Is Housing Reform Necessary?

Lesson 20 Is Housing Reform Necessary? Text Housing Reform Faces Obstacles Housing reform, acknowledged by economists and politicians at home and abroad as central to China's economic reform, has reac

英语灵异故事-Late Night Emergency 01 深夜急诊 01

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英语灵异故事-Late Night Emergency 04 深夜急诊 04

[00:15.90]Late Night Emergency [00:31.68]深夜急诊 [00:41.47]I finally found Flossie, one of the night nurses, [00:45.48]told her what was going on, [00:47.79]and asked her to come with me downstairs. [00:50.26]We went down there, turned on all the li

纯正英语一分钟-emergency

Are you a good person to have around in an emergency? I am, I think. I have a very cool head and I dont panic easily. The most important thing to do in an emergency is stay calm. If you do this, you can think straight and decide whats best to do. Als

英语四级作文 Housing Problem

Direction:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition in three paragraphs.You are given the first sentence of the three paragrapgs.Your part of the composition should be no less than 100 words,not including the words given.Remembe

VOA标准英语2008年-Beijing Considers 'Emergency Green Plan' Ahead

Beijing is considering taking further measures to try to reduce the city's polluted air before the Olympic Games. Chinese authorities have already taken drastic steps, but with little visible progress. Daniel Schearf reports from Beijing. China's st

美国国家公共电台 NPR The New Housing Crisis: Shut Out Of The Market

NOEL KING, HOST: Ten years after the housing market collapsed, a different crisis has emerged. Back then, a decade ago, lots of people were losing their homes. Today people who want to buy or in a lot of cases even just rent are being priced out of t

美国国家公共电台 NPR Rural America Faces A Crisis In 'Adequate Housing'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Home prices are skyrocketing in some places that might surprise you, including remote towns in rural America. And the problems facing those places may be especially hard to solve. As part of our series on the new housing crisis, NP

英语新闻视频 China pushes low-rent housing

Affordable housing is one of the main goals of the government's policy of building a housing security system. In the last five years, 270,000 low-income families have been given access to low-rent housing. It appears that low-income families just ca

China allocates 20,000 hectares for low-income housing

BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- China has allocated more than 20,000 hectares of land to support the construction of low-income housing this year, an official with the Ministry of Land and Resources said Tuesday. The nation plans to distribute 47,600 hec

VOA常速英语2007年-Pakistan Frees 3,400 Detained Under Emergency R

By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 20 November 2007 Pakistan's Interior Ministry says about 3,400 prisoners detained since emergency rule was decreed on November 3 have since been released. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad,that officials say some

China urges expanded financing for affordable housing

BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- China is encouraging local governments to make full use of their financing vehicles in 2012 in an effort to boost financial support for low-income housing projects, the country's top economic planner said Monday. The cent

2.96 bln yuan misused in affordable housing

BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) -- China's top auditor said on Wednesday that 2.96 billion yuan (470 million U.S. dollars) earmarked for affordable housing programs was intercepted or embezzled last year. The report was based on auditing in 66 cities and c

China to regulate housing file management

BEIJING, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- China will next year introduce a regulation to better manage the housing files of the country in terms of resources and applicants, according to an official announcement on Tuesday. The announcement, posted on the website

New York State declares public ehalth emergency over flu epidemic

NEW YORK, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Governor Andrew Cuomo on Saturday declared a state of public health emergency for all of New York State, in response to this year's increasingly severe flu season. As of Saturday, a total of 19,128 cases of influenza hav

英闻天下——147 A Look at Housing in Third-tier Cities

China's real estate market in major cities is warming up, with home prices rising, and more people buying new apartments. However, this is not the case across the country. In smaller cities, real estate agents are finding it increasingly difficult to

China starts construction on 5.8 mln low-income housing units

BEIJING, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- China started building 5.8 million low-income housing units in the first seven months of this year, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development said Friday. Construction on 3.6 million affordable homes has been ba

VOA常速英语2007年-Pakistani Experts Warn End of Emergency Rule Mi

By Ravi Khanna Washington 13 December 2007 Pakistani journalists are accusing the government of trying to silence the free media, after authorities barred them from airing live broadcasts. The accusation follows Pakistan's Electronic Media Regulatory

China to continue regulating land supply for housing construction

BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- China will continue its regulation of land supply for housing use in 2013 to promote the stability of land market and healthy economic growth, a senior land and resources official said on Friday. Xu Shaoshi, minister of l

Chinese banks to hold differentiated housing loans

BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- China's four biggest state-owned banks said Thursday they will continue implementing the differentiated housing loan policy. The four state-run lenders, dubbed the Big Four, are Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Ch