The Treasury Department announced today that it is lowering the guaranteed interest rate on some US savings bonds. NPR's Barbara Mantell reports that the 1.5 point decline to 6% came as no surprise to investors. The Treasury said it is lowering the r

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(138) / 评论(0) 分类 高级英语听力

Broadcasting Time: 07:00-08:00, GMT+08:00, 2010-06-12 Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This Edition Chinese President Hu Jintao proposes to recognize non-resource sectors as a new priority for economic cooperatio

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Mozambique's President Samora Machel has been killed in a plane crash on South Africa's eastern border. Machel and twenty-eight others died in the crash during a thunderstorm last night. Ten survived. They were returning home from a weekend summit of

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That ran counter to our core belief. 这将同我们的核心信念背道而驰 Technology should benefit everyone. 技术应当让每个人受益 So we worked to close the digital divide. 于是我们开始行动 试图缩小这一数字鸿沟 I mad

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Science and Technolgy. 科技。 The Square Kilometre Array. SKA项目。 Divide and rule. 分工合作。 The world's biggest astronomy project is split between Africa and Australasia. That gives South Africa, in particular, a chance to show its sci

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South African Parliament Names Ramaphosa President South Africas parliament has chosen Cyril Ramaphosa as the countrys new president. Ramaphosa was elected by the parliament without a vote in Cape Town, the legislative capital. South Africas chief ju

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Challiss McDonough South Africa's national police commissioner says authorities arrested and deported several individuals linked to the global al-Qaida terror network last month. It is the first time

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76 贪污腐败仍是非洲国家的主要问题 Corruption Still a Major Problem in Africa Barry Wood 27 Jun 2001 21:03 UTC Transparency International, the world anti-1)corruption organization, Wedne

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Or maybe you would prefer to see Asia, Africa or Europe. There are many destinations to choose from. Both stateside and internationally. First, perhaps you need to decide on a climate or if weather doesn't bother you then where is that one place that

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MARDIN, Turkey, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- China beat India 2.5-1.5 in the last round of the 2011 World Women Chess Team Championship (WWTC) on Tuesday to win the title in Mardin province of southeastern Turkey. Russia finished second and Georgia third. For

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AS IT IS 2016-05-18 ANC Accuses US of Undermining Mandela The spokesman for South Africas ruling party has accused the United States of trying to undermine his countrys democratically elected government. Yet representatives from both countries dismis

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JOHANNESBURG, June 20 (Xinhua) -- A game against Nigeria on August 10 will provide Bafana Bafana with the ideal preparation for their two African Cup of Nations qualifying games against Niger and Sierra Leone at the end the season. This was the view

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And if we move back again, here, and we put on trails on them, like this, 我们再回到过去,给每个球画出运动的轨迹, you can see again that the speed of development is very, very different, 可以看到,发展速度的差距非常大

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今天曼德拉教我们如何战胜恐惧。 I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. by Nelson Mandela, Former president of South A

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HEALTH REPORT - Working to Prevent AIDS -- and Lacking Enough Health Workers for the JobBy Jill Moss Broadcast: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Attendees watc

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Racism Conference Opens with a Flourish Challiss McDonough Durban, South Africa 31 Aug 2001 The World Conference Against Racism, 1)Xenophobia and Related 2)Intolerance has opened in South Africa after

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CAPE TOWN, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Due to financial constraints, Swaziland has withdrawn from the 2013 African Nations Cup, it was announced on Sunday. The announcement came just a week before Swaziland was due to play the first leg of a preliminary round

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The U.S. Soccer Federation has announced that Bob Bradley has been relieved of his duties as the head coach of the U.S. Mens National Team. U.S. Soccer said it will have a further announcement on Friday. Federation president Sunil Gulati said in a pr

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世界各国领导人悼念曼德拉 World Leaders have paid tribute to Nelson Mandela following the death of the former South African president, who had suffered a prolonged lung infection. He was 95. CRI's Li Jing has the story. Report: Outside Man

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奥巴马参观罗本岛向曼德拉致敬 CAPE TOWN, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Visiting U. S. President Barack Obama on Sunday visited Robben Island off Cape Town to pay tribute to his personal hero -- ailing former South African president Nelson Mandela.

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