VOA慢速英语2017--卡尔文·库利奇：沉默

Calvin Coolidge: Silent VOA Learning English presents Americas Presidents. Today we are talking about Calvin Coolidge. He was the vice president under Warren Harding. When Harding died suddenly a little more than two years into his term, Coolidge bec

Chinese Premier Highlights Scientific Economic Policies

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has issued a new call for this country's macroeconomic policies to be more scientific, forward-looking and targeted in order to promote more sustainable growth. CRI's Lucy Du has more. Li Keqiang has made the comments at a

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上一讲我们谈的话题是 Competition － 竞 争。我们学了这样几个英文词汇： 1 perfect competition 完全竞争 2 imperfect competition 不完全竞争 3 monopoly 垄断 如同我们

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今天我们要学的词是snowball。 Snowball, 雪球，作为动词，就是象滚雪球一样，迅速扩大。 The dispute between the students and the school has snowballed into a public debate, 学生和校方之间发生的争执迅速发展成

每日一词【483】snowball：雪球，象滚雪球一样

今天我们要学的词是snowball。 Snowball, 雪球，作为动词，就是象滚雪球一样，迅速扩大。 The dispute between the students and the school has snowballed into a public debate, 学生和校方之间发生的争执迅速发展成

VOA标准英语2012--GOP Contenders Policies Would Raise US Debt: Study

GOP Contenders Policies Would Raise US Debt: Study Ask any of the Republican presidential hopefuls and they'll tell you the current president has done more harm than good. ROMNEY: Almost everything he's done has made it harder for this economy to reb

VOA标准英语2010年-Increased Support for Developing Count

For International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials, the past week's annual meetings were part of efforts to improve dialogue with the developing world. The IMF's Director of External Relations, Caroline Atkinson, says we've funded representatives from c

VOA标准英语2014--Republicans Frame Midterm Election as Referendum on Obama

Republicans Frame Midterm Election as Referendum on Obama President Barack Obamas name will not appear on ballots across the country next Tuesday but Republicans have done a pretty good job of convincing voters otherwise. Americans head to the polls

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A: Youre voting, right? B: Yes, I am, but Im not voting for who youre voting for. A: Why is that? B: I dont like that candidate. A: Why dont you like him? B: I do not find him to be very intelligent. A: He is very smart. B: Hes not smart, and I dont

China adopts policies to attract graduates to military

BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government on Wednesday announced a set of policies to encourage more college graduates to serve in the military. A circular posted on the official website of the Ministry of Education states that college gra

IMF呼吁为财政恶化做好准备

WASHINGTON, April 13 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday called for countries to prepare fiscal policies and work together to counter worsening global fiscal positions. Fiscal positions have worsened significantly since the

2015年CRI Briefing on China's Policies and Actions on Climate Change

China's State Council Information Office holds a press conference at 10:00 on Thursday on China's Policies and Actions on Climate Change, which is introduced by Mr. Xie Zhenhua, Special Representative on Climate Change of China. CRIENGLISH.com brings

VOA标准英语2008年-Mugabe Defends Land Policies at UN Summit

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 03 June 2008 Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has defended the land policies of his government which have been blamed for devastating the country's agricultural sector. Addressing delegates at a U.N. summit on world foo

CCTV9英语新闻：Easing policies bear potential risks in Japan

Criticism of so called Abenomics has continued since its introduction last November. That's when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promised bold fiscal and monetary expansionary policies， to revive the worlds third-largest economy. It is hoped that the int

IMF Unhappy with Zimbabwe Policies

IMF Unhappy with Zimbabwe Policies HARARE The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Zimbabwe's large debt remains a serious impediment to the country's financial future. Ruling out retiring Zimbabwe's $10 billion debt, which is what the country's fi

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It is being reported China is going to further tighten the curbing policies for second-time homebuyers. Down payment ratio is likely to be raised to 70 percent and lending rate could also be set at 1.3 times the benchmark rate - currently that rate s

China's property regulation policies "carried out well"

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's property regulation measures have been carried out well by local authorities and speculative housing demand has been curbed, according to the results of a State Council inspection announced late on Friday. The ins

2018年CRI Workers in Beijing: a public civility guide

Fan Shuhui, 55, serves as a public civility guide in Beijing for ten years. Working at a bus stop with various scenic spots nearby, Fan usually spends 5 to 6 hours a day assisting passengers getting off and on the buses. Ahead of the International Wo

苹果向中国消费者道歉

苹果公司因在售后服务上对中国消费者区别对待而被中国官方媒体大肆批评，CEO最近在官网公开道歉并称其为误会。 具体情况一起来听BBC新闻报道。 It's not often corporate giants admit they may be arr

2018年CRI IMF Chief calls for removal of protectionist policies

IMF chief Christine Lagarde characterized the near term future of the world economy as bright, but she warned that long term challenges await. She said high debt levels, financial instability, and lack of trust on existing multinational trade framewo