VOA标准英语2008年-African Economists Lower Expectations As Price

By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 30 May 2008 Economists are rapidly lowering growth forecasts for Africa and urging donor countries and lending agencies to increase assistance in light of the recent sharp increases in commodity prices. As VOA's Peter He

VOA标准英语2009-Drop in Tourism Adds to Egypt's Economic Woes

A slump in tourism is aggravating Egypt's economic woes and affecting the lives of those who depend on the industry for a living. About 20 percent of Egypt's foreign currency earnings come from tourism. In 2008, almost 13 million foreign tourists vi

美国国家公共电台 NPR Summer Potluck Dishes To Withstand The Heat And Please Crowds

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Here's a summer challenge. You're going to a cookout or a barbecue or a family reunion. You need to bring a dish to share. And it has to do two things. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Number one, withstand hours outside in the heat. And numbe

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销售部的Steve, Faith和Katie围绕直觉展开了讨论。Katie说 Katie: I think perhaps everyone has different kinds of intuition. I'm a pretty bad judge of character, but I'm a wiz at picking stocks! Steve: You should go to Las Vegas! You'd ma

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文本： When this potato comes into our factory, itsactually 75% water. To make the right crunch, we have to getthat down to about 1.5%.

Business Channel 2007-08-01&08-03, 市场辐射分析

Script: Todd Benjamin is with me, you have been banging on about credit risk for as long as I can remember in the housing market. So Todd, is this serious? Well, I think its serious in the short term. Right now, basically, you cant get credit. You a

双语趣听精彩世界 第76期:办公室内造沙滩海浪,使员工放松心情

在日本近来有这样一个办公室,让员工坐在办公室就有海边度假的感觉.因为他们利用3D投影技术把办公室打造成了沙滩. 办公室内造沙滩海浪,使员工放松心情 The Telegraph: The sound of waves and the cr

2007年VOA标准英语-Asian Stocks Continue Plunge on Credit Fears

By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 16 August 2007 Chinese investors chat at a private security company, 16 Aug 2007 in Shanghai, China There was no let-up Thursday in the wave of selling on Asian stock markets. As VOA's Heda Bayron reports from Hong Kong, inve

VOA常速英语2008年-Economists Debate How Far US Economy Will Fall

By Michael Bowman Washington 23 March 2008 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

VOA标准英语2008年-Aid Campaigners Concerned about Achieving UN Mi

By Tendai Maphosa London 26 May 2008 In 2000 the United Nations adopted the Millennium Development Goals to be achieved by 2015. One of these is halving the number of people living in extreme poverty. However, with only seven years left, campaigners

美国国家公共电台 NPR Did An IV Cocktail Of Vitamins And Drugs Save This Lumberjack From Sepsis?

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: One year ago, a well-known intensive care physician announced that he just might have come across a cure for sepsis. This deadly reaction to infection kills around a quarter of a million people in the U.S. each year. It's the leadi

美国国家公共电台 NPR Yes, You Really Do Hear Each Crunch Of Popcorn While Watching 'A Quiet Place'

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The new horror movie A Quiet Place is a hit at the box office and with critics. It's also notable for its lack of sound, which poses a problem for lovers of movie theater popcorn. NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin went to a showing to

Business Channel 2007-10-07&10-09, 可能的投资风暴顾忌

Scripts: I think that you've had really two events over the last couple of months. You had one, a liquidity event in August that the Fed monetized a few weeks ago by lowering rates 50 basis points more than those expected. And then you've had credit

VOA常速英语2007年-Bush Says Economy Strong Enough to Weather Prob

By Mil Arcega Washington 18 December 2007 President Bush concedes that the credit crunch and mortgage problems in the United States have caused financial storm clouds and concerns. But he maintains the nation's economic underpinnings are good. VOA's

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Alistair Darling says Britain is facing its worst economic crisis since the 1940s. The chancellor is warning the current downturn will hit harder and last longer than we expect. It's the government's grimmest assessment to date of the situation facin

VOA标准英语2008年-European Markets Rocked for Second Day

Major European stock indexes dropped for a second day amid worries about the fallout of the Lehman Brothers investment bank collapse in the United States. For VOA, Tom Rivers in London reports. A man reaches out for a copy of an evening newspaper wi

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The head of the U.S. central bank says the outlook for America's economic performance has worsened, and that the Federal Reserve may have to reevaluate current interest rates. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke s

2014年CRI MA60停飞检查 温州推首部民间借贷法规

China's aviation watchdog has announced mandatory inspections for all Chinese-made MA-60 aircraft. The announcement made Friday follows two incidents involving the plane's landing signal system. Local authorities in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzho

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In U.S. politics, all eyes are on Pennsylvania as that eastern state holds a crucial primary election. On the eve of the primary, the two candidates for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination were campaigning virtually non-stop. 美国各方面

学个词Learn a Word 第1049期 Secret weapon

今天我们要学的词是secret weapon。 Secret weapon, 秘密武器。 The rookie turned out to be the team's secret weapon at crunch time in the opening game, 这名新队员在首场比赛关键时刻成了球队的秘密武器。 The candidate