单词:fluctuations in prices of raw materials and supplies
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To say stock market investors are pessimistic as the week winds down would be something of an understatement. All three of the major stock market indexes ended the session lower today. The fresh bear market lows followed remarks from Senate Banking
Tom: Im sorry, Mr. Smith, but I have to make a claim against you for quality discrepancy. 汤姆:史密斯先生,对不起,因质量不符,我不得不向你提出索赔。 Mr. Smith: What is it about? 史密斯先生:怎么回事? Tom: I
High Gas Prices Hit Rural Poor Hardest 高油价导致穷人生活更困难 Gasoline prices across the globe have dropped over the course of the last two months -- from what were record highs in the w
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Commodities are basic materials that are used and traded worldwide. The price of commodities helps determine how much a business can charge for a product and the profit it can make. Commodity prices h
AS IT IS 2014-03-12 Natural Gas Prices Rise in Europe as Ukraine Crisis Deepens 乌克兰冲突不断升级 推高欧洲天然气价格 Hello and welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English! Im Mario Ritter in Washington. Today, we have two reports
Three teams of Chinese disease-control specialists are taking supplies and expertise to Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone to help fight the deadly Ebola virus. Each medical team will be composed of one epidemiologist and two specialists in disinfecti
In recent months, crude oil prices have experienced their sharpest drop since the 2008 financial crisis, and now stand at around $80 a barrel. 近几个月,原油价格经历了2008年金融危机以来最深的跌幅,现在保持在每桶80美元左
AGRICULTURE REPORT - World Grain Supplies Expected to Shrink Further By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The Food and Agriculture Org
By Kari Barber Dakar 16 November 2007 Humanitarian officials warn that climate change along with higher food prices and growing populations are threatening food supplies in Africa. World Food Program Executive Director Josette Sheeran says that pract
By Mil Arcega Washington 27 February 2008 Wheat futures shot up this week to near the all-time high ($11.6975 a bushel) as foreign buyers scrambled to lock in supplies. A combination of bad weather, increasing global demand and export slowdowns in wh
By Douglas Bakshian Manila 19 March 2008 The Philippines, one of the world's largest importers of rice, is taking steps to ensure supplies as international rice prices rise and stocks come under pressure. Douglas Bakshian reports from Manila. Philipp
After several years of low prices, the price of pork rose this year to a new historical peak. 经历了数年的价格低迷后,今年猪肉价格上涨,达到一个新的历史高峰。 Reviewing the fluctuating pork prices in China, there is an
The British-based Fairtrade Foundation works to improve the lives of farmers in developing countries, by guaranteeing fair prices for their products and investing in social infrastructure. The organization also tries to convince British shoppers to s
By VOA News 07 November 2007 The U.S. Energy Department says oil supplies fell by 800,000 barrels last week, as prices continue to climb toward $100 a barrel. Crude oil prices rose above $98 a barrel during trading in New York Wednesday as the dollar
Agriculture ministers from the Group of 8 most industrialized countries are meeting near Treviso in in northern Italy this weekend for the first time to discuss food security and measures to boost farming output. Talks will focus on efforts to avert
China's top economic planner says the country is studying a new fuel pricing scheme to make it reflect the global markets' oil price fluctuations more swiftly. Zhang Ping, the head of the National Development and Reform Commission or NDRC, says the c
Under China's current pricing system - which was introduced back in 2009, domestic fuel prices are only adjusted when prices of overseas crude oil change by more than 4 percent over 22 working days. We will raise or cut fuel prices more swiftly and m
Listen to the dialogues and check what she's talking about. 英语对话1 A:How is it? B:I think the left shoe is a bit too small. 英语对话2 A:How do you find it? B:I don't like the floral on the shorts. 英语对话3 A:Do you like it? B:I think
BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua) -- New home prices declined in most of 70 major Chinese cities in March, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Wednesday. In March, 46 cities out of the statistical pool of 70 major cities saw drops in new home price
U.S. motorists have long had an infatuation with cars and the freedom to travel far and wide on the countrys open highways. But now drivers are getting squeezed by higher prices at the gas pumps. American gas prices are still low compared to those in