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Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conve
The U.S. population is increasing at nearly one percent a year, making the United States the world's fastest growing industrial nation. 美国人口正以每年将近1%的速度增长,这使美国成为世界人口增长最快的工业化国家。
New stats from the National Bureau of Statistics are suggesting the property market in China's major cities has begun to stabilize through this past month. Of the 70 large and medium-sized cities surveyed by the NBS, 55 saw new home prices increase m
More and more of the world's population are living in towns or cities. The speed at which cities are growing in the less developed countries is alarming. Between 1920 and 1960, big cities in developed countries increased two and a half times in size,
Welcome to Wal-Marts newest superstore in Beijing, one of 115 stores in 63 cities across China. Almost all of the products here are local and geared toward the food-driven Chinese consumer. There is Chinese fruit, live seafood, even turtles. Despite
US coffee chain Starbucks has opened its first coffee bean farm and processing plant in China. The venture in Southwestern Yunan province has aimed at boosting sales, and convincing more Chinese to switch from tea to coffee. Since opening its first o
EXPLORATIONS - Population Growth is Dropping in Industrialized Nations and Increasing in Some Developing OnesBy Jill Moss from VOA News reports Broadcast: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE:
Experts: Growth of Cities Will Worsen Housing Crisis Close to 70 percent of the world's population will live in cities by the year 2050. That prediction comes from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 到2050年,全球近70
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Soon, more of us will be living in cities than in rural areas. Population experts at the United Nations had thought that would happen by this year. Lately their estimate is that in two thousand eigh
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Fifty years ago, most people lived in rural areas. But the world has changed. By some point next year, more than half of all people will live in cities, for the first time in history. So says the mo
2012 has been a tough year for the world and for China. The country has seen its economic growth slow from around 9 percent in December 2011 to under seven and a half percent in September this year. Despite the slow-down, some key trends have appeare
Latest statistics show that prices for new houses rose more steeply in more Chinese cities in February, putting the government in an increasingly complex situation of regulating the bubble-ridden market. Our reporter Li Dong has the details. Of a sta
New statistics are suggesting car sales and output in China have gained strong momentum in the first half of the year. However, eight more cities are likely to announce restrictive policies on purchasing cars this year, which could see domestic car b
BEIJING, June 20 (Xinhuanet) -- More Chinese cities have seen month-on-month declines in the prices of both new and secondhand homes, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Saturday. The NBS said in a statement on its website that mo
BEIJING, Mar. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Urbanization will be a major feature of China's economic growth and continue to gain momentum, Liu He, Party chief of the Development Research Center of the State Council, said on Saturday. At the China Development For
China's property sector continued to recover but at a slower pace in June, with fewer cities reporting month-on-month rises in new home prices, an official survey showed last Monday. 上周日,一项官方调查显示,6月我国房地产行业保持
With a sustainable and balanced growth pattern, Beijing outstripped its closest economic competitor Shanghai to rank at the top of 295 cities nationwide, in a rating from the nation's top economic regulator. 凭借可持续和均衡的增长模式,北
Urban land 城市土地 Space and the city 空间和都市 Poor land use in the world's greatest cities carries a huge cost 糟糕的土地利用方式已经成为世界大都市不能承受之重 BUY land, advised Mark Twain; they're not making it a
托福阅读高分的关键是在于多看多练,同学们在日常练习中应该重视托福阅读材料的分析。新东方网为大家整理提供托福阅读练习,供各位考生复习参考。 Although only 1 person in 20 in the Colonial
A rise in the world's population is having serious, negative effects on the environment. Some scientists believe that the only way to solve the problem is to set up a colony on the Moon. Others argue that the cost would be far too great and other sol