The season for buying Christmas gifts is the busiest time for most stores and online retailers in the United States. Final numbers for the holiday season including after-Christmas sales will not be known for a while. But a report this week on retail

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

Im Wolf Blitzer for Anderson Cooper. Welcome to the podcast. How much progress is being made to diffuse the budget and how much just now make bluster. Lets get started. We begin with the way Anderson does every night Keeping Them Honest, not just tak

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05Understanding Interest Rates GLOSSARY interest rate the percentage of extra money that has to be paid back when oneborrows money from a bank or other financial institution* As interest rates rise, people become less able to borrow money. mortgage a

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Prime Minister's Webcast on the Extreme Weather and Fuel - 2 November 2000 I'm recording this webcast just before I go to see for myself the severe damage that the recent storms and torrential rain have caused and are still causing - to large parts

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Economics Report - Bernanke Meets the Press in a First for US Central Bank This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Central bankers have to choose their words carefully. So they often say little in public -- or little that makes sense. But t

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Pinpointing TB Treatment in Cities A new study says targeting treatment programs at specific neighborhoods may be a better way of controlling tuberculosis in some cities. The study looks at so-called TB hotspots. Lead author Dr. David Dowdy said a ho

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世行:美国经济增长加快 Many economists say U. S. growth will speed up a bit over the next year, which will likely make it easier for other nations to sell their products in the worlds biggest economy. Surging energy production is cutting c

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2014年1月

AS IT IS 2014-11-12 Child Death Rates Narrow Between Poor and Rich Countries Death rates of young children have dropped to record lows in developing countries. Experts say there are two main reasons for the decrease. They are improved government acti

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Market Attention Shifts to US Fed Rates in September 市场注意力转移到9月美联储是否调整利率 WASHINGTON With worries over Chinas slowing economy starting to recede - financial markets are beginning to shift their collective attention

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Good morning everyone. The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has welcome the proposal to reduce Sunday pay rates for workers in the retail and hospitality industries. A draft report from the Productivity Commission calls penalty rates in th

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The level of interest rates is set in order to achieve a certain rate of inflation. This target rate is decided by the Chancellor. Therefore although the bank can decide the level of interest rates without any interference, the macroeconomic position

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A stronger than expected U.S. jobs report sent Wall Street stocks higher Friday amid growing optimism that higher oil prices have not stalled the recovering U.S. economy. 比预期强劲的美国就业报告星期五推动美国股票以较大幅度向

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In its latest report issued every three years, the WHO Regional Office for Europe has found the average life expectancy at birth among the 900-million people in Europe is 76-years. This is 5 years longer than in 1980. More people are also living past

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ANZ is the last of the big four banks to raise the interest rate on its standard variable home loans. ANZ increased rates by 18 basis points to 5.56%. NAB announced 17 basis points increase earlier today while the Commonwealth Bank and Westpac have a

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A: Welcome to Smith Street Branch. Can I do anything to help? 欢迎光临Smith大街营业部。我能为您效劳吗? B: I'd like to ask some questions about Personal Loans. 我想咨询一下关于个人贷款的事情。 A: Of course, I'll be h

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今天我们要学的词是 overheat. Overheat 动词,过热。New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley is worried new tax cuts could risk overheating the U.S. economy in the next few years. 纽约联储行长杜德利担心,新的减税政

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - U.N. World Population Report By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Monday, March 07, 2005 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. A United Nations report says the

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今天我们要学的词是birth rate。 Birth rate, 出生率。经济衰退会影响出生率吗?有数字显示,现在妇产科病人少了,避孕工具销量大增。 Experts say birth rates do appear to fall with economic declines, 专家说

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模仿句子:But first, for many people working in financial markets, a rate increase is a completely foreign concept. A good proportion has seen nothing but near zero interest rates during their careers so far. 翻译:但首先,对大多数工作

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本期内容: Chinas economic slowdown continued to weigh on Prada. The luxury-fashion companys sales were flat in the year ending on January 31st, at around 3.5 billion. Sales rose healthily in Europe and Japan, but fell elsewhere in Asia. Because

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