UNIT 2 Text A PRE-READING TASK Exercise 1 Before reading the passage, try to answer the questions. 1. What is a tariff(关税)? 2. Do you know the difference between a revenue tariff (财政关税

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Books and Arts; Book Review;Paul Volcker;Tall tale; 文艺;书评;保罗沃尔克;伟人传奇; Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence. By William Silber. 《沃尔克:金石为开》威廉 希尔伯著。 Alan Greenspan may be the most famous c

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Ivory Coast gained independence from France in nineteen sixty. It grew into one of the wealthiest countries in West Africa through cocoa exports and foreign investments. (SOUND) But its latest political cri

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The White House is reaffirming what it calls a real drawdown of US forces in Afghanistan. This hours after the president met with his advisors to review US policy in that region. NPR's Ari Shapiro repor

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released data about the world's holdings of the Chinese currency, the renminbi, denominated foreign exchange reserves for the first time. 国际货币基金组织(IMF)日前首次公布了全球人民币外汇储备

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Speaking to reporters as part of the IMF and World Bank's current meetings in Lima, Peru, IMF chief Christine Lagarde says suggestions the Chinese economy may be at a point of crashing are misplaced. Lagarde says its the IMF's belief the slowdown is

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Finance and economics 财经商业 Monetary policy in America 美国的货币政策 Taper tiger 逐渐变弱的老虎 The Federal Reserve surprises everyone by changing nothing 美国联邦储备委员保持政策不变让人们感到惊奇 SHORTLY a

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1. Officials say they are not concerned about flames reaching sensitive material at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. A wildfire has consumed more than 90 square miles near the lab, but officials insist the risk of exposure is small.

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WASHINGTON, April 12 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday lowered its forecast for global growth in 2016 to 3.2 percent, saying that the global economy grows at a sluggish pace that leaves the world economy more exposed to ris

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Finance and Economics;German macroprudential reforms;Beware Teutonic caution; 财经; 德国宏观审慎监管改革;当心条顿的警示; The Bundesbank should not exert its new clout too zealously; 德国央行不应如此热情的展现

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However, in spite of bitter aloes, ridicule, Sister Agatha and Paddy's switch, Meggie went on biting her nails. Her friendship with Teresa Annunzio was the joy of her life, the only thing that made school endurable. She sat through lessons aching for

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China's central bank cut interest rates on Friday for the sixth time in less than a year, and it again lowered the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves in a bid to jump start growth in its stuttering economy. 中国央行在本周五进行今

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China's commerce minister says the outlook for the global economy remains grim despite it having overcome the impact of the 2008 financial crisis. 据中国商务部部长表示,尽管已经克服了2008年金融危机的影响,但是全球经济的

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The investigation began after police in the city of Taizhou of Zhejiang started getting complaints from people who say they were losing hundreds of yuan a day through a Wechat group. Li Kangcheng, vice director of a local police station in the area,

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美联储决定维持其货币刺激政策不变 WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it would keep its easy monetary policy unchanged to bolster economic growth and job creation. Wrapping up a two-day policy m

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美联储宣布明年起缩减QE WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced to reduce its pace of bond purchases, the third round of quantitative easing program, by 10 billion U.S. dollars starting January on the

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BEIJING, Mar. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Urbanization will be a major feature of China's economic growth and continue to gain momentum, Liu He, Party chief of the Development Research Center of the State Council, said on Saturday. At the China Development For

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FRANKFURT, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi on Friday said the ECB would act quickly to raise inflation if needed. Speaking at the European Banking Congress 2015 here, Draghi said, If we decide that the current t

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1.heat flow 热流,热流动 As soon as I start reiki I usually feel a heat flow from the palm of my hands. 当我开始灵疗的时候,我总能感到一股热量在我的手掌处流动。 Practical application for heat flow measurements in oce

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不确定性阻碍了美国经济发展 WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve's expansionary monetary policy to some extent has boosted U.S. economic growth, but the U.S. economy and business owners are confronted with great uncerta

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