Italy's New 'Bullet Train' Aims to Shake Up Euro Travel The new bullet-shaped Italo trains can travel at a top speed of 360 kilometers per hour. They are run by NTV, a company headed by Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo, which invested $1.3 billion. H

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(四月)

South Asians Fuel Asian Population Boom in US Despite the sluggish economy, hiring manager Pete Tapaskar is having difficulty filling empty chairs at his suburban Chicago technology firm ProSoft. We dont get enough resources locally. We have to depen

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投资女性可提振经济 It's no secret that the best way to jump-start a sluggish economy is to invest in women. That's because when women enter the formal economy, they invest their earnings into their families and their communities, pulling bot

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A rebound in travel is expected in 2010, but the US government predicts a shift in the makeup of foreign visitors, with arrivals from Asia and South America growing by double digits The US government predicts the number of overseas visitors to the Un

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Candidates Hopes Hinge on US Economic Sentiment Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan says Barack Obama cannot hide his administration's economic record. We are not going to hear evidence and facts about how people are better off [under Pr

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Poor US Job Numbers Play Key Factor in Presidential Race The August job numbers mark the 30th month of private-sector job growth, though just barely. Experts say the economy needs to add at least 100,000 new jobs each month just to keep up with popul

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Mil Arcega | Washington 25 November 2009 Shoppers in a U.S. store The number of newly laid-off U.S. workers filing claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week. A report Wednesday from the Labor Department shows 466,000 workers

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Kerry on Argentina's Economic About Face 阿根廷与美国通力合作 Last year, Argentina elected a new President, Mauricio Macri, who quickly took a number of steps to help revitalize the countrys limping economy. These include ending currency co

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Wednesday's talks started following a welcome ceremony outside The Great Hall of the People at the center of Beijing. After the meeting, Prime Minister Trudeau says the dialogue was very productive. We discussed how we can work together to create job

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Ban Ki-moon says he's very pleased to have both China and the United States officially become signatories to the Paris Climate Change Agreement. The leaders of China and the United States officially joined the Paris Agreement on Climate Change by dep

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With record-breaking cold temperatures in Florida this week , efforts to save tropical sea turtles on the beaches are paying off. Beginning last week when the cold snap began, NASAs Kennedy Space Center teamed up with Floridas Fish and Wildlife Conse

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 01 February 2008 India is continuing to suffer from sluggish Internet service, although the situation has improved somewhat since damage to undersea cables in the Mediterranean caused widespread net disruptions. Anjana Pa

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By Barry Wood Washington 06 June 2008 Friday was a very volatile day in financial markets as the oil price rebounded to gain over ten dollars a barrel while US stock prices plummeted following the report of a sharp rise in unemployment. VOA's Barry

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By Michael Bowman Washington 11 May 2008 Iraq's ambassador to the United States says his country still needs U.S. reconstruction assistance, despite large Iraqi fiscal surpluses driven by record-high oil prices. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Wash

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Despite a sluggish economy, charitable giving by American people and companies rose more than 6.5 percent last year from 2009. 虽然经济仍不景气,但是一项新的调查发现,2010年,美国人和美国公司的慈善捐款比2009年增加

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As Congress debates President Bush's proposed bail out of the bad loans of financial institutions, central bank chief Ben Bernanke told lawmakers Wednesday that the U.S. economy risked very serious consequences if measures were not taken. 美国国会正

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Iraq's ambassador to the United States says his country still needs U.S. reconstruction assistance, despite large Iraqi fiscal surpluses driven by record-high oil prices. In Washington the ambassador spoke on U.S. television. 伊拉克驻美国大使苏

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New data shows China's goods trade remains sound and steady in the first three quarters of 2017. The same set of data suggests the country's trade with countries along the Belt and Road has grown faster than average, contributing a large share to tha

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Topic 1: Foreign brands losing ground to domestic firmsAn industry survey has found that foreign brands are facing pressure amid a sluggish consumer goods market in China, with six out of 10 losing market share to their domestic rivals last year. The

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今天我们要学的词是struggle with。 To struggle with someone or something, 意思是与某人或某种情况斗争。美国的服装零售公司Gap宣布,准备大幅度增加在中国的分店。 Struggling with sluggish sales in the U.S.,

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