This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. (MUSIC) There is a place where Christmas lives all year long. It is called Bronner's CHRISTmas Wonderland in Frankenmuth, Michigan. The family-owned business calls itself the world's largest Christmas

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(234) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(十二)月

VOICE ONE: A major snowstorm hit the East Coast on the weekend before Christmas. Christmas trees for sale in the Upper West Side neighborhood of New York. Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program,

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(227) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(十二)月

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: more from our interview with Arthur Schulman. He's compiled a book of words and definitions set forth by Noah Webster in his 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language. RS:

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 词汇大师(Wordmaster)

The U.S. government has granted special immigration status to Haitians now living illegally in the United States, protecting them from deportation for 18 months and allowing them to work. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the U.S. con

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(二月)

About 66,000 migrants enter the United States legally as H2B Guest Workers each year. Raquel Trejo Rubio has a job few Americans apparently want. The 28-year-old Mexican migrant picks crab meat. I came because there is no work or money in Mexico, say

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A new documentary from National Geographic traces the dramatic story of a lioness and her cubs struggling to survive in the Okavango Delta of Botswana. Here's a look at The Last Lions. Two mothers now battle for the survival of their young: buffalo d

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Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, astronomers have found a whole new solar system may be forming in the wake of a star's violent death. This is the Hidden Universe of the Spitzer Space Telescope, exploring the mysteries of infrared astronomy with

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2008年

Remember the heady days of 2007, before the large economy sized recession? Well, even back then medical problems contributed to over 62 percent of all bankruptcies. Thats according to a study by researchers at Harvard Med, Harvard Law and Ohio Unive

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(117) / 评论(0) 分类 60秒科学

By Phil Mercer Fiji 05 December 2006 Fiji's military commander Frank Bainimarama announces he had taken control of the country, in Suva, 5 Dec 2006 Fiji's military commander says he has overthrown the country's democratically elected government. Com

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(145) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(十二月)

By Sean Maroney Washington, DC 14 February 2007 watch US Reservists report U.S military reservists are also civilian professionals Hundreds of thousands of American men and women -- from all walks of life -- serve in the U.S. military reserves and N

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The economy Autumn leaves falling 经济秋叶落了 The growing troubles in the euro zone mean Britain is set for another recession 日益严重的欧元区危机,意味着英国将要面临下一轮衰退 PREPARE for some bad news. The prime mini

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

Residents in the town of Las Qoray in a disputed region between Somaliland and Puntland say there are signs of an impending military clash between the two regional rivals, following the take over of the strategic coastal town two days ago by Somalil

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(七月)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. poverty(贫困) rate climbed to 14.3 percent in 2009, the highest level since 1994, as households' incomes were squeezed by the deepest recession(衰退) since the 1930s and high unemployment(失业率 )

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The Eurozone economy shrank more than expected in 2013, falling two tenths of one percent between January and March. The new data means the 17-nation currency bloc has now been in recession for six consecutive quarters - longer even than the deep rec

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The 17 eurozone nations are facing a new wave of negative economic indicators, a further signal that Europe's currency bloc is headed toward a recession. The European Commission said Friday that executive and consumer confidence dropped in December t

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The financial crisis almost certainly led to an increase in suicides across Europe, health experts say. The analysis by US and UK researchers found a rise in suicides was recorded among working age people from 2007 to 2009 in nine of the 10 nations s

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Part I Talk about Social Issues 谈论社交话题 天气、政治、流行情报很容易成为人们日常谈论的话题。 天气、气候 1. 预计本周都应该是晴天。 Its supposed to be sunny all week. 2. 气象员说今天是晴天,

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

In todays podcast, we have a serious discussion of the state of the world economy, and we go Christmas shopping with Kevin and Joanne. As I am sure you know, there are some big problems in the worlds economy at present. There is a recession (that is,

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 听播客学英语

A major American newspaper says the U.S. is investigating the financial services company that downgraded the U.S. credit rating for its faulty rating of mortgage securities that played a major role in the country's 2008 recession. The New York Times

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

歌词: Under the arc of a weather stain boards, Ancient goblins, and warlords, Come out of the ground, not making a sound, The smell of death is all around, And the night when the cold wind blows, No one cares, nobody knows. I don't want to be bur

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