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McDonalds is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its world famous Big Mac. The Big Mac has been one of the most popular and best-selling items in the companys history. It is known for being bigger than a usual hamburger, with two pieces of meat separ
Unit 4 Text A Pre-reading Activities 1. As you listen to the passage, fill in as much information as you can about Annette's plans. Friday evening: During the coming month: Next term: In the fall: Nex
Unit 4 Text A Pre-reading Activities 1. As you listen to the passage, fill in as much information as you can about Annette's plans. Friday evening: During the coming month: Next term: In the fall: Nex
Some of the oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico is starting to be diverted from a blown-out well a mile underwater and onto a tanker on the surface, just how much remains to be seen. From New Orleans, Eileen Fleming of member station WWNO says BP engin
The FBI has custody of a couple charged with conspiring to attempt to help develop a nuclear weapon for Venezuela. Department of Justice spokesman Dean Boyd says a scientist and his wife appeared in federal court in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The defen
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. The head of insurance giant AIG told Congress today, he has heard the public outrage of the company's bonus payments to executives while taxpayers are bailing out the firm. NPR's Paul Brown has more. Edwa
Unexpectedly strong jobs figures for January sent Wall Street off to its fastest start in 15 years, reflecting a burst in investor confidence. Employers added 243,000 jobs last month, and NPR's Scott Horsley reports President Obama is cheering the ne
The Senate's Democratic majority is blocking the GOP's bid to roll back President Obama's policy on contraception insurance coverage. The vote came down a day along party lines 51:48. It killed an amendment that would have allowed employers and insur
Coalition jets are enforcing the no-fly zone over Libya with more air strikes. Gen. Carter Ham, the US military commander in Africa, says a dozen cruise missiles were fired on Libyan defense sites. This after a weekend of relentless air strikes. Gen.
The debt-ceiling agreement President Obama reached with congressional leaders over the weekend is coming under debate in the US House. Speaker John Boehner says he remains opposed to any tax hikes to help balance the federal budget. We've worked with
All the major US market indexes are down around 2%. They were retreating from last week's gains after Germany downplayed the idea that a solution for Europe's debt crisis might be reached during a summit this Sunday. At last check on Wall Street, the
美国天然气前景乐观 美国天然气产量剧增,不仅降低了燃料价格,还促使很多项目改用天然气来代替污染严重得多的石油,不少公司开始使用天然气作为运输燃料。 While many Americans want to red
IMF预测今年世界经济平均增长3.3% The International Monetary Fund has cut its outlook for global economic growth, saying the recovery is likely to be uneven. The global lending organization predicts overall growth will average 3.3 percent t
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Section B The Trashman Saturday, April 7 Steve and I hauled trash for four solid hours continuously, except for about five minutes when we stopped to talk. My shoulder hurt wickedly each time I put an
After almost reaching $80 a barrel in July, oil prices have dipped below $64, and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is worried about further price drops. At a meeting in Vienna, the cartel of mostly mideastern oil-producin
Learn English for the 2008 Olympics The Younger Generation Foreigner: At present, China is the fastest developing country in the world. Your sustained fast economic growth has never been rivaled 1 in
Obituary;Wynne Godley; 讣告;韦恩戈德利; Wynne Godley, British economist, died on May 13th, aged 83; 英国经济学家韦恩戈德利于五月十三日辞世,终年83岁; A certain ambiguity marked Wynne Godley. Was he at heart an aesthete,
Business. 商业。 Corporate transparency. 公司透明度。 Measuring mud. 度量一团烂泥。 How transparent are the world's biggest listed companies? 世界最大的上市公司们的透明度如何? ARE you cheating on your spouse? If so,
Finance and Economics;Olympionomics;The dismal dash;Which economist will win themedal-prediction gold? 财经;奥运经济学;令人沮丧的百米冲刺;哪位经济学家能够成为奖牌预测大赛的冠军呢? Athletic prowess is not