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Dealing With Rising Production Costs Giovanni: There are no two ways about it. We have to raise prices. Melanie: We cant. We already raised prices earlier this year. Doing it again risks alienating our customers. Giovanni: What else can we do? Our pr

VOA慢速英语2014 Economists Say College Costs Hurt Economy 经济学家称上大学成本上涨对经济不利

Economists Say College Costs Hurt Economy 经济学家称上大学成本上涨对经济不利 Hello from Washington, and welcome to As It Is, a program from VOA Learning English! Im Catherine Cole. The cost of college continues to rise, making higher

VOA慢速英语2010-Economics Report - Adding Up the Costs of

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Air traffic over much of Europe came to a halt for six days because of the huge cloud of ash from a volcano in Iceland. Now the economic costs are still being counted as airlines try to get everyone t

VOA标准英语2011--Doctor 'Brain Drain' Costs Africa $2.2 Billion

Doctor 'Brain Drain' Costs Africa $2.2 Billion There are more than a hundred million health care workers around the world, but in many poor countries, there are only a handful of doctors and nurses to care for tens or, even hundreds of thousands of p

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Algae naturally produce oil, when its process start with oil turned into bio fuels, an alternative energy source. This is just one snag. Harvesting the oil from algae-float water is prohibitively expensive. But researchers have come up with an effort

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Broadcast: May 12, 2003 By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Each year, millions of people in Bangladesh drink ground water that has been polluted by naturally high levels

2006年VOA标准英语-Sanctuary Planned for Vietnamese Bears Farmed f

By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 20 September 2006 Black bear cubs An animal rights organization has reached an agreement with Vietnam's government to build a bear sanctuary near Hanoi. The refuge will house bears rescued from farms where their bile is harv

VOA慢速英语2013 AS IT IS 2013-05-31 Economic Experts Say Remittance Costs Are Too High

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VOA标准英语2012--Health Care Expert Details Ways to Cut Costs

Health Care Expert Details Ways to Cut Costs Americans expressed their views on health care in late March as the Supreme Court heard arguments on a law many call Obamacare. Health care is so expensive that without insurance, many people could not aff

VOA标准英语2012--Rising Jet Fuel Costs Send Airline Fares Soaring

Rising Jet Fuel Costs Send Airline Fares Soaring Airlines are bracing for a tough year as higher jet fuel prices put a squeeze on profits. In order to recoup higher fuel costs, air carriers are raising ticket prices on travelers, like Brian Blair. Ai

VOA英语2010年-Forest-to-Table is Latest Twist in 'Eat Loca

The local food movement is growing in the United States. Restaurant owners and families look to nearby farms for fruits, vegetables and meat. Now small forest owners want to join the local food party. They're promoting edible mushrooms, berries, and

VOA标准英语2011--Higher Production Costs Shift Chinese Ma

Higher Production Costs Shift Chinese Manufacturing For decades, China's factories have supplied the world with cheap goods - from denim jeans to desktop computers. But export prices are expected to go up as Chinese manufacturers are battered by high

美国国家公共电台 NPR Harvesting Salt By Hand Is Making A Comeback In France

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Sea salt has been harvested for more than a thousand years on the Atlantic coast of France. The industry declined in the mid-20th century. But with foodies looking for ever-fancier ingredients, NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports the s

美国国家公共电台 NPR As Military Moving Costs Rise, It's Difficult For Officials To Keep Track

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2016年CRI Expert dismisses ＂organ harvesting＂ rumors

Huang Jiefu, director of the China Organ Transplant Development Foundation, has told an international symposium on transplants in Hong Kong that persistent reports of organ harvesting taking place in China are simply not true. The rumor about organ h

EDUCATION REPORT - Foreign Student Series 10 >Costs

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VOA标准英语2008年-Oil Price Spike Drives Up Other Costs

Rising fuel costs are making it more expensive to move food and other goods to the marketplace. That means prices are going up for consumers, but incomes may not be rising enough to keep pace with inflation. As VOA's Kent Klein reports, it also mean

China further cuts stock trading costs to lift confidence

BEIJING, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) announced Thursday that it will further cut stock market transaction fees in a bid to ease burdens on investors amid sluggish market sentiment. The regulator said in an online

VOA标准英语2012--Obama Seeks to Contain College Costs

Obama Seeks to Contain College Costs President Obama told the students the rising cost of college is slowing efforts to strengthen Americas economic future. Since most of you were born, tuition and fees have more than doubled. That forces students li

VOA慢速英语--Resort Keeps Tradition of Harvesting Ice from Lake Alive

In modern times, most people choose to use electrical devices, like refrigerators, to keep drinks cool. But summer visitors at Rockywold-Deephaven Camps in New Hampshire cool their drinks the old-fashioned way - using large blocks of ice in wooden bo