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1. There are contrasting views on the economy. President Bush denies the country is heading into a recession, but admits his concern about slowing economic growth. Meantime, Democratic presidential candidate Barak Obama says the economy is on the br
Below average rainfall in Somalia has pushed nearly 500,000 people to the brink of starvation. International aid-group Oxfam is warning that more will be affected unless immediate action is taken. Somalia is in desperate need of aid, says British-bas
Iraq War: Mission Accomplished? The Mission Accomplished banner across the bridge of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, helped President George W. Bush convey a sense of achievement to Americans less than two months after the invasion of
风力发电成野生动物杀手 Wind power is key to efforts to produce clean, limitless energy and to slow global warming. It's one of the world's fastest-growing energy industries. But there is mounting evidence that expanding wind farms are taki
How important is success to you? What is success? I suppose its different things to different people. For me, success is having good friends, a loving family and doing well in my job. For other people, success only means being the best in the world.
Hi everybody. Seven years ago, the American auto industry was on the brink of collapse. Plants were closing. Hundreds of thousands of workers were getting laid off from jobs that had been their ticket to a middle-class life. And as the pain spread ac
Dusk in rural India, farmhands sweep the land trying to drive away an animal that is threatening their livelihood. It's called nilgai or blue cow. In Rajasthan, nilgai roam in the hundreds, consuming anything and everything in their path, especially
Autobiography of Nobel Prize Winner: Nicolaas Bloembergen My parents, Auke Bloembergen and Sophia Maria Quint, had four sons and two daughters. I am the second child, born on March 11, 1920, in Dordre
After agreed to political ..., the United States government has finally reopened for business. US President Barack Obama has urged Republicans to view the deal to end a budget crisis as a new opportunity for bipartisan cooperation. He says there's be
Hi, everybody. Earlier this week, I spent some time with the hardworking men and women of the American auto industry, who are busy writing a new chapter in Americas story. Just a few years ago, their industry was shedding hundreds of thousands of job
Polls show overwhelming numbers of Americans believe the U.S. economy is in a recession, although government statistics have yet to show a period of negative growth that meets the technical definition. What is known is that the American economy has s
今天我们要学的词是teeter. Teeter is spelled t-e-e-t-e-r, teeter. Teeter 的意思是摇摇欲坠,摇摆不定。 尽管欧盟决定出资救市,Spain's banking system is still teetering on the edge of disaster. 西班牙银行系统还是徘
A prominent Chinese entrepreneur who fled the country due to a debt crisis has returned home. The Chinese government has promised to help private firms to facilitate raising capital and allow these firms to borrow more money from banks during the cur
October 28th, 1886Oh she stands for liberty for you and me. The Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France to the United States is dedicated in New York Harbor. 1922Fascism comes to Italy as Benito Mussolini takes control of the government i
October 28th, 1886The Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France to the United States is dedicated in New York Harbor. 1922Fascism comes to Italy as Benito Mussolini takes control of the government in the capital Rome. 1962The Cuban Missile
October 28th, 1886The Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France to the United States is dedicated in New York Harbor. 1922Fascism comes to Italy as Benito Mussolini takes control of the government in the capital Rome. 1962The Cuban Missile
Two points need to be kept in mind. 我们需要记住两点。 First, these are all just informed guesses. 第一、这些都仅仅是根据资料作出的推测。 Estimates for the number of animal species alive at the end of the Permian range fro
Prime Minister David Cameron is to step down by October after the UK voted to leave the European Union。 英国首相卡梅伦在英国公投决定脱欧后将于十月辞去首相职务。 Mr Cameron made the announcement in a statement outside Dow
In a decision keenly anticipated in America and around the world, the US Federal Reserve has raised interests rates for the first time since the global financial crisis. The US central bank lifted its key short term rate by a moderate quarter of a pe
Hello, this is Jim Lee with the BBC news. North Korea has fired several short-range missiles into the sea off its eastern coast. It's an apparent response to tough new sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council following a North Korean nuclear test