Harvests allay food inflation concern CHANGCHUN, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Spikes in food prices could be devastating as it may force policy makers to reverse actions being used to stimulate China's weakest growth in three years. Soaring overseas grain pri

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

A United Nations economic survey for Asia Pacific says the region is now a leading driver of global economic growth, continuing a dramatic recovery from last year. U.N. economists warn that rising oil and food prices especially threaten millions of t

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

这里是是一段有关商场过招的金融 英语 口语。下面来介绍一下场景:Dan Smith是一位美国的健身用品经销商,此次是Robert Liu第一回与他交手。就在短短几分钟的交谈中,Robert Liu既感到这位大汉

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

1. What is it in particular you're interested in? 你对哪些产品感兴趣? 2. I'm interested in your bicycles. 我对你们的自行车感兴趣。 3. I think they will find a ready market in Malaysia. 我觉得它们在马来西亚会很有销路

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Rising property prices in China's major cities have scared off many young people and the situation is only becoming worse as rent in these cities is becoming unaffordable. 中国大城市房价的上涨已经吓跑了许多年轻人,而当这些城市

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

In the background lurks climate change, fears of which have grown with the heat and drought battering Europe's wheat crop this summer. 在此背景下还潜伏着气候变化、以及今年夏天欧洲小麦作物遭遇高温干旱打击的恐惧。

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人财经系列

GWEN IFILL: One year ago, when automakers held their big show in Detroit, a gallon of gas went for an average of $3.31. Now, as the auto show gets under way again, it's dropped by a third, all the way down to $2.13 a gallon. And that presents some in

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

US Consumer Confidence Surges Two new reports are pointing to an improving U.S. economy. A research group, the Conference Board, reported Tuesday that consumer confidence in the U.S. jumped this month, reaching a seven-month high. Rising home values

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

美国新房销售下滑价格上涨 WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Sales of new single-family houses in the United States fell from a five-year peak while prices continued to rise last month, the U.S. Commerce Department reported on Tuesday. Sales

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

BEIJING General Motorss main joint venture in China was fined $29 million on Friday on charges that it suppressed competition by enforcing minimum sales prices for dealers. It is the latest in a string of penalties against non-Chinese auto brands und

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

A series of reports paint a mixed picture of the U.S. economy Tuesday, as consumer confidence rises, home prices fall, and an iconic retailer shuts a number of stores. U.S. consumer confidence hit its highest level in eight months in December as the

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(100) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

India's Reserve Bank has raised interest rates in a continuing struggle to control inflation. The rate hike, which was announced Friday, is the 12th increase in the last year-and-a-half. But there are fears that this could further slow down an econom

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Business is closed at this price. 交易就按此价敲定。 Your price inacceptable (unacceptable). 你方价格可以(不可以)接受。 Your price is feasible (infeasible). 你方价格是可行(不可行)的。 Your price is workable. 你

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

President Barack Obama says the U.S. economy is recovering, after the nation added more jobs than expected in April. The government jobs report released Friday shows a net gain of 244,000 jobs in the United States last month, better than economists h

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

U.S. retail spending increased at a solid pace in March, an indication that consumer confidence is growing even as gasoline prices remain high. Consumer spending drives about 70 percent of the U.S. economy, the world's largest. The government said Mo

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Finance and economics 财经商业 China's economy 中国经济 An alternative view 另一视角 China's official figures both understate and overstate inflation 中国官方数据既低估又高估了通货膨胀 IS CHINA'S economy underheating? 中国

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人商业系列

印象里的英语学习要皓首穷经,绝非易事,可眼下,学英语越来越像时尚,新时代的社交名媛,如果嘴里不拽几句E文,似乎跟不上潮流。E文的好处显而易见:学,可以读点专业著作,比如源自

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 雅思英语

Urban land 城市土地 Space and the city 空间和都市 Poor land use in the world's greatest cities carries a huge cost 糟糕的土地利用方式已经成为世界大都市不能承受之重 BUY land, advised Mark Twain; they're not making it a

发表于:2019-02-24 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列

能言善辩 ▲ What about the price? 对价钱有何看法? ▼ The price you provided is much higher than market price. 你们提供的价格远远高于市场价格。 ▼ The price is quite fair. We'll think it over. 价格还算公道,我们会

发表于:2019-02-27 / 阅读(133) / 评论(0) 分类 外贸英语一点通

NOW almost five years old, the economic crisis rumbles on. In order to assess how much economic progress it has undone, The Economist has constructed a measure of lost time for hard-hit countries. It shows that Greeces economic clock has been turned

发表于:2019-03-09 / 阅读(190) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合