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自垮掉一代悲催一代以来，柯林斯大辞典的2016年词语又为90后贴上了雪花一代的标签。他们看似年轻气盛实则有着雪花一般的玻璃心;看似自信满满实则经不起打击就像雪花一样易融化。 Snowf

彭蒙惠英语：Finding the Energy

Finding the Energy by Richard Seven 2005 The Seattle Times , Knight Ridder Newspapers. Distributed by Tribune Media Services Need some energy? To get it you have to spend it, and there’s the rub 1 W

考研英语长难句讲解 第77期

30. This development is boosting wholesale demand from the food service segment by 4% to 5% a year across Europe, compared with growth in retail demand of 1 to 2 percent. 【分析】简单句，句子主干为 This development is boosting wholesale

英语听力文摘 English Digest 587、气泵上的辛烷值是什么意思？

What Do Octane Numbers Mean? At the gas pump, you have a choice of octane numbers. 87? 93? Whats the difference? To explain octane numbers, lets take an imaginative leap into the internal combustion engine of a car. Inside the cylinders are combustio

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今天我们要学的词是approval rating。 Approval rating是支持率的意思。Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party's approval rating fell to 20%, 日本执政党自民党的民众支持率滑落到20%。 A new survey shows that President Ob

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-02-05

Feburary 5th 1937. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes boosting the number of justices on the US Supreme Court. He pushes the plan after the court strikes down key parts of his new deal program during the Great Depression. The Court itself can b

Markets Plunge; S&P, US Spar Over Rating Cut

Global financial markets continue to drop sharply in reaction to an unprecedented downgrade of the U.S. government's credit rating and lingering concerns about European debt problems and global economic growth. In early Asia trading Tuesday, Japan's

Petrol prices surge to near three-year high

WELLINGTON, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Fuel prices are at their highest level in nearly three years in New Zealand on Wednesday after the four main oil companies increased their prices by 3 cents. Shell, Caltex, BP and Mobil have raised the price of 91 oct

Rating Agencies Affirm France's AAA Credit

The three major credit rating agencies have affirmed France's AAA rating even as the country's borrowing costs are increasing. Standard Poor's, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings all said Wednesday they are maintaining the country's top cred

China to make due contributions to boosting IMF resources

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Moody's downgrades Greece to lowest rating

LONDON/NEW YORK, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The rating agency Moody's on Friday cut the sovereign credit rating of Greece to the lowest level, saying the country's default risk was high. Moody's downgraded Greece long term sovereign credit rating from Ca to

S&P Downgrades French Credit Rating

Standard Poor's Friday downgraded the credit ratings of nine European countries caught up in the eurozone crisis. This includes France, which has Europe's second-largest economy. SP's downgrade of France's credit rating has been expected for weeks. F

Credit Rating Agency Upgrades Nigeria's Outlook

Credit rating agency Standard and Poors has revised Nigeria's economic outlook from stable to positive. In a statement, the rating agency says the Nigerian government, under President Goodluck Jonathan, has undertaken several important reform initiat

Rating Agency Downgrades US Credit Outlook

Standard and Poor's Ratings Services announced Monday that the United States continues to have a AAA [Triple-A] credit rating, but the rating agency lowered its long-term credit outlook for the U.S. government. SP cited U.S. budget deficits and gover

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Two rating agencies, Standard and Poors (S P) and Fitch downgraded New Zealands credit rating from AA+ to AA. This is the first downgrade in 13 years. A credit rating gives some idea of whether the economy is stable and whether the government can pay

US Consumer Confidence Rises

A series of reports paint a mixed picture of the U.S. economy Tuesday, as consumer confidence rises, home prices fall, and an iconic retailer shuts a number of stores. U.S. consumer confidence hit its highest level in eight months in December as the

S&P Downgrades US Credit Rating for First Time

The credit rating agency Standard Poor's has downgraded the U.S. credit rating for the first time ever from the country's elite AAA status to AA-plus, with a negative outlook. In a statement late Friday, SP said it made the move because the deficit-r

Italy Faces Credit Rating Cut

A major financial services company says that Italy faces a significant chance of having its credit rating cut soon, but that it has no plans to downgrade France's top credit standing. Fitch Ratings said Tuesday it is confident that the 17-nation Euro

S&P Cuts Italy's Credit Rating

Standard Poors has cut Italy's credit rating, citing weak economic growth and political uncertainty. The credit rating agency cut Italy's rating one notch Monday - from A+ to A. SP said the country's shaky coalition government and differences in parl

US Faces Possible Credit Rating Downgrade

U.S. President Barack Obama and Congress are engaged in an intense rush to settle on a plan to raise the countrys borrowing limit beyond the current total of more than $14 trillion. It is an effort aimed at averting a possible default on the countrys