Gene Linked to Stroke Risk

By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: October 1, 2003 This is Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Health Report. Scientists in Iceland say they have identified the first gene linked to common forms of

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Liquidity is the ease with which an investment can be sold and turned into money. For example, when a stock is traded easily, the market for it is said to be liquid. Liquidity can also suggest the eas

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今天我们要学的词是 contingent upon. Contingent upon 意思是视某前提条件而定。South Korea plans to expand tourism ties with North Korea, contingent upon the lifting of economic sanctions. 韩国计划扩大与朝鲜的旅游联系，

经济学人02:操之过急的巴塞尔

Finance and Economics;Bank capital;Half-cocked Basel; 财经;银行资本;操之过急的巴塞尔; Stop-gap rules on banks' trading books may add perilous complexity. 把银行交易帐户作为权宜之计可能增加了危险的复杂性。 The nn

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在日常生活中,无论我们去超市购物,或是去提款机取钱,我们几乎每天都会接触到小票,然而,科学家称,这些小票中所含的有害物质可能会致病,例如糖尿病,肥胖甚至癌症. 购物小票成健康隐患 Th

Further US Credit Downgrade Possible

The U.S. governments credit rating could be downgraded even further, according to the rating agency that removed the United States from a list of top-tier creditworthy nations. Standard and Poors judgement Days after Standard and Poors made headlines

VOA慢速英语2009年-THIS IS AMERICA - How a Housing Bubble Bur

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: A repossessed home in Denver, Colorado, in May 2008 And I'm Fritzi Bodenheimer. This week on our program, we examine some of the causes of the financial crisis

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Wednesday night, the United States Senate passed a rescue bill for the financial industry. A wide majority sent the bill for debate in the House of Representatives. The House rejected its own version

voa标准英语2008-Mortgage Finance Officials Defend Actions on Ris

U.S. lawmakers challenged former top executives of major government-backed mortgage finance companies to explain why they took on billions of dollars in risky loans. Questioning of the former heads of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac came as a House of Re

2006年VOA标准英语-First Major Contingent of UN Troops Begin Arriv

By Margaret Besheer Tyre, Lebanon 02 September 2006 The first major deployment of international forces to monitor a ceasefire between Hezbollah militants and Israel began arriving in Lebanon Saturday. The Italian contingent will help keep the peace,

Gay men at higher risk for cancer

BEIJING, May 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Researchers from California, Unated States, found that sexual orientation could play a role in cancer and more gay men are reported being cancer survivors(幸存者) than straight men, according to findings in the journ

South Africans at high risk of cervical cancer

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Gold prices have rallied more than 30 per cent since the lift-off in US interest rates in December. A sharp reversal in pricing, sentiment and positioning driven by myriad factors has left gold bears and bulls as polarised as ever. 自去年12月美国

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First contingent of Algerian athletes depart to London

ALGIERS, July 20 (Xinhua) -- The first contingent of Algerian athletes for the Olympic Games (July 27-August 12) left here for London on Friday, the local APS news agency reported. Three athletes departed from the International Airport of Houari Boum

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(earthquake) intensity (地震)强度-梅卡利仪测量破坏程度 (earthquake) magnitude (地震)烈度-里氏仪测量震感强度 after shock 余震 Alternative Risk Transfer 新型风险转移 anti-seismic design (房屋)抗震设计 Business i

Sudden Exercise Poses Heart Risk for Sedentary People

If you don't exercise regularly（有规律的）, a sudden bout of energetic activity can trigger a heart attack, and may even kill you, according to a new study published in JAMA, the journal of the American Medical Association. It sounds like the

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

French Coface says world growth to slow down in 2011

PARIS, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- French leading credit insurer Coface estimated on Monday that the world economy would slow growth to 3.4 percent in 2011 from 4 percent in 2010 with emerging（新兴的） economies still leading the growth while joint pre

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