CNN 2010-12-24

I mean retail -- well the word retail is always the leading sector where you can judge a lot of things for how the economy is going. I mean look at what retail was many years ago. Some parts of East Africa are still informal. We -- retail brings a lo

VOA慢速英语--沃尔玛为员工支付大学学费

Walmart Offers to Pay for Employees College Degree The American company Walmart is offering something new to its employees: help with earning a college degree. Walmart is the largest private employer in the United States. In the past, the company has

VOA常速英语2014--Analysts: Rich, Poor Far Apart in US 研究师称美国贫富差距大

Analysts: Rich, Poor Far Apart in US 研究师称美国贫富差距大 WASHINGTON Many analysts agree there is a wide economic divide in the United States between the destitute and the wealthy. And they say it's not getting any better. But there are

豆知识 2011-01-16&01-22 电子标签

How doyou go shopping? You get in your car and you drive to Walmart. You grab youritems and fill up your cart. When you have all of your items, you go to thecheckout and wait in line. The clerk scans each of your items, and totals them up and bags th

美国国家公共电台 NPR Walmart Joins Dick's Sporting Goods In Tighter Limits On Gun Sales

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: One of the country's major sporting goods chains will no longer sell assault-style firearms or high-capacity magazines. Dick's Sporting Goods will also stop selling guns to consumers under the age of 21. The CEO of the company, E

2007-11-24, China's View of Wal-Mart: Big Partner 2

Several hundred employees worked at the peculier center keeping the import pipelines full. Walmart gives the chinese suppliers the specifications for Walmart products.And they teach those suppliers how to meet those specifications.They have to do wi

2007-11-10, Walmart: Low Costs and Go Global

... morning associates. Need all available associates, all department managers. Back at a supercenter in Bentonville, employees gather for the morning meeting. ... please for the morning meeting. A daily ritual at 5,000 Wal-Mart stores all over the w

2007-11-03, Walmart: Muscling Manufacturers 沃尔玛困局

I wanted to see how this bold new world of retail power it changed the game for established brand-name manufacturers, so I headed to Wooster, Ohio, a small college town, and a long-time home to one of the American's best known brands - Rubbermaid, ma

VOA慢速英语2018--男孩把自己变成玩具

Boy Loves Toys, Becomes a Toy Himself A seven-year-old boy who loves toys has now become a toy himself. Ryan, a first-grade student, has been making YouTube videos for three years. The videos usually show him opening a toy, playing with it and then w

英语博客：Progress at Walmart.

I'm so used to going to Walmart, that I could probably get there with my eyes closed. It's two blocks away from our house, so it's the perfect place for a quick shop stop. There have been renovations going on there for several months now. It started

英语博客：Expanding Walmart.

For a while now, there has been a lot of construction going on at our local Walmart. I am a frequent shopper there, as it is only a couple of blocks from my house. Walmart is expanding. After a few years of doing tremendous business here, the owners

美国国家公共电台 NPR Can Anyone, Even Walmart, Stem The Heat-Trapping Flood Of Nitrogen On Farms?

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: A lot of companies have promised to do their part to reduce their releases of greenhouse gases that are trapping heat and giving the planet a fever. Among them are big food companies, including the biggest American grocer, Walmar

美国国家公共电台 NPR Walmart And Others Offer Workers Payday Loan Alternative

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: To another story now. Forty percent of Americans don't have $400 to cover emergency expenses such as car repairs. Some people turn to payday loans or other costly ways to borrow money. But now, as NPR's Chris Arnold reports,

英语PK台 第230期:美国爆红暖心小视频《菇凉与收银员》

A POWERFUL MESSAGE Background: Woman named Paige Yore shares her experience with a cashier at Walmart store; spreads powerful message: You have to treat the people the way you like to be treated. This video posted to Facebook by Yore regarding her ex

沃尔玛和麦当劳正在效仿福来鸡的成功策略

Walmart and McDonald's, two of the biggest and oldest brands in the US, have for years faced widespread complaints about poor customer service. 近年来，顾客们普遍抱怨美国两个最大最老品牌沃尔玛和麦当劳的顾客服务差。

美国人眼中的沃尔玛

A capitalist-loving Republican against Wal-Mart? Where would you find such a person? Well, you expect Walmart bashing from union types and liberals, but not one of the GOP's most trusted former advise

PBS高端访谈:沃尔玛离开小城镇之后会发生什么?

CHRISTOPHER BOOKER: The only way you can see inside the recently closed Winnsboro, South Carolina, Walmart is through a small hole torn into the cloth of the sliding front doors. The opening offers a surprisingly wide glimpse of a store that once sol

西方感恩节黑色星期五 顾客为抢毛巾大打出手

Black Friday was ridiculous this year, including at Walmart. 今年的黑色星期五真是疯了，连沃尔玛都这样。 Walmart advertised low prices on TVs, laptops and kitchenware, but the store's best-selling item was ... towels. 沃尔玛今年

TED演讲:城市与企业中的奇妙数学(4)

It goes up by 15 percent, 对于所有事物都是如此 and you have a 15 percent savings 你还能节省 on the infrastructure. 15%的基础设施经费 This, no doubt, is the reason 这无疑就是 why a million people a week are gathering in citi

Ivorian Refugees Threatened By Disease Outbreaks

The UN Children's Fund warns thousands of Ivorian refugees（难民,逃难者）, who have fled to Liberia, are threatened by disease outbreaks. UNICEF says cramped living conditions are increasing health and protection risks for children and women.