The US economys growing more slowly than expected. The Commerce Departments downgrading the nations second-quarter growth to 1.6 percent, down from 2.5 percent. Dean Croushore, chairman of the Economics Department at the University of Richmond, says

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年NPR美国国家公共电台8月

(woman) I hope you've all finished reading the assigned chapter on insurance-so that you're prepared for our discussion today. But, before we start, I'd like to mention a few things your text doesn't go into. It's interesting to note that insurance

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 托福听力短文

M: Ms.Chen, when did you get into the sofeware business? F: For several years, Ive been thinking about developing computer games. M: Computer games ,and your company name is Virtual Games? F: en I got some financial backing(资助) and founded Virtual

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA 商务英语

1. Search teams in Italy suspended their search for the survivors and victims of the cruise ship disaster after turbulent water shifted the ship's position. At least 11 people are now known dead. The captain faces criminal charges including manslaugh

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(140) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2012(一月)

And you can see how many people it is. It's about 25,000 people. 可以看出有多少人参与了募款。大约两万五千人。 And the media asked, Amanda, the music business is tanking and you encourage piracy. 媒体会问,Amanda,音乐产业

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲教育篇

A new report predicts a rise in counterfeiting and pirated goods over the next ten years. The report says China has been at the center of copying goods, from clothes to electronic devices, and medicines to beauty products. It says governments and bus

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(四)月

South Asian Pirates Back On the Rampage 南亚海盗狂暴而归 Piracy did not end with the demise of Blackbeard, the world’s most famous pirate, almost three hundred years ago. Despite the overall

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(132) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2005(上)--社会新闻点评

Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you all very much. I'm, I'm so excited to be here. Good evening everybody, ladies, gentlemen, er, Felicity. I'm Jon Stewart and welcome to the 78th Annual Academy

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 访谈录

BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) -- China's General Administration of Press and Publication has urged further efforts to ensure the accessibility of dictionaries for the students in the country's rural and less-developed areas. The administration's appeal cam

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(111) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

China's first domestically built aircraft carrier, the second such vessel, will soon be commissioned, say reports. 有报道称,中国第一艘国产航空母舰、也就是中国的第二艘航母,很快就会正式服役了。 Designed to be a

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

Business 商业 Shipping in east Africa 东非海运 Ocean ahoy! 喂!大海 Losing its coast has not stopped Ethiopia developing its shipping 失去海岸綫并未使埃塞俄比亚停止其海运的发展 ETHIOPIA became landlocked in 1992, when i

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Tens of thousands of Europeans braved bitterly cold temperatures to rally against a controversial treaty intended to protect intellectual property. Anger spilled into the streets of European cities, from Sofia and Vilnius to Prague and Paris to voice

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Hollywood studios spend exorbitant sums of money promoting their Oscar-nominated films to voters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. But exactly how much is spent, and where all that money goes, is something of an industry secret. 好莱

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

US 'opposes' nuclear North Korea 美国反对朝鲜核计划 Robert Gates says the US will not accept Pyongyang's nuclear activities The US will not accept a nuclear-armed North Korea, Defence Secretary Robert Gates has told an Asian summit. Mr Gates told hi

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Hundreds of allegations of fake research conducted at some of the UK's top universities were reported between 2011 and 2016, figures show. 数据显示,在2011年至2016年期间,一些英国顶级大学报告了数百起学术造假的指控。

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The African Union is urging the United Nations to boost its support for Somalia's fragile government in view of the rise of terrorist activity in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian peninsula. AU Commission Chairman Jean Ping calls the overall securit

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(一月)

BEIJING, July 26 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Thursday refuted reports that China's military attack helicopter Z-10 pirated U.S. technologies, saying the helicopter's manufacturer had used independent intellectual property rights.

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

1. Were All Judging You 人人都会评价你 Nobody likes to be judged, but the truth is, were all judging everyone. Part of growing up is realizing, understanding, and accepting that not only is everyone judging books by their covers, its actually

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

China's newest military freighter plane hasentered service just over three years after making its maiden flight,increasing the country's ability to move its fighting forces around the world 历时三年,中国最新军用运输机在后完成首飞后

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Air strikes in the northern city of Aleppo who pushed true safe grades in Feb to the point of collapse. Pihada Edwards reports. Russia has done little to ruin president Assad forces around to Aleppo. The Syria military was blamed for an attack on a h

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻