13-02-18 Hi, everybody. In the coming weeks, we face some important decisions about how to pay down（当场支付） our debt in a way that grows our economy and creates good jobsdecisions that will make a real difference in the strength and pace of our recovery....

13-02-01 1. 农家乐 rural inn/farm stay/agritainment 2. 大型实景歌舞演出 real-scene musical extravaganza/musical on the site 3. 在这举世瞩目的世博年 in this remarkable year of Shanghai Expo 4. 提高全民文明素质、文化素质 improve the civility and cultural level...

13-01-20 Hi, everybody. Over the past year, as I traveled across the country campaigning for this office, I told you that if I was fortunate enough to be re-elected, I'd work to change a tax code that too often benefited the wealthy at the expense of the mid...

13-01-16 The German economy grew by 0.7% in 2012, a sharp slowdown on the previous year, preliminary figures show. 初步数据显示，2012年德国经济增长0.7%，比2011年有显著下降。 The figure was well below the 3% growth seen in 2011 and suggests the economy contra...

13-01-10 Hello Everybody. For the past couple months, I've been working with people in both partieswith the help of business leaders and ordinary Americansto come together around a plan to grow the economy and shrink our deficits. It's a balanced planone tha...

12-11-07 Asian markets were little changed as President Barack Obama was re-elected to a second term. 美国总统奥巴马连任对亚洲股市影响不大。 There are concerns whether Mr Obama and a Republican-dominated Congress will be able to negotiate a way to avoid the...

12-11-02 Hi, everybody. It's now been four years since a crisis that began on Wall Street spread to Main Street, hammering（锤击， 敲打） middle-class families and ultimately costing our economy 9 million jobs. Since then, we've fought our way back. Our busi...

12-10-31 In today's globalized economy, a large percentage of apparel（服装，衣服） products are multinational products as raw materials are produced, transported and assembled in different countries. However, consumers have little information about where an...

12-10-25 Figures for the UK economy due on Thursday morning are expected to show growth after nine months of recession. 周四上午发布的数据显示，英国经济在经历九个月的衰退之后有望获得增长。 Gross domestic product (GDP) figures, measuring the value of everythi...

12-10-18 Living standards have soared during the twentieth century, and economists expect them to continue rising in the decades ahead. Does that mean that we humans can look forward to increasing Happiness? Not necessarily, warns Richard A. Easterlin, an ec...