This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. (MUSIC) There is a place where Christmas lives all year long. It is called Bronner's CHRISTmas Wonderland in Frankenmuth, Michigan. The family-owned business calls itself the world's largest Christmas

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(238) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(十二)月

When I graduated from college, high oil prices had pushed the economy into recession. 我大学毕业的时候,油价很高,经济很不景气。 Jobs were hard to find and unemployment was over 10%. There was unrest in the Middle East. 人们找不

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 历史英雄名人演讲

Business;The changes facing fast food;Good and hungry;More than menus need to be revamped if fast-food firms want to keep growing; 商业;整改指向快餐业;美味与饥饿并存;如果快餐业想要持续的增长所要做的远不止改变一

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人财经系列

Spent 24 hours 与你共度一整天 I need more hours with you 可我还渴望更多的时间 You spent the weekend 你用整个周末 Gettin even ooo 还清你我的恩怨 We spent the late nights 许多个深夜我们 Makin things right between us

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 听歌学英语

What I do every year is call the family.You know,the spouse and the parents of the indivivual.They've been associated with me.That was lost in combat.Then I called a very close friend of mine that was injured,really injured on the day that occurred.L

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(121) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2011年(十)月

THIS IS AMERICA - Clowning Around; Making Magic; Hair Care for Less Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Barbara Klein. And Im Christopher Cruise. Clowning has been a part of show business for hundreds of years, across many cultures.

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年VOA慢速英语(十)月

AS IT IS 2015-07-08 Study: Chicago 'Immigration' Rate Dropping 研究表明芝加哥移民率下降 Many large American cities need skilled workers from other countries if they are to grow. Chicago, Illinois is the third-largest city in the United St

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年VOA慢速英语(七)月

Schools in US Dont Get Same Funding Education spending in the United States differs from school to school. In the southern state of Mississippi, a school in Brookhaven spends $6,417 per student. Just 100 kilometers west, Natchez spends nearly $3,000

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(五)月

French Citizen Is Likely Among Militants in Beheading Video A French official says there is a strong likelihood that a French citizen was among the Islamic militants who executed an American aid worker. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve announced o

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

Hi, everybody. This Father's Day weekend, I'd like to spend a couple minutes talking about what's sometimes my hardest, but always my most rewarding job being a dad. I grew up without my father around. He left when I was two years old, and even thoug

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 美国总统演讲视频

Elementary - Im in Debt A: Hello, Im here to see Mr. Corleone. B: Right this way, sir. C: Charlie! What can I do for you? B: Mr. Corlone, Im really sorry to trouble you, but I need your help. C: Anything for you, Charlie! Your father was like a broth

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 纯正地道美语

Remember the heady days of 2007, before the large economy sized recession? Well, even back then medical problems contributed to over 62 percent of all bankruptcies. Thats according to a study by researchers at Harvard Med, Harvard Law and Ohio Unive

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(123) / 评论(0) 分类 60秒科学

The economy Autumn leaves falling 经济秋叶落了 The growing troubles in the euro zone mean Britain is set for another recession 日益严重的欧元区危机,意味着英国将要面临下一轮衰退 PREPARE for some bad news. The prime mini

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. poverty(贫困) rate climbed to 14.3 percent in 2009, the highest level since 1994, as households' incomes were squeezed by the deepest recession(衰退) since the 1930s and high unemployment(失业率 )

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The Eurozone economy shrank more than expected in 2013, falling two tenths of one percent between January and March. The new data means the 17-nation currency bloc has now been in recession for six consecutive quarters - longer even than the deep rec

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The 17 eurozone nations are facing a new wave of negative economic indicators, a further signal that Europe's currency bloc is headed toward a recession. The European Commission said Friday that executive and consumer confidence dropped in December t

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The financial crisis almost certainly led to an increase in suicides across Europe, health experts say. The analysis by US and UK researchers found a rise in suicides was recorded among working age people from 2007 to 2009 in nine of the 10 nations s

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Part I Talk about Social Issues 谈论社交话题 天气、政治、流行情报很容易成为人们日常谈论的话题。 天气、气候 1. 预计本周都应该是晴天。 Its supposed to be sunny all week. 2. 气象员说今天是晴天,

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

In todays podcast, we have a serious discussion of the state of the world economy, and we go Christmas shopping with Kevin and Joanne. As I am sure you know, there are some big problems in the worlds economy at present. There is a recession (that is,

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 听播客学英语

A major American newspaper says the U.S. is investigating the financial services company that downgraded the U.S. credit rating for its faulty rating of mortgage securities that played a major role in the country's 2008 recession. The New York Times

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻