US stocks are higher in afternoon trading with word that China may buy bonds to help Europe get a handle on its relentless debt problems. But Richard Asquith with the global accounting services firm TMF says if European leaders holding marathon negot

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台10月

And mission complete Huston after serving the world through 30 years. The space shuttle's kind of place its history. And it comes to its final stop. There's a lot of emotion today, but one thing is undisputable, America's not going to stop exploring,

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ECONOMICS REPORT - For a Country, a Lot of Debt Is Not Always a Bad ThingBy Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, November 03, 2006 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Listener Adamu Onakpa at

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年慢速英语(十一)月

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Buy now, pay later. Credit cards give people that choice. Those billions of small pieces of plastic in use all over the world make it easy to buy things. But people who use credit cards irresponsibly

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(919) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2007年(三)月

There's a new reason for hope in the talks over raising the debt ceiling. As NPR's Ari Shapiro reports, a bipartisan group of senators has revived the proposal that now has President Obama's blessing. The president says this Senate plan puts lawmaker

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There are reports that momentum toward a deficit-cutting deal is building in Washington, but the White House says there's nothing imminent. NPR's Scott Horsley is tracking the negotiations. Scott, What's the status on debt talks? Lakshmi, so far ther

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Hi, I'm Carl Azuz. And this is CNN Student News. It's June 2nd, and in our penultimate program of the school year, we're starting things off on Wall Street. Talking about the stock market and yesterday was not a good one. Experts used the Dow Jones I

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迷你对话: A: Dad, can you buy a new camera? My old one has gone west. 爸爸,能买个新相机给我么?我的旧的那个坏了。 B: What? I gave it to you only 3 months ago. 什么?我三个月前才给你买的。 A: So, you didnt bu

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JUDY WOODRUFF: There was fresh evidence today of just how expensive college has become and how fast student debt is piling up. It came in the latest look at the bill that comes due once diplomas are handed out. The numbers are more daunting than ever

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Ice-cream and banking By John Kuti Russian ice-cream is great. Any shop or street seller can offer a choice of different ones for less than ten roubles, thats about 20p in British money, which I think is a fair price. They have natural fruit flavours

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LISBON, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Portugal(葡萄牙 )'s incumbent President Anibal Cavaco Silva won the country's presidential election in the first round of votes held on Sunday, according to preliminary results. Local TV reported that Silva, a forme

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

1. Spend less than you earn. OK, this is almost the only lesson you need, but its so important Im going to break it down further. The biggest reason people get into financial problems is they spend money they dont really have. Then you end up in the

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Here are 10 Goals to Kickstart Your Life: 下面介绍让你2013年一切重新起航的10个目标: 1. Write Your Book 写本书 I believe that we all have a book inside us somewhere. You have probably thought of yours at some point. What will it

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IMF Dismisses Anti-Globalization Criticism Barry Wood Washington 31 Aug 2001 07:04 UTC The International Monetary Fund is 1)dismissing a set of demands issued by a group planning protests during the a

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1. Europe's plan to solve its debt crisis and restore faith in the global economy has been thrown into chaos. Greece's Prime Minister has called for a referendum on his country's latest rescue package. A no vote could result in a debt default bringin

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Efforts to slash national debts are at the heart of fierce debates in United States and protests in other nations. In some cases, these government debts are bigger than the entire economic output of the nation for a year. Debt problems can slow econo

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U.S. President Barack Obama and Congress are engaged in an intense rush to settle on a plan to raise the countrys borrowing limit beyond the current total of more than $14 trillion. It is an effort aimed at averting a possible default on the countrys

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

1. I want to check out. 我要结账。 还能这样说: I'm going to pay. I want to settle the bill. 应用解析: check out 还有别的意思:检查;通过能力测试;试试,看看。 例如:Would you check out your change? 请检查一

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人生忠告 Incur less debt.少借债 Don't buy things you don't need and think long and hard before getting a credit card. No matter what they tell you, it's not free money, and no matter how high the limit, you shouldn't go blow it all on designer

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释义: be worried about 担心 表示担心,可以单独使用 I'm worried,也可以使用 I'm worried about ... 或 I'm worried that 主语+动词形态。be concerned about... 表示对某事感兴趣。 例句: I'm so worried about my weddi

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