U.S. President Barack Obama is announcing plans to make more credit available to America's small businesses. The president is shifting the focus of the government's financial（金融） industry bailout from big businesses to small entrepreneurs and com...
The Iranian government is rejecting Western pressure to move quickly on disclosing information about its nuclear（核） program. At the same time, it is facing renewed opposition from candidates in the June presidential election to discuss allegations...
Chinese Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival in Modern and Traditional Ways Peple in China celebrate（庆祝） in various ways the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival which fell on Saturday this year. On the Chinese mainland, the festival adds one more day to the...
Australia is poised to overtake South Africa and the U.S. as the world's second-largest producer of gold as new mines boost output to meet a sharp rise in international demand. A giant facility south of Perth near the town of Boddington is leading th...
U.S. President Barack Obama is reaching out to organized labor as he seeks support for his economic and health care policies. The president is waging an all-out campaign to win over union members. On Tuesday, he made back-to-back appearances in two s...
U.S. President Barack Obama is reaching out to organized labor as he seeks support for his economic and health care policies. The president is waging an all-out campaign to win over union members. On Tuesday, he made back-to-back appearances in two s...
In the financial crisis, Switzerland President Merz tells Forbes he is taking measures to keep Switzerland and its cities on top of business and running like clockwork. The measures（措施） that we have taken in order to renew, and to reinforce, and...
When Henry ford decided to produce his famous v-8 motor, he chose to build an engine with the entire eight cylinders cast in one block, and instructed his engineers to produce a design in one for the engine. The design was placed on paper, but the en...
Sean: Okay - any other business ? Will: Yes, I would like to say something . An illustrator came in last week, and I think she's very good and it would be wise to put her on our books. Sean: okay Will: I would like to be able to show her drawings an...
Male: With a presentation, I think the aims and the structure need to be clear. Male 2: I like to wait until the end of the presentation before people feed back on what Ive just said , rather than interruptions throughout the presentation. Male 3 I...
Clip 1 If you have a look at this first graph, you can see that our sales topped 50 million the year before last. Then last year sales dropped to 40 million, with a slight recovery at the end of the financial year. However, this year sales have cont...
Sean: Okay, well, Im not going to get into a discussion about who deserved to get the job. Clearly , the person who was appointed was the right person for the job. What you need to do is look at your work and what youre doing and where thats taking...
Michelle: Mr Hibberds office! Peter: Hello, can I speak to Brian Hibberd, please? Michelle: Im afraid hes in a meeting until lunchtime. Can I take a message? Peter: Well, Id like to arrange an appointment to see him, please. Its Peter Jefferson here...
Clip 1 Ladies and gentlemen , thank you very much for coming along here today . I hope my presentation（情报） isnt going to take too long and that you will find it interesting. The purpose of todays presentation is to discuss how we can improve int...
BBC Learning English Talking Business Meetings: Agenda setting Transcript Clip 1 Sarah: Right then, Alex, lets get down to business. On the agenda today for our public relations meeting are the research project, the launch of the website, the timeli...
