VOA标准英语2009年-Economists: Stimulus Might Create Fewer US Jobs

A group of economists has told Democrats in Congress on Tuesday that it might take longer for the recently-passed $787 billion stimulus plan to generate the number of jobs lawmakers and President Barack Obama hoped it would. House Speaker Nancy Pelo

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生命可以是一座玫瑰花园

生命可以是一座玫瑰花园 Life can be a rose garden, 生命可以是一座玫瑰花园， If you change your life 如果改变生活， Change your thoughts; 改变你的思想; At a height above 在某个高度之上， No storm clouds. 没有

2006年VOA标准英语-Islamists Capture Another Town in Somalia

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 26 October 2006 The Islamic Courts Union has taken control of another town in Somalia, raising fears that scheduled peace talks between it and the transitional Somali government may not take place. The town of Sakow, 170 ki

2007年VOA标准英语-Islamists Invited to Somali Reconciliation Talk

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 28 June 2007 The foreign affairs secretary for Somalia's ousted Islamic Courts Union has confirmed to VOA that he has received an invitation from the country's western-backed transitional government to attend peace talks next mo

2007年VOA标准英语-Will Islamists Be Included in Somalia Reconcili

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 21 March 2007 Somali analysts are warning the country's interim government that excluding political opponents from a crucial reconciliation conference next month could strengthen the position of radical Islamists. VOA Correspond

voa标准英语2008-Report from Somalia: Islamists Oppose Pirates on

On Sunday, the remote pirate stronghold of Hobyo in the Galmudug region of central Somalia fell to Islamist militants. The growing strength of Islamist groups in the coastal area may be tied to local anger over piracy and deepening poverty. A pirate

VOA标准英语2009年-Economists Question Effect of Stimulus Plan

President Barack Obama scored his first major political victory with the passage of a $787-billion stimulus package, which he will sign into law this week. Although many economists now agree that a stimulus was needed to jolt the ailing economy, som

VOA标准英语2009年-Egyptian Economists Worry About Falling Suez Ca

Egyptian economists are fretting, as the global economic crisis bites, hitting vital sources of government revenue, like tariffs from Suez Canal traffic. The canal authority reported that traffic for January was off by 22 percent, and that revenue w

名校励志英语演讲 132:珍惜现在 把握将来(8)

But as a parent let me tell you something about parents. Despite all rational impulses, despite all evidence to the contrary, despite what we think you do to us and what you think we do to youand yes, it is often hell on both sidesthe plain, unvarnis

TED演讲：休假的力量(5)

If I look at my cycle, seven years, one year sabbatical, it's 12.5 percent of my time. 看看我的周期，干七年，休一年，是我百分之12.5的时间。 And if I look at companies that are actually more successful than mine, 看看比我更成

冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第212期:第十七章 布兰(1)

It seemed as though he had been falling for years. 他不断下坠，仿佛经过了好多好多年。 Fly, a voice whispered in the darkness, but Bran did not know how to fly, so all he could do was fall. 快飞吧，一个声音在黑暗中低语，然

2006年VOA标准英语-With Islamists in Control, Somalia's Capital Is

By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 04 August 2006 Street scene in Mogadishu The recent ousting of unpopular factional warlords by Islamists in the Somali capital Mogadishu has raised hope among residents that peace will finally prevail after more than 15 years

2006年VOA标准英语-Economists Warn Growing Trade Imbalances Increa

By Daniel Schearf Beijing 13 September 2006 Economists have warned that growing trade imbalances between high-income countries such as the United States and export-driven economies such as China could lead to a global recession. The International Mo

2006年VOA标准英语-Somali Islamists Threaten Ethiopian Troops

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 12 December 2006 The Islamic Courts Union is threatening to attack what it says are 35,000 Ethiopian troops stationed in Somalia, unless the troops leave the country within a week. Cathy Majtenyi reports for VOA from Nairob

2006年VOA标准英语-Somali Islamists Consolidate Power

By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 01 August 2006 The rise of hardliners in Somalia's Islamist group is fueling regional and western concerns that a Taleban-style regime will be established and the country will become a breeding ground for terrorists. The grou

2006年VOA标准英语-Somalia's Islamists Deny Plans to Attack Ethiop

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 12 October 2006 A high-ranking member of the Islamist group that controls Somalia's capital, says it is not planning an attack on neighboring Ethiopia. Fears of such an attack were raised when a leader of the Islamist group dec

2007年VOA标准英语-Economists Say Asian Currency Gains Not Likely

By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 06 June 2007 Several Asian currencies have gained against the U.S. dollar in recent months, and that could hurt the region's main source of economic growth: exports. But as VOA's Heda Bayron reports from Hong Kong, some econo

2006年VOA标准英语-Economists: Political Solution Only Way to Save

By Tendai Maphosa Zimbabwe 03 August 2006 Days after the Zimbabwe central bank chief made his latest monetary policy statement, economists say it falls short of solving the country's economic problems. They say Zimbabwe needs international help to r

迷你对话学地道口语第391期:含糊其辞的答复;绕圈子

迷你对话 A: It is high time you have a talk with him. That may help you clear the mists. 是你该和他好好谈的时候了。也许能帮助你把事情弄清楚。 B: I did, but he gives me a runaround. 我谈过了，但是他总是兜圈子。