NPR 2010-06-28

World leaders meeting in Toronto appear to have reached consensus on the importance of cutting government deficits. As NPR's Jim Zarroli reports they pledge today to reduce deficits in half by 2013. The leaders are meeting at a time when the global e

英语口语1+1:It's a dog-eat-dog world

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The Wolf in the Sheep's Skin

A wolf once decided that if he disguised himself，he would be able to get plenty to eat without being hunted and shot at wherever he went．So he wrapped himself up in a sheepskin and slipped in among a flock of sheep that were feeding nearby．He s

Clijsters to skip China Open

BEIJING, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Newly crowned U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters has pulled out of (退出) the 2010 China Open scheduled to start on Saturday, organizers said on Tuesday. According to the organizers, Clijsters quit the tournament（锦标赛

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VOA慢速英语2016--布鲁塞尔追捕爆炸嫌犯

布鲁塞尔追捕爆炸嫌犯 Belgian security forces are continuing to search for a man seen with two suicide bombers in the airport and metro attacks in Brussels, Belgium. At least 31 people were killed and 271 wounded. The Islamic State terrorist

VOA标准英语2009-Belgian Politician Gets Second Chance as PM

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says he welcomes Pakistani steps to rein in extremists. But he says Pakistan must do everything it can to punish those who planned and carried out the Mumbai attacks last year. Ravi Khanna | Washington 25 Novembe

Clijsters out for four weeks due to hip injury

BRUSSELS, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Belgian tennis star Kim Clijsters will be sidelined for at least four weeks after tearing a hip muscle, her agent said in a statement on Wednesday. Kim has got an excess of fluid in her right hip joint, which turned out

布鲁塞尔恐袭首位遇难者身

A mother from Peru was the first victim of last Tuesday's terror attacks in Brussels to be identified. 一名来自秘鲁的母亲成为在上周二布鲁塞尔恐怖袭击中第一位身份得以确认的遇难者。 The South American country's For

比利时飞机失事11人遇难

比利时飞机失事11人遇难 BRUSSELS, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- A small plane carrying ten skydivers and one pilot crashed near the city of Fernelmont in southeastern Belgium on Saturday, killing all people on board. According to local media reports,

比利时巴士车祸5人身亡

BRUSSELS, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed early Sunday when their bus drove off a highway in northern Belgium, local media reported. Among the five were three teenagers as well as the driver and a chaperone, according to local media. Fiv

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Teresa's neighbors were out of town. They had two dogs. One was a german shepherd. The other was a terrier. They told Teresa that they would be gone for three days, and asked her if she could watch their dogs. Teresa agreed. She loved dogs. She went

VOA常速英语2007年-Talk of Belgian Split Grows Louder as Coalition

By Teri Schultz Brussels 10 November 2007 Belgium has been called an artificial country, a conglomeration of three individual states that have no real affinity for each other: Dutch-speaking Flanders, French-speaking Wallonia and a small German-speak

巴黎恐怖袭击嫌疑人藏比利时

One suspect lived in central Brussels, while the other lived in Molenbeek, a poor, immigrant neighborhood with links to previous attacks in France and elsewhere. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Sunday that the Paris attacks were pl

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The Netherlands and Belgium last Monday signed a treaty to exchange pieces of land along the Meuse river border. 荷兰与比利时在上周一签订协议，互换默兹河边界沿线的部分领土。 In accordance with the treaty, the Belgian pen

日本取消涉嫌抄袭的奥运会会徽

Tokyo endured fresh embarrassment over its preparations for the 2020 Olympic Games yesterday when the organising committee said it would scrap the logos it unveiled only a few weeks ago. 日本昨日遭遇筹备2020年奥运会过程中的最新尴尬事

专业术语-财务英语词汇G1

gain 收益；增益 garnishee order 债权扣押令 GE Capital Finance Ltd. 通用金融财务有限公司 gearing ratio 资本与负债比率；杠杆比率〔认股权证〕 general acceptance 一般

Belgium Buys Subsidiary of Troubled Dexia Bank

Belgium decided Monday to buy a subsidiary of the financially troubled Dexia bank, the first victim of new European worries about the spread of Greece's debt crisis. The Belgian government said it is paying $5.4 billion to buy the national subsidiary

乌克兰选民希望选票能结束危机

BRUSSELS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The Belgian Procuratorate confirmed Saturday evening, a few hours after the shooting in Brussels, to the press that a suspect has been arrested and another one fled. According to the Procuratorate, it's good that the deta

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模仿句子：United will take a 3-1 lead into next week's second leg in Belgian. The BBC's John Murray was watching at Old Trafford. 翻译：曼联将把3-1的优势保持到下周在比利时进行的第二轮比拼。英国广播电台约翰默里