【英音模仿秀】疯狂的鸡蛋

❤ 模仿文本：Now here in the UK we spend 863 million a year on 5 billion eggs. Those figures from Kantar Worldpanel are enough to make your head spin, particularly at this time of the morning. But despite seeing nearly 10% growth in their marke

经济学人:全球增长放缓 美国成为异类(2)

The second divide exists within the ranks of advanced economies. Rich countries seem to be gently slowing, with one big exception: America. 第二个差异存在于发达经济体之间。发达国家经济似乎都在放缓，但有一个例外：美国

中国新五年计划引关注

Addressing the opening of the annual gathering of the National People's Congress, Premier Li Keqiang has set China's GDP growth target for this year at between 6.5 to 7 percent. He has also unveiled the draft of the much-anticipated 13th Five Year Pl

经济学人76:世界经济增长放缓,中国从中受益

FOR the past year or two, the big economies have experienced a multi-speed recovery, as the IMF calls it. The recovery has resembled third-world traffic, where juggernauts and rickshaws, cars and cycles ply the same lanes at different speeds, often g

PBS高端访谈:医疗支出增加但增度放缓

JUDY WOODRUFF:Now: what's behind the continuing rise in health care spending and why the rate of growth has slowed. Ray Suarez has the story. RAY SUAREZ:For the third consecutive year, health care spending in the U.S. grew by just under 4 percent. Go

中国新兴富豪猛增

What has caused the rapid growth in the super-rich? Does it mean that we should expect to live in a world with growing wealth inequality? First, where are the new billionaires expected to come from? In a notable shift, there will be more billionaires

法国或面临制裁的风险

PARIS, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- European Commission (EC) President, Jose Manuel Barroso on Sunday said sanction measures would be considered if France failed to meet its financial commitment He urged the government to take more audacious reforms to respe

南非或将成为下一个世界工厂

南非或将成为下一个世界工厂 The three-day (10/28-30) African Economic Conference is underway in Johannesburg, South Africa. Heads of state, business leaders and development experts are discussing how regional integration can boost economi

欧元区失业率创下新高

Eurozone unemployment has hit a record 11-point-6 percent, raising fears of a continuing economic slowdown. As Jack Barton reports, the new data is prompting some analysts to speculate that the region may have already slipped into another recession.

中美双剑合璧 通用电气与华为达成合作协议

US manufacturing giant General Electric has agreed a deal with Chinese technology and smartphone giant Huawei to help it improve production. 美国制造业巨头通用电气已经和中国科技智能手机巨头华为达成协议，将帮助华为提

汇丰称中国经济不会硬着陆

LONDON, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- The fears for China's economy are overplayed and China will not have a hard landing, said Stuart Gulliver, Group Chief Executive of HSBC Holdings in a London conference on Friday. China's consumer spending remains strong,

全球经济复苏无助失业问题

全球经济复苏无助失业问题 The global economy may be on the mend, but the International Labor Organization says the recovery has not improved the global employment picture. In a new report released this week, the U.N. labor advocacy group s

世行对中国金融改革发出预警

Chinas services sector will account for more than half the countrys economic growth by 2017, according to the World Bank, which expects the countrys transition from an industrial powerhouse to a consumption-based economy to be orderly. 按照世界银行

外媒看中国 女人二十岁最爱吃零食

We found that the snack industry in China has been growing at a steady clip of roughly 15% annual growth. It was worth more than 200 billion RMB in 2011, and its forecast to be worth 480 billion by 2018. 我们发现中国的零食产业正在以每年

土耳其央行降息旨在刺激经济增长

ANKARA, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The decision of Turkey's central bank to shave the main interest rate off by 50 basis points was seen by analysts as a bid to stimulate growth. Domestic demand was weak and the bank wanted to provide stimulus to the econo

中国预计旅游业投资将增加

NANCHANG, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- China's tourism industry will play a growing role in the country's economic growth, with direct investment in the sector expected to hit three trillion yuan (490 billion U.S. dollars) in the coming three years, according

每日一词【914】level off：稳定下来

今天我们要学的词是level off。 To level off, 是稳定下来的意思。 At some major banks, the number of bad loans is starting to level off, 一些大银行的坏帐案例正在逐步稳定下来。 最新研究发现， U.S. obesity rate

中国多省上半年GDP增速出现回升

Almost all Chinese provincial-level regions posted faster economic growth in the first half of this year, compared to the first quarter, official data showed. 官方数据显示，与第一季度相比，中国大多数省份今年上半年的经济增

对华出口是美经济增长动力

WASHINGTON, June 16 (Xinhua) -- China continues to be an important contributor to U.S. economic growth, said the U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC) in its annual report on U.S. exports to China on Tuesday. Over the past 10 years, U.S. exports to Chi

美国推出新举措，以提振出口

WASHINGTON, May 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced a new initiative to boost exports on Tuesday, as the government seeks to spur growth and ensure job security through trade. The new mission, named NEI/NEXT, is a data-