By Nico Colombant Malabo, Equatorial Guinea 13 May 2008 With rising oil prices, oil exporters like the lightly-populated central African country of Equatorial Guinea, are awash with new revenue. Here, a new modern capital called Malabo II is being bu...
By Brian Padden Baku 24 December 2007 The oil curse is a term often used in explaining why many countries rich in natural resources remain underdeveloped and unstable. Corruption and the lack of democracy are often cited as factors. Oil-rich Azerbaij...
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 08 December 2007 International donors have pledged $4.4 billion in development assistance to Vietnam for 2008, $1 billion more than the country received this year. Vietnam's economy is growing fast, but donors say the money i...
??Intro：What is the most important thing in life to you？To many people it is having lots of money. To some girls, it is being the most famous, or most beautiful. To some young men it is being the best in sports or having the best education. In o...
本单元是关于 Tim 发财了 的对话 Tim: Can I help you madam? Customer: I'm looking for a man's watch. Tim: Well we have a sumptuous selection here: sports, evening, everyday watches. Do you see anything you like? Customer: Oh, I rather like that one....
By Mary Morningstar Washington 25 March 2006 John Rich is best known as one-half of the popular Country duo Big and Rich. Most of his fans also know that before he formed Big and Rich, John was a memb...
说一口流利的英语，从简单的单词开始。 听听，读读，背背，今天你的词汇量又增加了5个。 单词/词义 中英例句 单词听读 village I lived in this village when...
THE MAKING OF A NATION - Gold! How the Search for Riches Drove Development After the U.S. Civil War By Frank Beardsley Broadcast: Thursday, August 25, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION --...
Two a.m. in the Arabian desert, the world's fifth richest man sits alone. A rare moment of 1)tranquility. Who is this man? What is he thinking? Why is he here? He is His Royal Highness Prince Alwaleed...
The most important thing to becoming rich is for you to have a 1)mindset to want to become rich. The reason I saythat is this, is because I wanted to become rich when I played 2)Monopoly, that was, I...
