今天我们要学的词是 reserve。Reserve 做为形容词,是后备的意思。Israel is preparing to mobilize 30,000 reserve troops. 以色列正准备动员三万预备役。The British defense secretary proposed to allow reserve soldiers to...
BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhuanet) - China's central bank announced on Saturday it would lower the reserve requirement for commercial lenders by 50 basis points, the second time it has taken such action this year to inject more market liquidity and shore up...
WFP: Ethiopia's Emergency Food Reserve Near Zero The head of the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) in Ethiopia says the country's emergency food stocks are almost completely exhausted, with drought conditions expected to worsen before they improve. There...
Reserved 保守的, dignified 有威严的, calculating 深谋远虑的 and perhaps even unemotional 不易表露感情的; all adjectives you might hear if you asked someone to describe Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. Indeed the Frenchman is known in...
By Greg Flakus Piceance Basin, Colorado 12 November 2007 As the price of oil soars on world markets and demand for energy grows, energy companies are looking at so-called unconventional sources such as Canada's oil sands and the vast deposits of oil...
By Michael Bowman Washington 28 March 2007 The United States' top monetary official says the country's economy continues to grow and create jobs, but is hindered by several factors, including negative developments in the housing industry. VOA's Micha...
By Zulima Palacio Washington, DC 24 April 2006 watch Wind Power report It is estimated that the world's consumption of energy will increase by 60 percent over the next 20 years. Today half of U.S. ele...
By Barry Wood Washington, DC 23 January 2006 watch Greenspan Legacy report Alan Greenspan After more than 18 years on the job, Alan Greenspan retires on January 31st as head of the Federal Reserve Boa...