President Barack Obama says improving math and science education are key to the United States competing for new jobs and industries(工业,产业). Mr. Obama recorded his weekly address during a visit to Intel Corporation in the western United St...
今天我们要学的词是gain ground。 To gain ground意思是有进展,也可以指越来越被大家所接受。Mild weather helped firefighters gain ground on a fire in Yosemite National Park, 温和的天气让消防队员征服优胜美地国...
NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended mixed on Tuesday as investors(投资者) pulled back after Monday's big gains. The Dow Jones industrial average added 20.43 points, or 0.18 percent, to 11,691.18. The Standard Poor's 500 index dipped(...
By Laura Adams. This episode is about the advantages and disadvantages of investing in mutual funds. Taxes on Top of Losses As we all know, many people have lost investment money due to the stock market volatility in recent weeks. Its been a tough ti...
The South African Constitution Court has ruled citizens who are registered voters and reside abroad are entitled to vote. The decision overturns sections of the country's electoral law. In a unanimous decision the Constitutional Court, the country's...
Despite a raft of new corporate job losses, world stock markets are higher due to indicators out of the United States and China that some say show the global economic downturn starting to stabilize. Demonstrators hold up placards calling for 'Britis...
Americans go to the polls Tuesday to vote for members of the U.S. Congress as well as the president. All 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives will be up for election, along with will more than one-third of the 100-member Senate. Democrat...
The U.N. refugee agency says it finally has succeeded in entering the so-called buffer zone north of the town of Gori in Georgia. Lisa Schlein reports from UNHCR headquarters in Geneva the zone is controlled by Russian military forces and has been o...
By Robert Raffaele Washigton 16 May 2008 One day after Senator Barack Obama picked up the endorsement of a key Democrat, U.S. media reports say Obama has gained as many as eight delegates. The reports conflict on how many moved from Senator John Edwa...
By Jim Malone Washington 13 February 2008 Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain were the big winners Tuesday in presidential primaries in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. VOA National Correspondent Jim Malone has the lates...