VOA慢速英语 2008 1227

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. For much of the year, record prices for oil have made oil-producing nations rich. Now these nations are trying to cut production to support collapsing prices. Last week, the Organization of Petroleum Expor

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【美国总统电台演说】2009-02-28

Two years ago, we set out on a journey to change the way that Washington works. We sought a government that served not the interests of powerful lobbyists or the wealthiest few, but the middle-class Americans I met every day in every community along

【美国总统电台演说】2007-02-10

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Last Saturday, I addressed the annual retreat of Democrats from the House of Representatives. I thanked the Members of the new majority for their service in Congress. And we discussed our responsibility to work together

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US Environmentalists Fear Bush Budget Plan

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The Russian economy has been among the hardest hit of any country, during the current global economic crisis. Russia - a major energy exporter - has not only suffered banking and stock woes, as in the rest of the world, but also a precipitous drop i

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By Scott Stearns Whtie House 16 June 2007 President Bush says opposition legislators want to raise taxes on Americans, undermining what he says is his pro-growth economic policy. Democrats say they want to help boost economic growth by lowering energ

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A: What are you doing? B: I'm trying to figure out my budget. A: What do you need a budget for? B: I need to put a limit on my spending. A: What's your spending limit? B: I'm only allowed to spend $300 each month. A: That's not much. B: Because, I ne

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A: What are you trying to do? B: I'm working on a budget. A: What kind of budget? B: I need to budget my shopping so that I don't spend all my money. A: What's your budget? B: I can spend about $300 per month. A: Why so little? B: The rest of my mone

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The President reflects on lessons from his time spent outside Washington recently, which only reinforced the core principles in his budget. The budget will be his central focus throughout this week: These investments are not a wish list of prioritie

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy says France plans to invest $1.4 billion for the development of nuclear power plants. The announcement comes amid French concerns about the safety of nuclear energy following the disaster at Japan's power plant in Fuk

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Most of us know we should rein in our energy use. But to be successful, itd help if we knew the best way to do it. So scientists asked more than 500 people, Whats the most effective thing you can do to conserve energy? The results were illuminating. 很

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U.S. President Barack Obama says the only way to break the cycle of spiking gas prices is to shift cars and trucks off of oil for good. He said that is why he asked Congress in his State of the Union address to establish an Energy Security Trust to i

U.S. stocks close mixed after Obama releases budget

NEW YORK, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks closed mixed on Monday as investors were digesting the government's budget proposal for fiscal 2012. U.S. President Barack Obama proposed（提议,计划） a budget on Monday, according to which the deficit