US employers have unexpectedly cut 85,000 jobs in December but the unemployment rate is holding steady at 10%. The construction sector bore the brunt of the job losses shedding 53,000 positions. In manufacturing, 27,000 positions were lost. It's a se

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年

Americas second biggest banks recorded a huge jump in revenue. JPMorgans recorded the fourth quarter of profits of 3.5 billion Australian dollars. The banks capital in the first nine months of this year was also 70% higher than the year before. But t

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The US bank JPMorgan Chase says losses from risky trading in its London office have widened to nearly six billion dollars. The bank originally estimated the losses at two billion dollars when the bad trades were disclosed in May. JPMorgan says the ex

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The hardest-hit state is Iowa, the leading corn state and last year's top soybean producer. Transcript of radio broadcast: 24 June 2008 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Farmers in parts of the American Midwest face a difficult rec

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Despite all this, Dr Dave doesn't think much of this contribution to computing history. 尽管有这一切的原由,Dave博士并不觉得他这项在计算机发展史上极有贡献的发明有多了不起。 学习重点: 1.think much of 推崇

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模仿文本: But first today a US Senate report has torn into the investment bank JP Morgan over the colossal losses it made during the so-called London Whale trade fiasco last year. The report by the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigati

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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

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今天我们要学的词是anyone's guess。 Anyone's guess, 意思是谁也说不准。How long will he stay in the current position is anyone's guess, 他要在这个位置上待多久谁也说不清。 两支球队势均力敌。Which team will wi

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Scientists Use Satellites to Identify Groundwater Losses in the Middle East From VOA Learning English, this is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS. Im Avi Arditti. And Im Faith Lapidus. Today we tell about a study of groundwater losses in the Middle East. We also te

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The U.S. Postal Service is facing financial difficulties as more and more Americans use the Internet to send messages and pay bills. Top officials from the postal service are now asking Congress for permission to stop Saturday delivery as part of eff

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Twitter has announced, via a tweet, of course, it's planning to list on the US stock market. It's filed paper work with US regulators for an initial public offering, but the details are confidential. Twitter has well over 200 million active users. It

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Victory isn't defined by wins or losses. It is defined by effort. If you can truthfully say,I did the best I could, I gave everything I had; then you're a winner.--Wolfgang Schadler 胜利不是用赢输定义的,而是用努力定义的。如果你能

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JUDY WOODRUFF:Finally tonight: The U.S. Senate turned its attention to huge trading losses at J.P. Morgan Chase, the country's largest bank. Ray Suarez has the story. INA DREW, Former J.P. Morgan Chase Executive: The fact that these mistakes happened

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Mr. Leung runs a company that delivers goods to shops, markets and restaurants. Since the protesters occupied the roads, his business has declined sharply. I had to re-route because of the road blockades and congestions, Leung said. Time on the road

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今天我们要学的词是robust。Robust, 意思是强健的,稳健的。美国经济复苏远不如美联储原先预期的那样强劲。 The U.S. economic recovery has been much less robust than the Fed had hoped, 随着铁路交通和空中航线

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The global air industry and Asia's carriers, in particular, will see industry losses increase sharply this year because of the global recession this according to according to the latest report from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

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LeBron to acertain extent it feels like every time you step between the lines, there's a certain referendum on your career and you keep going on and on 勒布朗,一定程度上来说你给人感觉每次你上场时,你的生涯都要被人说三道

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The Fortescue Chairman says hell continue to campaign against the strategies of iron ore rivals BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. Andrew Forrest has accused the Federal Government of so coming to intense pressure from major miners and backing down on a par

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The Australian share market has staged a rally, raising most of yesterdays losses as barg and hunters swapped in. The All Ordinaries Index added one and a third of a percent as did the ASX 200 Index. Banks were back in favor. The Commonwealth Bank an

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迷你对话: A: He is penny wise and pound-foolish. 他这个人小处精明,大处糊涂。 B: Why do you say so? 怎么这样说他。 A: The trash of the world he sets high price upon, but the heavenly things he shamefully undervalues. 对废物

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