Apple reported a drop in revenue in China for its fiscal second quarter ended April 1, the fifth consecutive quarter of decline in the region amid ever-growing competition from local rivals. 苹果报告称,在截至4月1日的第二财季中,公司

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

For without progress there will be stagnation and decay. 如果没有进步,就会停滞,就会衰败。《哈利波特与凤凰社》 图片1

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 Daily English-2015.6

4. Business Report 商务报道 The United States Central Bank has cut interest rates. Policy makers of the Federal Reserve【联邦储备局】lowered the banks main interest rate by one half percentage point to six percent. The goal is to prevent the economy

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(106) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年NPR美国国家公共电台1月

经济下滑和卢布贬值打击莫斯科餐厅 MOSCOW Moscow's casual dining scene has grown exponentially in the past decade, but Russia's economic decline, the drop in the value of the ruble and high inflation are taking a toll. Igor Bukharov, pr

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2015年(三月)

The U.N. Conference on Trade and Development, or UNCTAD, reports that global foreign direct investment fell drastically last year and that it is expected to continue to slide this year, with significant recovery not forecast until 2011. But the UNCTA

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(33) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年9月

JUDY WOODRUFF: The government confirmed today that corn, soybeans, and other crops are among the hardest-hit casualties of the worst drought the country has faced in decades. The U.S. Agriculture Department today predicted the lowest average corn yie

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈环境系列

Despite the excitement the inauguration of Barack Obama generated around the world, overseas markets continued their downward slide. 尽管美国总统奥巴马的宣誓就职在全球各地都引起了激动和兴奋,但是海外股市还是继续下

发表于:2019-01-04 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年1月

今天我们要学的词是trend。 Trend, 是趋势、倾向的意思。There is a downward trend in sales this year, 今年销售额有下滑的趋势。A new report says media freedom has declined around the world, continuing a six-year trend, 一份

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In the mid-1960s, more than 40 percent of American adults smoked cigarettes, and more than half of all smokers smoked at least a pack a day, 20 cigarettes or more. 1960年代中期,美国成年人口中,吸烟者占百分之40,其中半数以上每

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中国青年感染艾滋病人数上升 BEIJING, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- The share of young people around the age of twenty in all HIV infections in China almost doubled from 2008 to 2012, with male-to-male sex as the prominent contributing factor, a sen

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Another dismal day on the overseas markets as the global economic downturn continues. In Asia, tumbling Chinese exports are now affecting jobs there. In Europe, British retail sales are nose-diving. 星期二,全球股市在经济衰退继续蔓延的

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年1月

奥巴马医保人数增加仍未达标 WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The number of Americans selecting private health plans in November under President Barack Obama's signature healthcare overhaul more than doubled from October, but the total enro

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

今天我们要学的词是edge down。Edge down, 意思是慢慢下滑。经济学家对2012年的就业市场表示谨慎乐观。 The unemployment rate is forecast to edge down to 8.4% by the end of 2012, 预计到2012年底,失业率将逐渐下滑

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

Persistent fears of a deep economic downturn and deteriorating corporate performance are keeping the markets in Europe in a gloomy mode. 欧洲投资人持续担心经济严重衰退和公司业绩恶化,愁云惨雾笼罩股市。 Lead by disappoi

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年12月

President Dmitri Medvedev says Russia's economy is declining more than expected, resulting in the country's first federal budget deficit in ten years. Mr. Medvedev is also warning the government not to plan on higher prices for oil and other Russian

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European Union leaders are in Brussels for a two-day meeting amid heavy pressure to pump more money into their economies to fight the global financial crisis. The Europeans will seek a united front two weeks before a key meeting of the top 20 world e

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Stock prices were down again Wednesday, on Wall Street and in Europe and Asia. Investors seem to doubt that plans to help troubled financial institutions will be enough to fight off a deep recession. 华尔街,欧洲和亚洲股票价格星期三再次

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Despite a raft of government interventions, markets in Europe have ended a tumultuous week with a steep decline Friday as fears of a worldwide recession start to take hold. For VOA, Tom Rivers in London has been talking to average Britons about the f

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World markets have fallen, despite the fact that a U.S. financial rescue package cleared its first hurdle, passing by an overwhelming margin in the U.S. Senate. 美国国会参议院以压倒性多数投票通过了布什政府提出的金融机构拯救

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Hello, I am Zoe Diamond with the BBC news. The world's tennis authorities have announced an independent review into the effectiveness of their anti-corruption practices, after allegations that evidence of possible match fixing was not followed up. Th

发表于:2019-03-04 / 阅读(156) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻