U.S. President Barack Obama will attempt to regain political momentum when he delivers a major address on health care reform to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday. 美国总统奥巴马星期三将在参众两院的联席会议上发表有关健保

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年9月

Wang is a taxi driver in his fifties. He's been driving cabs in Beijing for a long time. He says he made a loss in the first two months of this year, and estimates he'll see another loss in March. Last year, since the popularity of the app, it has be

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Reforming Chinas state-owned firms 改革中国的国有企业 From SOE to GLC 从国有企业到国联企业 Chinas rulers look to Singapore for tips on portfolio management 中国领导人指望得到新加坡关于投资组合管理的指点 Nov 2

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German macroprudential reforms 德国的宏观审慎改革 Beware Teutonic caution 谨防日耳曼式谨小慎微 The Bundesbank should not exert its new clout too zealously 德国央行新令牌在握,切莫肆意呼风唤雨 THE European Central

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JEFFREY BROWN:Yes, taxes are due on Monday. And, yes, once again, tax reform is in the air. It's been more than a quarter-century since the last overhaul, and now President Obama and key leaders in both parties say they'd like to work on simplifying

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JUDY WOODRUFF: One recent spike in broadband usage is music. When you want to listen to a song today, you don't have to buy a copy or even download it anymore. Increasingly, you stream it. And that has led to a profound shift in the industry that is

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GWEN IFILL: In a vote on the Senate floor last night, lawmakers blocked a bill that would have drastically changed the way the National Security Agency currently monitors American citizens. MAN: On this vote, the yeas are 58, the nays are 42. GWEN IF

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Mail Online: charities have warned that one million elderly people in Britain are chronically lonely, with many not seeing or even speaking to someone every day. 孤单寂寞冷的全球效应 Almost a quarter of those aged over 75 who live alone go

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In 2010, a sixty-year-old woman in south Chinas Anhui Province gave birth to twin daughters, after losing her adult only daughter a year earlier. Sheng Hailin was just one of the million heartbroken parents who have lost their only, adult child. She

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From the bright and joyful displays on Red Square, its hard to tell that anyone is worried about possible economic troubles ahead. Its clear in Moscows retail districts that some people are doing well. I dont plan to economize. This is a planned holi

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Finance and economics 财经商业 Reforming China's state-owned firms 改革中国国有企业 From SOE to GLC 从国有企业到国联企业 China's rulers look to Singapore for tips on portfolio management 中国领导人指望得到新加坡关于投

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Chinese President Xi Jinping has highlighted the role of reform in China's economic adjustment, aiming for safer and higher-quality growth. The president made the remarks during an inspection tour in Zhejiang province, where he was party chief from 2

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Jiang Wan is a young mother living in Beijing. Like many in her age demographic, she prefers to shop online, and gravitates toward foreign products for her baby girl. I usually choose to buy well-known brands in bulk. I think when it comes to childre

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(124) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Political commentators here in Britain are describing the resignation of the Welfare Minister Iain Duncan Smith as the most dramatic cabinet departure of David Camerons leadership. Now the recriminations within the governing conservative party contin

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The NHS 国民健康保险制度 Health reform in a cold climate 遇冷的医改 The government's reforms to the NHS are viewed as its biggest failure. They are better than that 政府医改被指其最大败笔。盛名之下其实难副 WITH the Co

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French reforms 法国改革 Taxi wars 出租车战争 A case study of vested interests trying to fight off new competitors 既得利益者排斥新竞争者的个案分析 PARIS is the only city in the world where it is hard to find a taxi. So in 200

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Germany's government 德国政府 Easy politics, bad policies 简单的政治,糟糕的政策 By indulging her Social Democratic coalition partners, Angela Merkel risks turning Germany in the wrong direction 安格拉默克尔对其社会民主党盟

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Welfare reform 福利改革 Bedrooms and brickbats 睡房与碎砖 The bedroom tax will probably survive 睡房税很可能延续 ON A sunny spring morning, a small group of protesters wait at the Department of Work and Pensions with a giant card for

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Britain 英国 Reforming the NHS 改革国民医保系统 Bitter medicine 良药苦口 Competition is not the cause of the NHS's problems 竞争不是导致国民医保系统问题的原因 LIKE patients shrinking from needles, many doctors fear poli

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Italy's labour market 意大利的劳动市场 Marching to a different tune 变奏进行中 A bold move to free up employment 开放就业市场的大胆举措 WHILE many people's eyes were on Greece, another southern European country was taking a ve

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