VOA慢速英语20060131a

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Greater Use of Ethanol Fuel Could Drive New Markets for CornBy Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. T

【突破英文词汇】over -- too, over 太；超过

1. overdose /ˈəʊvəˈdəʊs/ -- quantity of medicine beyond what is to be taken at one time or in a given period; too big a dose Do not take more of the medicine than the doctor ordered; an overdose may be dangerous. 服药不要超过医生所指示

英闻天下——584 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

Marijuana Growers Turn to Hemp to Fight Oversupply

MarijuanaGrowersTurntoHemptoFightOversupply Some countries ban possession and use of the drug marijuana, but it is legal in parts of the United States. Nine states and Washington, D.C. have measures legalizing recreational uses of marijuana. The drug

数据显示 我国上半年就业形势总体稳定

China's job market was generally steady in the first half of this year, but labor oversupply and structural shortages continued to trouble the economy. 今年上半年，我国就业市场总体稳定，不过劳动力供过于求及结构性短缺的问

Coal inventory in major Chinese ports facing oversupply

SHIJIAZHUANG, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Coal inventories in Qinhuangdao, Tangshan and Huanghua, China's major coal ports, have reached record highs in recent days, sparking safety concerns for the Chinese energy market. According to the latest figures, coal

NPR 2008-12-02

President-elect Barack Obama has named his top national security team, Senator Hilary Clinton as Secretary of State, Robert Gates, the current Secretary of Defense to stay on and retired Marine General James Jones as National Security Advisor. NPR P

VOA慢速英语 2007 1005a

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Right now, many people around the world are feeling the pain of agflation. Agricultural inflation has been hitting the price of grains and other products. Food prices have risen under pressure from e

美国天然气价格跌至2004年以来最低价格

AS IT IS 2015-12-02 US Gas Prices Fall to Lowest Prices Since 2004 美国天然气价格跌至2004年以来最低价格 Gasoline prices in the United States are nearing their lowest since 2004. While most of the world sells gas by the liter, the Unit

Business Channel 2006-09-25&28

Today, the former CEO of WorldCom begins his 25-year sentence. Ebbers, as you were saying, was convicted last year in a federal court for his role in an 11-billion-dollar accounting fraud that toppled

经济学人:房价飙涨 泡沫为谁而破(上)

Chinese property 中国房地产 For whom the bubble blows 泡沫为谁而破 House prices are soaring in big cities, but oversupply plagues much of the country 大城市房价飙涨，但产能过剩才是全国性的问题 SHANGHAI, Chinas financia

New policies support ailing solar industry

New policies support ailing solar industry BEIJING, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- China is creating supportive measures to shore up its ailing photovoltaic (PV) industry, which has been rocked by recent U.S. duties on Chinese exports over alleged dumping. In t

Facebook Stock Falls Below $30 a Share

Shares in the social networking site Facebook fell to less than $30 Tuesday. The price of Facebook dropped $3.07, almost 10 percent, to close at $28.84. Facebook shares are 24 percent lower since their highly publicized IPO on May 18th of $38. Financ

英闻天下——133 Sluggish Property Market in Third-tier Cities

As major Chinese cities continue to record a rebound in home prices, smaller, third-tier cities are being hit hard by a sluggish market. All over the country, city planners and investors are suffering the consequences of overexpansion. In east China'

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

中英双语新闻——100 Jobless cause major problem

Last thing a college student wants to face is unemployment upon graduation. But when job prospects become a factor which determines whether a major is axed or not, teachers and students are equally worried. 大学生最不想遇到的状况便是毕业

经济学人:商品:全球形势紧张(2)

In the background lurks climate change, fears of which have grown with the heat and drought battering Europe's wheat crop this summer. 在此背景下还潜伏着气候变化、以及今年夏天欧洲小麦作物遭遇高温干旱打击的恐惧。

经济学人:过剩学问:人们不会长久地持有货币(5)

But what if the sought-after thing was $100 itself? 但是，如果孜孜以求的是100美元自己呢？ What if people produced goods to obtain money, not merely as a transactional device to be swiftly exchanged for other things, but as a store of

经济学人301:房产问题 为何怨声载道?

China 亚洲中国 Housing 房产 Why grumble? 为何怨声载道？ silver lining to the housing cloud 房产疑云的一线希望 JUST how bad is China's housing bubble? One important measurethe most important for those trying to get a foot on the

经济学人:过剩学问:经济体的宏观与微观(3)

To grasp Say's point requires two intellectual jumps. 理解萨伊的要点需要两种学术方面的提升。 The first is to see past money, which can obscure what is really going on in an economy. 首先，要看透钱，它能够屏蔽经济体中