RACHEL CRANE, CNN TECH CORRESPONDENT: SpaceX is about to make the ground seriously crumble. The new rocket, the Falcon Heavy, is about to launch for the first time and this thing is big. It's lifting from the historic Kennedy Center launch pad 39A, w

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2018年3月

By Adam Freedman Todays topic: can a business refuse to accept cash? But first, your daily dose of legalese: This podcast does not create an attorney-client relationship with any listener. In other words, although I am a lawyer, Im not your lawyer. I

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(138) / 评论(0) 分类 法律英语 Legal Lad

By Cindy Saine Washington 01 July 2006 In this image made from NASA TV, German Astronaut Thomas Reiter exits the Space Shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral The space shuttle Discovery was set to lift off (at 1949 UTC) Satu

发表于:2019-01-04 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(七月)

By Lisa McAdams Moscow 12 September 2006 U.S. pop music star Madonna is scheduled to entertain tens of thousands of fans in Moscow, Tuesday night, in her first concert in Russia. The show had been scheduled for September 11 - the fifth anniversary o

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By Peta Thornycroft 20 December 2007 Zimbabwe's central bank has introduced higher denomination currency notes in an effort to deal with a raging inflation rate. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA that the central bank recently introduced so many contr

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That's Sexy Back, a song from this week's top-selling album in America, Justin Timberlake's Future Sex/ Love Sounds. But our contributor Jennifer Sharpe says there is new interest and a new market for music thats all but forgotten. Here is Jennifer.

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Cash Mobs Help Local Businesses and the Economy Welcome to American Mosaic from VOA Learning English. Im Onka Dekker. Today, we play new music from British soprano Sarah Brightman that was inspired by her upcoming space trip. We also learn how some C

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年VOA慢速英语(六)月

By Stefan Bos Budapest 23 November 2006 Poland says all 23 coal miners trapped after a gas explosion have died, making it the country's deadliest such accident in decades. The tragedy at the mine in Ruda Slaska, about 300 kilometers southwest of the

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 20 September 2006 An Israeli sweep in the West Bank has targeted alleged funding for Palestinian terrorism. Israel is accusing Iran of trying to increase its influence in the cash strapped Palestinian territories. ---- Pal

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New Report Finds Pre-Term Birth is Greatest Risk for Newborns Henry, is a beautiful baby who was in his mother's womb for just 26 weeks, far short of the normal gestation period of 40 weeks. Henry came into the world weighing just under 1,000 grams,

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'Cash Mob' Phenomenon Supports Local Business What do you get when you mix a store's need for more business with enthusiastic local consumers? A cash mob. Organized through social media, the phenomenon is based on the concept of a flash mob, where la

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'Just As True': Johnny Cash's Poems Set To Music For New Album SCOTT DETROW, HOST: When Johnny Cash died almost 15 years ago, he left behind a trove of unpublished poems, handwritten letters and other writing. Now an all-star group of musicians has s

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'The Curse Of Cash' Makes Case For A World Without Paper Money play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0005:18repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash p

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Today, the Governor of the Reserve Bank, Dr Alan Bollard, dropped the official cash rate by ? of 1 percent to 7.5%. This rate affects how much the banks have to pay to borrow money overnight from the Reserve Bank. If the banks pay less, they can drop

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Once more the governor of the Reserve Bank, Alan Bollard, has cut the official cash rate, but this time by a large amount: 1.5%. This brings the official cash rate now to 5%, the lowest in a long time. This is the rate that banks pay to borrow overni

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France runs out of cash 巴黎现金短缺 Cash-less society: Parisians queue to get at their francs. 现金短缺:巴黎市民排队取款 More than half of France's cash dispensers are standing empty because of a week-long strike by security guards

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Days after Zimbabwe's central bank increased daily withdrawal limits, the lines outside Zimbabwe's banks are still as long as ever. As Tendai Maphosa reports from Harare this is seriously affecting productivity for those with jobs. A depositor scrut

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(十月)

DON GONYEA, HOST: About 30-plus years ago, I was right out of college. And I got a job as a disc jockey at a country western radio station in Michigan. And I found out that the great Johnny Cash was coming to play the local county fair. So I hung aro

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Kylie: Ive just crunched the numbers and were not going to be able to meet payroll next month because of cash flow problems. Miguel: That cant be. The cash flow projections from last month showed that wed be fine. Kylie: We didnt anticipate a shortfa

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By Fid Thompson Dakar 08 October 2009 Mobile banking has already taken off in Southern and Eastern Africa. Sierra Leone is now one of the few West African countries with a service providing mobile phone transactions. Across West Africa, the yellow a

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