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"The last English city of France" are the words Francois Lavallee usesto describe the French port of Calais.Lavallee is president of the Chamber of Commercefor the Hauts-de-France area of northern Fra...

弗朗索瓦-拉瓦利形容法国港口加来市是“法国最后一个英国城市”。 拉瓦利是法国北部上法兰西大区的商会会长，加来就属于该区域的一部分。他还说，这座城市跟英国“有着大量的人员和商业往来。”“它刻在了我们的血液里。” 这座港口位于英国英...

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Mark Hudson is a real estate agent in Washington,D.C.,one of the areas that has been least affected by the housing and construction bust.He peruses the day's list of homes for sale."We are down about ...

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Oil prices jumped sharply on Monday following an attackover the weekend on two Saudi Arabian oil-processing centers.The attacks endangered world oil supplies.Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed responsibil...

沙特两处石油加工中心周末遭遇袭击之后，国际油价周一大幅上涨。这些袭击危及了全球石油供应。 也门的胡塞叛乱分子声称对这些袭击事件负责，事件中似乎使用了无人机打击沙特阿美石油中心。胡塞叛乱分子与伊朗存在关联。 胡塞叛军声称他们动用了...

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance.The purpose is to let children learn from experience at an age when financial mi...

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(MUSIC)The musical tradition started in 19th century Mexico and has migrated to Los Angeles,one of the urban Meccas of mariachi music outside of its homeland.The fortunate musicians play at restaurant...

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.A week ago,the United States government was preparing to suspend some of its operations for lack of a budget.But late last Friday,negotiators reached a deal....

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.The best example of something is often called the "gold standard."It sets the standard against which other things are measured.In economics,the term de...

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Despite the U.S. Federal Reserve's assurances that it will keep interest rates near record lows for the next two years,all the gains made this week evaporated even before the opening bell.On closer ex...