VOA慢速英语2017--New Jersey Governor Enjoying Beach Closed to Public

This is Whats Trending Today. Chris Christie is the governor of the state of New Jersey. He has held the position since 2010. He is a well-known politician, and was one of several candidates who ran for the Republican Party nomination for the preside

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-06-26

The G8 meeting has got underway in Canada with Britain and the US pushing other nations to live up to their aid promises. Leaders of the group of eight nations, the world's eight largest economies, have gathered in Toronto for the meeting. The G8 nat

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-03-20

Industrial strife has hit British Airways after the talks between the airline and the main union collapsed. The general secretary of the union Unite says British Airways offered its workers a ridiculous deal on pay and staffing levels. The airline sa

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-23

News Corporation has held its annual meeting of shareholders in the US. In his opening remarks at the meeting, chief executive Rupert Murdoch told angry shareholders there was simply no excuse for phone-hacking scandal and vowed to put things right.

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-08-15

National Australia Bank has reported a flat profit for the third quarter. The country's fourth largest lender by market capitalization has posted an unaudited cash profit of 1.4 billion dollars in the three months to the end of June. That's in line w

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-06-17

The world's richest woman,Gina Rinehart，appears to again increased her stake in Fairfax media,publisher of Sydney Morning Herald and the Age.Ms.Rinehart has reportedly raised her share of more than 18%,after buying 42 million dots with the shares.F

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-01-05

The Australian sharemarket slipped in cautious trade today. The All Ordinaries index has closed a third of a percent lower,as has the ASX 200 index. Gold miners jumped. Woodside fell one and a half percent and the National Australia Bank was the wors

失业英语对话-Talking to People at EDD(2)

A: Hi! How are things going with you? B: I am doing well. Whats up with you? A: Believe it or not, the company I worked for closed down, so Im out of a job. B: The same with me. Have you given much thought to what you want to do next? A: I am not bei

【英语5级听力】店铺关门了-The Store Was Closed

Cindy needed to return her dress. She tried it on at home earlier. It did not fit her. Today was the last day to return it. After today, she had to keep the dress. The store closes at 8 P.M. She started driving at 7:30 P.M. It took her 20 minutes to

Two Cows

A farmer had a brown cow and a white cow, and he wanted to get them bred, so he borrowed his neighbor's bull and turned it loose in the pasture. He told his son to watch and tell him when the bull was finished. After a while the boy came into the liv

地道美语听力播客:Writing a Thank You Note

Dear Jake, I wanted to thank you for all of the help you've given me over the past several weeks. Being laid up with pneumonia really caught me off-guard, but you went above and beyond in taking care of me. Before I got sick, we had only known each o

NPR 2009-04-03

Wrapping up his first international summit meeting, President Barack Obama hailed agreements reached by world leaders at the now-concluded G20 Summit in London. Mr. Obama spoke shortly after G20 leaders reached agreement to providing an additional 1

NPR 2009-06-11

A suspected white supremacist who opened fire inside Washington DC's Holocaust Museum, killing a guard before being wounded by other guards, is in critical condition today. Authorities say the alleged gunman tentatively identified as 88-year-old Jam

美国国家公共电台 NPR With Power Out, Many Florida Gas Stations Remain Closed

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The lack of electricity in a lot of Florida is one reason that people who want to return to their homes are stuck. They're having trouble finding gasoline to make the drive home. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports. JIM ZARROLI, BYLINE: When

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-07-28

And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, Londons FTSE 100 was down. The Dax was also lower, while the Euro Stoxx closed a little bit higher. In the US, the Dow Jones closed up. The SP 500 and the Nasdaq were also up slightly. And

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-09-04

And national account's figures out today are expected to show weak economic growth in the last quarter. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg are forecasting gross domestic product to have grown by half of a percent in the three months to the end of June.

VOA标准英语2013--Drone Strikes Key as Terror Threat Keeps US Embassies Closed

Drone Strikes Key as Terror Threat Keeps US Embassies Closed STATE DEPARTMENT Several U.S. embassies and consulates remain closed as the U.S. works to counter potential al-Qaida attacks in the Middle East. Another day of 19 U.S. embassy closings arou

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-01-12

And when the markets closed a couple of hours ago in Europe, London's FTSE 100 was closed to 50 points higher. The Dax and the Euro also ended the week on a positive note America's markets have closed with the Dow Jones slightly lower and trading fla

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-01-27

It's time to check the business news now. And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was up 20 points. As well as the (error in speaking)....the Dax was up110. The Euro stoxx up 21. In the US, trading comes to a cl

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-05-22

Technology giant Apple has been defending itself against accusations that it's been avoiding tax. The US Senate report found the company has avoided paying tens of billions of dollars in tax by spreading its accounts over a complex network of subsidi