不择手段背单词(604):austerity

austerity, n 节俭（严格节约，经济紧缩）；简朴；艰苦 【例】wartime austerity 战时节俭 【记】au读：诶哟，sterity＝sterility（n 不毛之地）－需要节俭 【反】ostentation（n 卖弄，摆阔）

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Broadcast: Feb 12,2003 More than 111,000 military reservists around the United States have been plucked out of their civilian lives and called-up to active duty, in support of the U.S. military's 2）

VOA双语新闻2008年：Economic Stimulus Measure

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved legislation to provide $146 billion to help stimulate the ailing U.S. economy. S lightly different legislation is pending in the Senate. 美国国会众议院通过一项法案，决定提供1460亿美元来

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Jean Thackeray can't forget her brief encounter with a German prisoner-of-war in Utah Time now for StoryCorps, this project has been traveling around the country recording everyday Americans talking about their lives. Today, a story from World War I

VOA慢速英语 2007 0406a

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Economics and weather have a lot in common. Knowing what conditions will be like weeks or months in the future is not easy. One thing that helps economists predict the future is the index of leading

2007年VOA标准英语-US House of Representatives Approves Measure St

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 25 September 2007 The U.S. House of Representatives has approved legislation to strengthen economic sanctions against Iran over its support for terrorist groups and refusal to halt uranium enrichment. VOA's Dan Robinson

VOA标准英语2009年-Congress Works on Economic Recovery Measure

As President Obama meets with his economic advisers, Congress is moving forward with steps to pass a huge economic recovery package. US Congress With a mid-February deadline for getting legislation to President Obama's desk, the measure was the firs

VOA标准英语2009年-US Congress Heads Toward Final Votes on Economi

The U.S. Congress is on track for decisive votes on a $789 billion measure aimed at slowing the U.S. economic decline. The House of Representatives is to consider and vote on the bill Friday, with Senate action also expected. House Speaker Nancy Pel

VOA标准英语2009年-US House Approves Economic Stimulus Against Rep

In a major victory for President Barack Obama, the House of Representatives has approved, by a vote of 246 to 183, a $787 billion measure that tries to create jobs, spur growth, and kick the U.S. economy out of recession through tax cuts and domesti

VOA慢速英语20060120a

ECONOMICS REPORT - Economic Conditions: Trying to Read the FutureBy Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, January 20, 2006 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Economics and weathe

VOA标准英语2009年-Divided US Senate Considers Economic Stimulus B

The U.S. Senate has begun consideration of economic recovery legislation, as minority Republicans continue to call for changes to a measure President Barack Obama said is critical to address the U.S. economic crisis. Republicans are renewing their o

VOA标准英语2009年-US Economic Measure Now Goes to House-Senate Ne

With Tuesday's Senate vote approving its version of economic recovery legislation, the focus has shifted to a House-Senate conference committee beginning work on resolving differences between slightly different versions of the measure. Tough bargain

VOA常速英语2008年-Bush Signs Economic Stimulus Bill

By Paula Wolfson White House 13 February 2008 President Bush has signed legislation designed to give the U.S. economy a boost. VOA White House correspondent Paula Wolfson reports the stimulus package includes tax rebates and incentives for business i

古巴推出私人非农业合作社

HAVANA, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Cuba launched its first batch of private nonagricultural cooperatives Monday, as part of reforms pushed by Cuban leader Raul Castro. There are 124 such cooperatives in the sectors of construction, transportation, waste coll

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Calls on Senate to 'Rise to the Moment' o

President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to act swiftly to pass his massive economic recovery package, warning that every day of delay means more Americans lose their jobs, their savings and their homes. On the floor of U.S. Senate Thursday, De

VOA标准英语2009年-France Wants Happiness Included in Progres

As countries begin emerging from the global financial crisis, France is proposing to measure progress in a new way - one that includes happiness and well being, as well as traditional economic benchmarks. US Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stig

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幸福可以度量么

How do you gauge a country's well-being? The usual approach is to look at economic indicators like GDP or employment figures, or social ones like literacy levels or crime rates. But in Britain politicians are seeking a much more basic measure of the

Obama in Hawaii for APEC Summit

U.S. President Barack Obama is in his native Hawaii Saturday to host a two-day economic summit with Asia-Pacific leaders. The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit begins a nine-day trip for the president aimed at improving U.S. ties with c

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NOW almost five years old, the economic crisis rumbles on. In order to assess how much economic progress it has undone, The Economist has constructed a measure of lost time for hard-hit countries. It shows that Greeces economic clock has been turned