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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Cargo containers are loaded onto a ship at the Port of Miami In the last thirty years, American businesses have increasingly used suppliers in China and all over the world. This helped fuel a current

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Europe's new generation spacecraft European space travel is taking a giant step forward with the launch of a first-of-its-kind spacecraft. Its the biggest space vehicle Europe has ever built. Jules Verne weighs 20 tons and stands more than 30 feet h

VOA标准英语2011--US Port Security Technology Evolving

US Port Security Technology Evolving Millions of containers from around the world enter ports throughout the United States every year. The threat to U.S. national security at these ports have grown in the last decade and so has security. At a recent

Hourly News updated 17:00 2011/10/15

Missing pilot confirmed dead after plane plummets at China air show A pilot who went missing after his plane crashed during an air show in northwest China has been confirmed dead. The announcement was made by an official from the Yanliang National Av

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Welcome to This I Believe, an NPR series presenting the personal philosophies of remarkable men and women from all walks of life. For our series This I Believe, we receive thousands of essays from young people. Today we hear from one of them. Kamaal

CNN 2009-04-23

I'm Melissa Long here at the CNN center in Atlanta with a look at some of the stories that are happening NOW IN THE NEWS on this Wednesday. The acting chief financial office for mortgage giant Freddie Mac was found dead in his home in Virginia this

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Fast Furious re-teams Vin Diesel and Paul Walker for the first time since 2001's The Fast and the Furious. A simple world where everything falls into an easy hierarchy is essential, so that the audience can concentrate on what's important: street rac

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Despite its beauty and vast natural resources, Chiapas is the poorest province in Mexico. The government is trying to turn this around by upgrading the old fishing port of Chiapas. Officials say improvements made in the port's infrastructure during

CNN 2010-01-15

RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We take our shoes off, remove our laptops, and toss our bottled water all in the name of safety. But are we any safer today than we were before 9/11? Not exactly, says Bruce Schneier, author and security technologist. B

美联社新闻一分钟 2006-10-12

[1] President Bush says the US is working toward a strong UN resolution on North Korea. This comes as the United Nations is weighing sanctions against North Korea for its reported nuclear test. The US

VOA标准英语2012--In Fast-Moving World, Slow-Going Barges Ply US Waterways

In Fast-Moving World, Slow-Going Barges Ply US Waterways These days, words like speed, flexibility, and high-tech describe the American culture - and a lot of the nations business operations. But not one thats based on the nations inland rivers. The

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（一） Business is closed at this price. 交易就按此价敲定。 Your price inacceptable (unacceptable). 你方价格可以（不可以）接受。 Your price is feasible (infeasible). 你方价格是可行（不可行）的。 Your price is w

VOA常速英语2008年-Northrop Grumman Unveils Airliner Anti-missile

By Robert Raffaele Washington 28 March 2008 A U.S. defense contractor unveiled an anti-missile system this week that it claims worked properly on commercial cargo planes. Such high-tech devices, in the future, could save a plane full of passengers fr

VOA标准英语2010年-Expectations High for Foreign Efforts

The new U.S. security agreement to help oversee Haiti's main transportation links is an attempt to clearly define the role of the 18,000 American forces arriving in the coming days. While U.S. troops are still primarily focused on evacuating the inju

美国国家公共电台 NPR ISIS' Parting Gift To Its Former Capital: Thousands Of Explosive Booby Traps

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: When fighters for ISIS abandoned their capital, they left behind a deadly parting gift. Islamic State fighters salted that city, Raqqa, with explosive booby traps. Now, young Syrian men are training to remove them. NPR's Tom Bowm

价钱 price

价格 Price （一） Business is closed at this price. 交易就按此价敲定。 Your price inacceptable (unacceptable). 你方价格可以（不可以）接受。 Your price is feasible (infeasible). 你方价格是可行（不可行）的。 Yo

2006年VOA标准英语-US Company Builds Large High-Flying Balloon to

By Mike O'Sullivan Palmdale, California 06 September 2006 Engineers in the California desert are testing a new communications platform that blends modern electronics with old technology. Developers say a helium-filled balloon carrying high-tech equi

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-11

Three Americans won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday. They discovered how tiny bubbles inside cells shuttle key substances around, delivering the right cargo to the right place at the right time. Their research could eventually lead to new medicine

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China has published plans to further deepen reform and open up pilot free trade zones in Guangdong, Tianjin, and Fujian. The move aims to improve China's business environment and push for wider opening to the world. China's first Free Trade Zone open

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