ESL商务英语: ESL Podcast 252 – A Workers Strike

ESL Podcast 252 A Workers Strike GLOSSARY to strike to refuse to work because the workers are protesting (showing thatthey do not approve of) something* The teachers are striking because they want to get more money for the work that they do. manageme

VOA慢速英语 2007 0928a

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Labor relations in the American auto industry took a new turn this week with a deal that many are calling historic. An employee returns to work at the General Motors factory in Warren, Michigan Gener

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Striking postal workers manned the picket line outside the south London mail center from dawn. A stake they say jobs pay and very existence of Royal Mail. You know, I've got a family to support. You know, I've got a house, a mortgage to pay for. You

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-17

So more finance news and the owner of Channel Nine is expected to meet creditors again this morning to try to determine the future of the debt-ridden company. Nine Entertainment owes its lenders more than 3 billion dollars. Yesterday, Nine boss David

CNN 2009-12-23

Fridays are awesome, even when it is our last one of this semester. I am Carl Azuz, and you are tuned in the CNN Student News. First up today, a quick check of our headlines. Strike is off, the judge says plans for a walkout by a British Airway's Cab

IN THE NEWS - US West Coast Ports Shut Down

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VOA常速英语2007-UN Security Council Condemns Darfur Attack on AU

By Margaret Besheer United Nations 02 October 2007 The U.N. Security Council has condemned an attack on African Union peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region that killed 10 of them, but could not agree on language for a formal statement. From U.N. hea

VOA慢速英语2013 欧盟达成1.3万亿预算协议

EU Agrees to 1.3 Trillion Budget欧盟达成1.3万亿预算协议 From VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report in Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。 European Union countries have struggled to find common grou

VOA慢速英语2013 EU Agrees to $1.3 Trillion Budget

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VOA慢速英语2013 Economics Report - EU Agrees to $1.3 Trillion Budget

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VOA标准英语2008年-Poland, US Sign Missile Agreement

The United States and Poland have formally signed a deal to deploy American missiles in the east European nation. The United States says the missiles are needed to guard against attacks from rogue states like Iran; Russia says the deployment threate

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The European Union has signed an agreement with four nations to move ahead on creating new gas pipelines to reduce its energy dependence on Russia. Czech Republic's outgoing PM Mirek Topolanek, left, welcomes the President of Turkey, Abdullah Gul, i

VOA双语新闻：欧盟寻求摆脱对俄罗斯能源依赖

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Affco is a meat company with seven processing plants (or factories) in the North Island. At the processing plants, animals are killed for meat and the meat is prepared for sale in New Zealand or overseas. Frozen or chilled meat is our second largest

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General Motors Company and the United Auto Workers union reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract late Friday in Detroit, Michigan. Details of the settlement are being withheld, pending a review meeting with local union leaders and r

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Russian President Vladir Putin has told G20 financial leaders that it's vital to charter a clear strategy on borrowing to end the global financial downturn. G20 finance ministers and the central banks are meeting in the Kremlin. The Russian leader ad

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The European Central Bank lowered its benchmark interest rate Thursday to a record 1.0 percent. The move by the bank to help stimulate Europe's economy came as France and Germany urged other European leaders to adopt their eurozone crisis plan at a k

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CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR: Lawmakers in the United Kingdom have rejected a deal concerning how their country will separate from the European Union and that's are first report today on CNN 10. I'm Carl Azuz. It's good to have you with us. There were ei

【英音模仿秀】乌克兰与欧盟自由通商

模仿句子：Now the new year is said to be a new start for Ukraine, economically speaking at least. On January 1st, the country starts its free trade agreement with the European Union. 翻译：据说乌克兰新年会有个新气象，至少从经济

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The problem over The Hobbit movies has been settled. Listen to Oct 22 2010 for some background to the problem. Last week, the actors union said that the real reason Warner Bros was coming to New Zealand was to try to get a tax reduction from our gove