The Bush administration and Federal regulators are working on a plan to ease pressure on homeowners facing foreclosure. NPR's Giles Snyder has more. A parade of Federal regulators were on Capitol Hill today including Sheila Bair--the Chair of the Fe

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 2008年NPR美国国家公共电台十月

President Barack Obama took several steps today aimed at boosting auto fuel efficiency and curbing greenhouse gases. Environmentalists say the moves represent a clean break with the Bush Administration. NPR's Scott Horsley has more. President Obama

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 2009年NPR美国国家公共电台1月

Weekly Address: President Obama Honors America's Workers; Outlines Steps Taken to Strengthen the Middle Class 每周电视讲话:奥巴马总统向全美劳动者致敬;并强调了数项巩固中产阶级地位的措施 WASHINGTON In his weekly

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 奥巴马每周电视讲话

An American mining company has suspended work at the worlds largest gold mine in West Papua, New Guinea in a dispute with the Indonesian government. Indonesia wants changes to the mining company Freeport-McMoRans business. It also wants a majority ow

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(117) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(三)月

我老公几星期前突发奇想,说要装修厨房。我材料都看好了,可他又说,也许应该再等等,简直气死我了。我们今天要学的习惯用语,就特别适合形容这种举棋不定的态度。Blow hot and cold。Bl

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Key West weathered the wind and rain of Tropical Storm Fay today. The storm is now moving into the Gulf where it's expected to pick up strength as it makes its way toward Florida's west coast. At least eight people died in Haiti and the Dominican Re

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 2008年NPR美国国家公共电台八月

求职寒冬的些许火光,给求职的人点亮丝丝希望。不放弃~Weve noticed recently on Twitter that a lot of people are talking about having been laid off over the past couple of months. TechCrunch reports that there have been almost 80

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(175) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Of course, I cant imagine advertisers are going to say were going to juice up spending soon, and so were assuming a lengthy period of weakness. 当然,广告客户也不太可能在现在这种情形下增加开支,所以我们假定会有一段长

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 创业成功人士访谈录

This is the first in a three-part Business English Podcast series on pitching, or presenting, your ideas persuasively and convincingly. Business people often come up with ideas about how to do things better, or how something can be changed to provide

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Europe Moves to Bolster Economy; Stocks Soar A key U.S. stock index, the SP 500, soared to the highest level since the Great Recession began four years ago, after the European Central Bank moved to bolster the continent's troubled economies Thursday.

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Another story now. In a Philadelphia area, it has some people scratching their heads, disturbed as well. The president of this swim club says that safety not racism was the reason for canceling swimming privileges for minority children. The kids fro

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President-elect Barack Obama says the US economy is bad and getting worse. The President-elect made his remarks today during a visit to Capitol Hill for a meeting with House and Senate leaders to talk about an economic stimulus plan. For a meeting t

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 2009年NPR美国国家公共电台1月

It was 4 p.m. on a recent Friday -- a time of the week when I usually relax and leave the rest of my to-do list to finish over the weekend. But as this recent weekend approached, I kept pushing myself, heart pumping, to get to the bottom of my list o

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

6个BBC最爱用的英语典故 【编者按】我们经常会在BBC中听到的一些类似中国成语典故的习语,这些习语通常能够一语中的地传情达意,比如达摩克利斯之剑,阿克琉斯之踵,等等。这些看起来艰

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 英语笔译

今天我们要学的词是day-to-day。 Day-to-day, 日常的。 As a store manager, you are in charge of the day-to-day sales operation, 做为店面经理,你要负责每天的销售情况。 The latest round of layoffs made it hard for us to c

发表于:2019-01-25 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

暂无音频 REMARKS OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WEEKLY ADDRESS The White House Saturday, February 7, 2009 Yesterday began with some devastating news with regard to our economic crisis. But I'm pleased to say it ended on a more positive note. In the morni

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 美国总统每日发言

核心句型: I will back you up all the way. 我会一直支持你。 back sb. up 直译过来就是:用背扛起某人,很容易联想到这个短语的正确意思:支持某人。因此,当美国人说I will back you up all the way.时,他

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Work environment can mean as much to some people as the size of their paycheck. Rare is the job that offers total satisfaction if there is little room for advancement, low pay, or less-than-desirable supervisors. Some workers thrive in a small startu

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

WASHINGTON, July 19 (Xinhua) -- The number of Americans initially applying for unemployment aid last week rose sharply after hitting a record low since mid-May in the previous week, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday. The figure for seasonal

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(99) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

By Jim Randle Washington 06 November 2009 Sonja Jackson, of Detroit, holds a Employment Guide standing in line while attending a job fair in Livonia, Michigan, 04 Nov 2009 The U.S. unemployment rate rose sharply in October, hitting 10.2 percent, the

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