VOA慢速英语2014 石油价格下跌对各国造成不同影响

Falling Oil Prices Affect Nations Differently 石油价格下跌对各国造成不同影响 From VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report. 美国之音慢速学英语节目，这里是经济报道。 World oil prices have dropped by about 3

NPR 2008-06-22

Representatives from the US and other nations are gathering in Saudi Arabia for an energy summit aimed at easing high oil costs. Saudi officials say there is no shortage of supplies, so speculators must be behind the run-up in prices. But Energy Sec

外贸英语一点通第42期:投资环境(1)

能言善辩 What do you think of the investment environment in China? 你觉得现在中国的投资环境如何？ The environment for investment in China is becoming better and better. 中国的投资环境正在逐步改善。 The improving envir

Foreign Oil Companies in Nigeria Undeterred by Threats from

By Carrie Giardino Major oil companies operating in Nigeria's oil-rich southern region say they will not give in to threats of attacks on their facilities and employees by militias. The threats are be

Gas Shortage Intensifies in Mexico

Broadcast: Feb 13, 2003 Demand for electricity is growing in Mexico, but the state-owned oil company, known as Pemex, is reducing the amount of natural gas it can provide for electrical generation. Th

Russian Oil Industry Holds Promise,

By Greg Flakus Record-breaking energy prices have heightened concerns about diminishing oil production worldwide at a time when demand from emerging nations like China and India is growing dramaticall

VOA慢速英语 2008 0509a

Economics Report - Why Oil Continues Its Climb Unrest in oil-producing nations and the weak dollar are causes of the increase in oil prices. But increasing demand has not been met with new supplies. Transcript of radio broadcast: 08 May 2008 This is

稻农担心泰国干燥天气影响稻米收成

AS IT IS 2015-07-20 Rice Farmers Worried As Dry Weather Hits Thailand 稻农担心泰国干燥天气影响稻米收成 Very dry weather is limiting the growing season of Thailands rice crop. Thai farmers are blaming the government for not doing more

联合国:阿富汗的鸦片种植下降了48%

AS IT IS 2015-10-19 UN: Opium Grown in Afghanistan Down by 48% 联合国:阿富汗的鸦片种植下降了48% The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says the amount of opium produced in Afghanistan has dropped by almost half compared to last ye

VOA慢速英语2014 阿富汗鸦片产量下降

Afghan Opium Production Jumps 阿富汗鸦片产量下降 The United Nations says Afghanistan produced a record amount of opium this year. The announcement has raised questions about the internationally-supported efforts to fight drug production in t

VOA标准英语2010年-Venezuelan Oil Production Declines as

Over the last decade, oil production has slipped in Venezuela, even as estimates of the country's petroleum reserves have grown. Venezuela's reserves are now thought to be the world's largest, giving the country an enormous revenue potential for deca

VOA标准英语2009年-Thai Auto Sector Banks on Government Assistance

Auto industry executives in Thailand are calling on the government to support the industry, in the face of sharply falling exports and local sales. Layoffs are starting to mount, but analysts are upbeat about the longer term future with more investm

中国电动车产量增加

BEIJING, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Government support helped China's electric car production in October jump eightfold year on year to 50,700 vehicles, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Tuesday. Output of pure electric and plug-in

China's Nov. industrial output rises 10.1 pct

BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's industrial production growth continued to accelerate in November, indicating that the nation's economy is rebounding after seeing its lowest expansion pace in more than three years. China's value-added industrial o

巴西恢复生产胰岛素

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Brazil will resume production of insulin on a large scale after 14 years of depending on imports, Health Minister Alexandre Padilha said on Tuesday. Today is a historical day. We are showing how important it is fo

China mulls new green production laws

BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Senior Chinese legislators on Monday started their second deliberation on a draft amendment to the country's Law on the Promotion of Clean Production. At the three-day bimonthly session of the Standing Committee of the Na

EU Oil Embargo on Iran Takes Effect Sunday

A European Union embargo on Iranian oil that takes effect Sunday is the latest move in an international effort to force Tehran to halt its disputed nuclear program. The EU and the United States want Iran to end development work that they say is inten

叙利亚申请加入禁化武公约

UNITED NATIONS Syria has taken its first step toward joining an international treaty banning the production and use of chemical weapons. U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters the U.N. received a document Thursday from the Syrian government that co

Japan: Disasters Slash Manufacturing

The Japanese government says the country's industrial production and consumer spending fell at their sharpest pace on record in March in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake and tsunami. In a report Thursday, the government said that productio

英闻天下——221 China Air Pollution

PM2.5 is one of the major pollutants of the air pollution in Beijing and it poses the greatest risk to human health. Its concentration reached a record high of 993 on January 12, almost 50 times the World Health Organization's recommended level. PM2.