She says the House

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House Republicans are spearheading a bill that they say would cut, cap and balance the federal budget. President Obama says if it gets to his desk, he'll veto it. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports this is all part of the contentious debate over reducing defi

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Forces loyal to ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi continue to put up fierce resistance in the Libyan cities of Sirte and Bani Walid. Sean Carberry reports that anti-Gaddafi fighters are struggling to advance on the two cities today. Gaddafi loyalists lau

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China's top economic planner is suggesting significant steps have been made in supply-side structural reforms, as well as the curtailing of hot-money outflows. CRI's Guan Chao with more on the National Development and Reform Commission's year-end ses

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Friday is awesome, we appreciate you spendpart of yours for CNN student news. My name is CA,I am coming to you from the CNNnews room, here is Atlanta Georgia. First stop, Occupy Wall Street headed to its third month protest back in Sept organized urg

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2011年(十一)月

Well, the debt deal is signed but the damage is done. Our nation's reputation is tarnished, and we're all likely to pay one way or another. Alison Kosik is looking at the cost to your retirement. George Howell showing how college students will take a

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NEW YORK, March 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, a day after their biggest dive since the beginning of this year, as U.S. economic data beat estimates. Stocks opened higher amid positive economic data, then surged more after the U.S. gove

发表于:2019-02-20 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

First listen to news about previous budgets: What is the Budget, May 19 2010 and The Budget, May 28 2009. The Minister of Finance, Bill English, read the Budget today in Parliament. Just like the last few years, there were not many surprises. We alre

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

There are new worries about the consequences of the U.S. government shutdown. The Treasury Department says failure to reach a deal on the countrys financial obligations, including the debt ceiling, could plunge the U.S. economy into a recession. On T

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The president of the World Bank is warning the world's already troubled economic recovery is in even greater trouble. World Bank chief Robert Zoellick told The Weekend Australian newspaper the global economy has entered what he called a new and more

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常见介词+名词/代词短语 as a matter of fact 其实,事实 as a result结果,因此 as a rule通常 at a time 每次,一次 at all events 无论如何 at any rate无论如何,至少 at first sight 乍一看,初看起来 at first起初

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pay off 产生利益,出现好结果,偿还债务 Don't worry about me paying off your debt. 不要担心,我肯定会还你钱的。 I've paid off all my debt. 我已经还清了所有的债。 Sending that e-mail has finally paid off. 发送那

发表于:2019-02-26 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 老外最常用的英文短语

Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This Edition At least 32 people have been killed and 191 others injured in a train crash and derailing accident in east China's Zhejiang Province. The UN Security Council condemns

发表于:2019-02-28 / 阅读(99) / 评论(0) 分类 2011CRI中国国际广播电台

Rules to Follow When Lending Money to Friends andFamily 借钱给家人和朋友的法则 Only Say Yes if You Mean It 想借再借 If you feel guilt-tripped into making the loan by the asker (I'm desperate!)or you question your own hesitation (

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