CNN 2012-06-24

Well, we begin tonight Keeping Them Honest with a major change in immigration policy, the decision to stop deporting some young immigrants who came to the United States as kids, some of them as infants, long before they even knew what immigrant meant

双语有声阅读:Short-term Memory 短时记忆

Short-term Memory There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. Information in long-term memory can be recalled at a later time when it is needed. The information may be kept for days or weeks. Sometimes information in the long-term memory

【大学生活】给分制-Grading Policy

A: I was wondering how you are going to calculate our final grades. B: Grades are based on many things: homework, attendance, quizzes, mid-term, and final. A: What counts the most? B: Actually I look at all of it and let's not forget class participat

外贸口语一点通第165期:产品推介之业务推销

Business Promotion 业务推销 A:May I help you, Madam? 夫人，我能为您效劳吗？ B:I want to buy a life insurance policy. 我想买人寿保险。 A:Which kind of policy do you want to buy, a term policy, a wholelife policy or an endowment

Short-term Memory

Unit 4 Text B Short-term Memory There are two kinds of memory : short-term and long-term .Information in long-term memory can be recalled at a later time (when it is needed) . The information may be k

Bush Outlines Foreign and Domestic Policies for Second Term

By Paula Wolfson President Bush says he will push hard for his domestic and foreign priorities in his second term in office. Mr. Bush is offering to work with his political opponents but at the same t

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By Stephanie Ho Washington 26 October 2006 Mid-term election campaigns in the United States are usually dominated by so-called bread and butter issues - things like jobs, health care and the economy in general. But there are indications that these c

购物英语对话-Buying Flowers(4)

A: I want to buy some flowers for my wife's birthday. B: Red roses are always a popular gift for birthdays. A: What are the roses going for? B: They're only $20 a dozen. A: That sounds nice and cheap. B: Yes, you're saving money because they're on sa

新西兰英语 612 Contraception for single mothers

Single mothers can receive free contraception if they want it. The new policy is that a single mother on a benefit has to look for part-time work when the child is five. However, if she has another child while she is on a benefit, she has to look for

美国联储局承诺维持宽松的货币政策

WASHINGTON, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced that it will keep the short-term interest rate near zero and continue its assets purchase program to bolster economic growth and job creation. U.S. economic activity has be

每日一词【480】short-term：短期的

今天我们要学的词是short-term。 Short-term, 短期的。 Short-term loans, 短期贷款。联合国粮农组织最近在罗马开会。 The summit tried to solve the short-term emergency of the increased hunger caused by soaring prices, 这次

IMF: World Economy Entering 'Dangerous New Phase'

The International Monetary Fund says the U.S. economy is struggling to overcome sluggish growth due to an unresolved government debt crisis and weaknesses in the housing market and household finances. In a report released Tuesday, the IMF downgraded

学个词Learn a Word 第480期 Short-term

今天我们要学的词是short-term。 Short-term, 短期的。 Short-term loans, 短期贷款。联合国粮农组织最近在罗马开会。 The summit tried to solve the short-term emergency of the increased hunger caused by soaring prices, 这次

Fitch confirms Russia's long-term ratings at BBB level

MOSCOW, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Fitch international rating agency confirmed long-term ratings of Russia in national and foreign currency at the BBB level, the agency said Friday. Fitch's forecast remained positive due to a strong government's bookkee

Short-term memory loss may predict Alzheimer's

BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- A short-term memory loss may suggest the Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study made by Spanish researchers. The finding was published on Monday, in Archives of General Psychiatry, an American Medical Associatio

研究发现 户外学习对幼儿发展起到促进作用

Childhoods were dramatically changing, with fewer opportunities to spend time outdoors, researchers observed. The loss of exposure to the natural environment would have negative long-term consequences, they warned. 研究人员发现，随着在室外的

Fed announces new steps to boost U.S. economy

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- After its final policy meeting of this year, the U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced to continue pumping money into the economy by buying assets and hold its short-term rate near zero until the unemployment rat

经济学人194:待重头收拾旧山河

The economys prospects 经济前景 Waiting for the earth to open 待重头收拾旧山河 The usual accelerators of recession are absentbut so are the brakes 经济不再像往常般加速下滑而是已经减速 Aug 27th 2011 | WASHINGTON, DC | fro

专业术语-财务英语词汇L16

long-term business 长期业务 long-term business assets 长期业务资产 long-term business fund 长期业务基金 long-term business liabilities 长期业务负债 Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan

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Law of Supply Demand: This is the founding block of economics. Whenever supply of something increases its price decreases and whenever supply decreases price increases. Thus, when you have excess production of corn, food prices decrease and vice vers