I'm a Bit Fed Up

DIALOGUE 95 1--You're not looking very cheerful. What's the matter with you? 2--Oh, nothing special. I'm just a bit fed up. 1--With the job? 2--With everything, with catching the same train every morn

US States Consider Raising Taxes While Bush Pushes for Feder

Broadcast: Jan 10, 2003 While President Bush is promoting tax cuts to stimulate the economy, some state officials are considering tax hikes to fix their budget problems. California's governor, faced w

VOA标准英语2008年-US Fed Chief Says Growth Depends on Stabilizing

As Congress debates President Bush's proposed bail out of the bad loans of financial institutions, central bank chief Ben Bernanke told lawmakers Wednesday that the U.S. economy risked very serious consequences if measures were not taken. VOA's Barr

VOA标准英语10月-Former US Fed Chief: Credit 'Tsunami' Having Seri

Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, has predicted further negative impacts for Americans from the U.S. and global financial crisis, which he called a credit tsunami. VOA's Dan Robinson reports, Greenspan and two other current and f

U.S. Fed sees economic recovery at modest pace

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. central bank saw the country's economic activity continued to rise, but at a modest pace, according to the latest Federal Reserve（联邦储备系统） survey released on Wednesday. The survey（调查）, k

DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Experts Say Babies Should Be Fed Only B

DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Experts Say Babies Should Be Fed Only Breast Milk for the First Six Months By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, August 16, 2004 This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Developm

U.S. Fed minutes show more urgency for monetary easing

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (Xinhua)-- The U.S. Federal Reserve would lean more close toward new stimulus actions unless incoming information signifies a substantial strengthening in the economic recovery, the central bank's policy meeting minutes showed on

U.S. Fed sees less certain economic outlook

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. economy continues to expand at a modest pace, but with weaker or less certain outlook, reported the Federal Reserve on Wednesday. In its latest economic performance survey, the central bank saw either modest o

Fed announces new steps to boost U.S. economy

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- After its final policy meeting of this year, the U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced to continue pumping money into the economy by buying assets and hold its short-term rate near zero until the unemployment rat

CCTV9英语新闻：Fed keeps rate unchanged

The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, but kept the door open to a hike in June while showing little sign it was in a hurry to tighten monetary policy amid an apparent slowdown in the U.S. economy. It's been hard recently to

英语单词大师：Funniest Fed

AA: I'm Avi Arditti and this week on Wordmaster, finding the right words to make people laugh. Meet Shahryar Rizvi. He's a computer specialist, also working part time on a master's of business administration. So what's he doing in a competition organ

U.S. stocks drop amid Fed meeting and Japan's disaster

NEW YORK, March 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks dropped on Tuesday amid concern over Japan's nuclear disaster（灾难）, even though Fed said the economy recovery was on a firmer footing.The major indices on Tuesday were lost more than 1 percent. The Do

U.S. economy impacted by European crisis: Fed chairman

WASHINGTON, March 21 (Xinhua)-- The crisis in the euro zone has sent shocks to the United States through trade and financial channels, given the important cross-Atlantic economic linkage, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday. The

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【歌曲欣赏】 法国新世代当红女歌手Alizee艾莉婕是一位蕴藏着艺术与歌唱潜能的女孩，自幼即对舞蹈、歌唱及演戏相当热爱。 [00:10.47]Alizee [00:28.73]Mylene Farmer [00:31.22]Laurent Boutonnat [00:35.65]Aliz

In the air

Matt and his wife lived in the country. Matt was very stingy and hated spending money. One day a fair came to the nearby town. Let's go to the fair, Matt, his wife said. We haven't been anywhere for a long time.Matt thought about this for a while. He

美国习惯用语:320 thin air; come up for air

今天我们要讲的习惯用语都有air这个词。大家都知道air是空气。早在十七世纪，意大利科学家伽利略发现空气似乎没有实质却有重量。后来人们进一步发现高山顶上的空气要比海平面上的空气

CCTV9英语新闻：US Fed holds key rates unchanged from previous fix

Officials at the U.S. Federal Reserve have scaled back forecasts about how much they are likely to raise borrowing costs this year. They say the weaker global growth picture is changing their calculations. For now the U.S. Federal Reserve is not rais

U.S. Fed sees better economic situation at end of 2010

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. economy ended last year on an encouraging note, as economic activity continued to expand moderately（适度地） from November through December, according to the latest Federal Reserve survey（调查） rel

omg美语：0328 OMG! 美语 I'm fed up!

Are YOU fed up!? 你受够了吗？？告诉白洁你受够了什么吧！I am FED UP with COLD NYC weather!! 我们今天一起来看看美语短句，表示受够了！ 1) I'm fed up 我受够了 2) I'm so done 我受够了 3) I can't 我受够了

CCTV9英语新闻：Wall Street up after Fed interest rate hike fears eased

Wall Street ended slighter higher on Wednesday after fears eased that the Federal Reserve would strongly signal plans for a June interest rate hike. The Dow Jones industrial average rose about 0.3 percent. The SP 500 gained 0.16 percent. The Nasdaq C