The nation's Republican governors are expressing sharply different views about whether to accept federal funding from the administration's stimulus plan and about how best to respond to the nations economic crisis. The National Governors Association

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 2009年NPR美国国家公共电台2月

The proposed budget that President Obama will deliver to Congress this coming week will reportedly seek to cut the federal deficit in half over the next four years. Mr. Obama says it's a goal that is crucial to the nation's financial future. It will

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摘要:现在,商业竞争越来越大,如何吸引消费者,如何让消费者购买更多的产品成为众多商家最为关注的问题。经过研究发现,消费者的情绪能够影响其购买欲望。 英语听力原文: One fact

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力小短文走遍全世界

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Obama gave his first State of the Union speech Wednesday night. He talked mostly about the economy, and he repeated some of his message the next day in Florida. BARACK OBAMA: The worst of the stor

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年慢速英语(一)月

Broadcast: Jan 10, 2003 While President Bush is promoting tax cuts to stimulate the economy, some state officials are considering tax hikes to fix their budget problems. California's governor, faced w

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Pain, it can be acute or chronic, sharp dull throbbing or burning. It can be physical or emotional, even phantom. Just seeing pain in others can causes distress, but what is pain, why does it affect us, why is it so difficult to treat, how much is ac

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Overall, the international financial authorities have handled this crisis the same way as previous ones: They bailed out the failing institutions and applied monetary and fiscal stimulus. But this crisis was much bigger and, at first, the same techni

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Why Dogs Turn In Circles Before Lying Down Ever wonder why dogs turn around in circles before lying down? Almost all domestic and wild dogs show this behavior as they prepare to curl up and lie down. There are many legends that claim to explain this

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The U.S. Senate has passed an $838 billion economic stimulus bill, designed to create millions of new jobs and jolt the economy out of recession. President Barack Obama called the vote good news, but he cautioned there is more work to be done to turn

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The comment follows a disappointing monthly unemployment report that showed continuing job losses in the United States. Michael Bowman | Washington 10 January 2010 Photo: AP Nick Rodriguez looks at job listings for tow truck drivers in the New York S

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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has addressed the country's key business leaders and economic officials at a New Year gathering. Abe stressed the importance of revitalizing the Japanese economy and he outlined the policies he hopes will achieve tha

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U.S. retail sales fell half a percent in June providing more evidence that the U.S. economic recovery will slow down in the second half of the year. But the weaker than expected consumer spending appeared to have little impact on Wall Street as inves

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1. President Bush says the latest unemployment numbers are a serious sign the economy is in trouble and another reason Congress needs to pass his economic stimulus plan. The figures released this morning show that for the first time in over four yea

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1. President Barack Obama's visit to Peoria, Illinois is the last event before the expected votes on the 789-billion-dollar economic stimulus plan. Final House and Senate votes are on track as early as tomorrow. Illinois is the fourth state Obama ha

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When you use your top-down attention to focus on something, your brain activates inhibitory mechanisms to block out competing stimuli. It can't do this forever, though; these mechanisms eventually tire just like the muscles in our body, and this lead

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The 24 nations that comprise the International Monetary Fund's policy-making committee agreed Saturday to an immediate $250 billion increase in the lending agency's resources. The decision is in line with the recommendation made by world leaders at t

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模仿文本: So, today is the day. According to just about everyone, the consensus seems to be that the Federal Reserve will, in a few hours, take its first step towards slowing the economic stimulus programme by tapering the amount of long-term b

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They should therefore save income earned as a result of stimulus in order to have it on hand for when the bill came due. 因而,为了在账单到期时手里有钱,他们应当把作为刺激结果而挣到的收入存起来。 The multiplier on

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JUDY WOODRUFF: The president's new tax proposal that emerged over the weekend is adding fresh fuel to the ongoing debate over economic mobility and inequality in this country. It's a plan with many different components, but at the heart of it, the pr

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本期内容: The Bank of England halved its base rate to a wafer-thin 0.25% and announced a big monetary stimulus: buying £60 billion of British government bonds and £10 billion from selected companies. An unprecedented downgrade slashed its 2

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