VOA标准英语2009年-UK Sinks into Recession

Britain has officially sunk into recession, with its economy shrinking by 1.5 percent in the fourth quarter of last year. This comes amid the growing financial crisis around the world. It's official - the British economy is in recession. Government

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We're all paying more for groceries than ever before except for one family. They had nearly cut their grocery bill in half while everyone else's just keeps going up. So, how do they do it? How could you do it too? Our Mike Von Fremd reveals the answ

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: Dwayne Speller, 22, waits to talk to a job adviser in Las Vegas, Nevada, earlier this month. The nation's unemployment rate rose to 8.1 percent in February,

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: Hurricane Katrina, Iraq and the Great Recession STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. This week in our series, we continue the story of the

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Task 3: Why not just print money? Whats the solution to a recession, a time of little economic activity? Just print money! Sounds reasonable, doesnt it? Lets see if this will work by using an example. Lets pretend that all the students in your class

学个词Learn a Word 第383期 Jump start

今天我们要学的词是jump start。 Jump start, 是起动的意思。美国总统布什说，白宫和国会将尽快就经济刺激计划达成协议。He hopes the stimulus package will jump-start the economy and calm fears of recession, 布什希

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Leaders of the world's wealthiest nations have promised twenty billion dollars to increase food security in poor countries. The promise came Friday on the third and final day of the Group of Eight summit m

VOA标准英语10月-US Stocks Plunge; Washington Calls Summit Meeting

It was another down day on Wall Street Wednesday as the Dow Jones Industrials lost 514 points amid growing worries of world recession. VOA's Barry Wood has more. Wall Street stock trader, 22 Oct 2008 In addition to the Dow Industrials being down, th

VOA标准英语2009-Economists Say Immigration is Key to Ending New

Some economists warn that New Zealand will suffer if it cuts immigration because of the recession. As unemployment rises, there is growing pressure on the government to reduce its intake of skilled workers, imitating decisions made across the Tasman

VOA标准英语2009-More Americans Than Ever Experiencing Food I

By Steve Baragona Washington 18 November 2009 With world leaders meeting in Rome to discuss ways to tackle global hunger, a new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture finds more Americans than ever before are experiencing food insecurity. The

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- shall we put those and cook down in the later. yeah. for the British family like many others, the weekly shopped of the object,and well, fresh is on the list, it may sometimes on the items a left off . - what are we - no yeah. we - yeah definitely

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The gleaming surface betrays the fact that like the rest of the world, Hollywood is experiencing an economic slump. In the build-up to the Oscars, LA is putting on its habitual show of shimmering decadence. But beneath the surface, times are harder t

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No. You are not dreaming. Industry is looking better. House prices are on the up. And we are spending more on our high streets. The recession may be far from over, but it is the economic tone changing. The National Institute of Economic and Social Re

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今天我们要学的词是coincide with。Coincide with, 意思是与某事一致。印第安纳大学最新公布的一项研究显示，美国贫困人口数量有所上涨。 The rise in poverty coincides with the major recession from late 2007 t

VOA标准英语10月-World Stock Markets Again Fall Precipitously

Stocks tumbled around the world on Monday as several markets registered their deepest declines in years. VOA's Barry Wood reports that $2 trillion of value was wiped out in just a single trading day. Wall Street traders, 06 Oct 2008 The steepest dec

voa标准英语2008年-US Congress Hears Views on Domestic Impacts of

Days before next Tuesday's U.S. presidential and congressional election, U.S. lawmakers heard from economists and other experts about the impact of recession on Americans, and pros and cons of a new economic stimulus package for the U.S. economy. VO

VOA标准英语2009年-US Recession Possibly Slowing

By Michael Bowman Washington 30 September 2009 Sidney LaFontant shops for a dishwasher with her husband and their son, at P.C. Richard Son appliance store in New York, 4 Sep 2009 A modestly upbeat reading of U.S. economic performance is adding to ho

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- White House spokesman Jay Carney on Thursday said the Plan B pursued by the Republicans is a multi-day exercise of futility which holds back the fiscal talks. It's an exercise in Republican vote counting that will not

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In his first parliamentary question session since last week's European leaders' summit where economics took center stage, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned that many countries must brace for recession in the real economy. 英国首相布朗