星级饭店大堂英语 10_pays his rent

[00:00.00]Lesson One [00:23.39]第一课 [00:46.79]Paying By Credit Card [00:48.82]用信用卡结账 [00:50.86]G:Hello.I've come to pay my bill. [00:53.73]旅客:您好，我来结账。 [00:56.61]C:Okay.Just a moment please.Let me get our copy... [

Death Rates Rising for Middle Age Whites with Little Education

A new study from Princeton University economists says white middle-aged Americans without college educations are dying at higher rates. Professors Anne Case and Angus Deaton wrote the study. It finds that men and women older than 45 but younger than

中式口语纠错:My pay is not enough

VOA标准英语2009年-US 'Pay Czar' Proposes Executive Pay Cuts

By Laurel Bowman Washington 29 October 2009 Kenneth Feinberg A top Treasury Department official has ordered pay cuts for the 25 highest-paid executives at seven companies that received government bail-outs. But he says he doesn't want broader powers

天天练口语：Pay the Bill

Waiter: Yes, sir? 服务生：先生，什么事？ Tom: Could we have the bill, please? 汤姆：请帮我们结账。 Waiter: Thats 68 pounds altogether, please. 服务生：一共是68英磅。 Tom: Thats alright. Here you are. 汤姆：好的，给

UN officials pay tribute to Chavez

UNITED NATIONS, March 13 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday praised late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as one of those leaders who made a difference in his country, the region and the world. Addressing a General Assembly ple

VOA标准英语2008年-US Military: Iraqi Government Will Pay Sunni Fi

A top American commander in Iraq says the country's Shi'ite dominated government will accept responsibility for supporting more than 50,000 mostly Sunni fighters currently armed and paid by the U.S. military. VOA correspondent Meredith Buel has deta

VOA标准英语2011--New Drugs Promise Higher Cure Rates for

New Drugs Promise Higher Cure Rates for Hepatitis C The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved two new drugs - boceprevir and telaprevir - to treat hepatitis C, a virus that can cause liver damage and cancer. The new drugs are expected to imp

HEALTH REPORT - Cancer Survival Rates Up in U.S.

HEALTH REPORT - Cancer Survival Rates Up in U.S. By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 25 Jan 2005, 23:06 UTC I'm Phoebe Zimmerman with the VOA Special English Health Report. The Amer

U.S. fixed mortgage rates continue to rise with stronger economic outlook

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. fixed mortgage rates this week edged up for the third straight week following recently released stronger economic data, according to the Primary Mortgage Market Survey released Thursday by Freddie Mac. The mortgag

ECB raises eurozone interest rates to 1.5%

The European Central Bank (ECB) has raised interest rates to 1.5% from 1.25% in an attempt to cool inflation in the 17-nation eurozone. ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet said that inflation, now 2.7%, was likely to remain clearly above the ECB's 2% t

U.S. lung cancer rates decline: CDC

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The rates of new lung cancer cases in the United States dropped among men in 35 states and among women in six states between 1999 and 2008, according to a report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control an

移动支付强强联手 三星Pay与支付宝宣布合作!

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has struck a partnership with Chinese payment service Alipay, to expand Samsung Pay in the world's largest smartphone market. 为扩大三星支付在世界最大的智能手机市场的影响力，三星电子有限公司与

Charlie Sheen to pay child support from wages

BEIJING, June 29 (Xinhuanet) -- A judge has ruled that Charlie Sheen's monthly 55,000 U.S. dollar child support payments will be garnished from wages he receives from his former boss Warner Bros. Television, media reports said Wednesday. Los Angeles

India Holds Interest Rates Steady Amid Slow Growth

India's central bank kept interest rates unchanged Monday in a bid to curb inflation, despite pressure to cut rates to spur lagging economic growth. The Reserve Bank kept the rate at 8 percent, and the cash reserve rate for banks at 4.75 percent. The

Iran's Paykan out of FIVB Club World Championship

TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Iran's volleyball club Paykan is out of FIVB Club World Championship after losing 3-2 to a Canadian club. Canada's Trinity Western Spartans rallied to beat Paykan 25-23, 18-25, 17-25, 25-18, 15-6 on Monday in Doha, Qatar,

Aussie banks rolling in cash, silent on rates

SYDNEY, May 2 (Xinhua) --- The Australia New Zealand Bank (ANZ) has reported first-half underlying profit of over 3 billion U.S. dollars, a result that stands in stark contrast to its refusal to keep in step with the central bank's official rate move

Obesity rates keep rising in U.S

LOS ANGELES, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Obesity prevalence was 30 percent or higher in 12 states of the United States last year, compared to nine states in 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday. In 2000, no states in the

Suicide rates in Europe 'linked' to financial crisis

The financial crisis almost certainly led to an increase in suicides across Europe, health experts say. The analysis by US and UK researchers found a rise in suicides was recorded among working age people from 2007 to 2009 in nine of the 10 nations s

China cuts interest rates, allows freer fluctuation

BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- China announced Thursday its first cut in benchmark interest rates in more than three years after slower-than-expected growth in the world's second-largest economy raised concerns of a hard landing. The People's Bank of Ch