大家都知道,$表示美元。那么它是怎样来的呢?一种说法是,它是PS叠合写法的演变。PS是18至19世纪期间美国的一种圆形硬币比索(Pesos)的缩写,这种硬币在1974年美国正式建立造币厂以前一直在

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Economics Report - Why Oil Continues Its Climb Unrest in oil-producing nations and the weak dollar are causes of the increase in oil prices. But increasing demand has not been met with new supplies. Transcript of radio broadcast: 08 May 2008 This is

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AS IT IS 2016-06-18 Central Banks in US, Japan Leave Interest Rates Unchanged 美国和日本的利率维持不变 Central banks in two of the worlds largest economies the United States and Japan -- left interest rates unchanged this week. In the Uni

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Lesson 20 Bottom 1.Bottoms up! 2.The bottom line is nomey. 3.I lost my bottom dollar. 4.At the bottom he is kind and good-natured. 5.I thank you from the bottom of my heart. 6.My bottom hurts after this long ride. 7.I swim to the bottom. 8.Let's clea

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Unit 20 Changing money(1) 第20课 兑换钱(1) C1: Good afternoon, ma'am. What can I do for you? 甲行员:午安,小姐。我能为你效劳吗? C : Can I change foreign currency here? 顾客:我可以在这里兑换外币吗? C1: Yes, go

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You can pop ya collar thinkin' you gonna get it Touch me with your dollar thinkin' you gonna get it Keep your money, you got it too, you just dont get it Show me your A-game, you betta come with it 'Cause I be ridin', switchin' lanes, crusin' real sl

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Lottery officials doubled the price of a PowerBall ticket. It used to be $1. Now it's $2. The chance of winning the grand prize is now one in 175 million. It used to be one in 195 million. Second prize is now $1 million. It used to be $200,000. The s

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I'm Asieh Namdar at the CNN.com newsroom in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama is on his first visit to Afghanistan. He's been meeting today with local Afghan leaders and US tro

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Price Of A Miracle 奇迹的代价 Tess was a precocious eight-year-old girl when she heard her Mom and Dad talking about her little brother, Andrew. All she knew was that he was very sick and they were completely out of money. They were moving to an

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(一)美国货币 美国货币由美元dollar和美分cent组成,one dollar等于100 cents。其纸币bill有一、二、五、十、二十、五十和一百美元等面值;硬币(coin)有一美分(或a penny)、五美分(或a nicke

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BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese currency Renminbi, or the yuan, strengthens 35 basis points to 6.3997 per U.S. dollar on Monday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading system. In China's foreign exchange spot market, the yuan is all

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NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks extended gains on Friday, with major indexes higher for the fourth straight day as most of the latest data signaled a pick-up in the economy. As of Friday's close, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 124.

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5 Things We Should Spend More Money On, And 5 Things We Should Not Imagine that you are sitting on the front porch of your house sipping lemonade with your family on a warm summers night. You sit back and reminisce with them about how you bought the

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China's economy will expand by around 6.5% year-on-year in 2017, and Consumer Price Index inflation will moderately rise to 2.2%, according to forecasts in a blue book released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) last Monday. 中国社科院

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1-2-3 Like a bird I sing Cause you've given me the most beautiful set of wings I'm so glad you're here today Cause tomorrow I might have to go and fly away Hey! I'm down to my last dollar I've walk right though my shoes Just a small reminder of the h

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Fred asked Joan, Would you lend me $2? I want to buy a lottery scratch-off. I'll pay you back tomorrow. She said, Sure. Just remember me if you win something. He bought a scratch-off. He used a dime to reveal the hidden numbers and symbols. He said,

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This is what it sounds like when doves cry. By the time the Federal Reserve announced that its target interest rates would not, after all, be rising this month, it came as little surprise. But its reasoning did, and means that investors focus will mo

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Finance and Economics 财经 The Big Mac Index: The All Meaty Dollar 巨无霸汉堡指数:强大的美元 Burgernomics gets to grips with a strong greenback. 汉堡经济学发现美元走强。 IT is perhaps not surprising that the worst-performi

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Zimbabwe is phasing out its local currency, the central bank says, formalising a multi-currency system introduced during hyper-inflation. 津巴布韦央行称,该国将逐步取消本国货币,在高通货膨胀期间引入的多货币体系将被

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Have you ever wanted to disappear? and join a monestary Go out and preach young addicts straight where will i be when i wake up next to a stranger on a passenger plane, passenger plane Born in a Jetlag Please take me back, please take be back I'm a s

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