今天我们要学的词是spike。 Spike做为名词，有大幅度上升的意思，demand spike，就是需求的猛增，sales spike，就是销售的上涨。最近，美国开车上班的人又开始叫苦连天。这是因为， We have seen a...
今天学的词组是spike。Spike是一种大钉子，比如铁路枕木上的道钉。Spike也有突然增加的意思。比如利率突然提高 - interest rate spikes; 腐败案件突然增多 - corruption cases spiked。 那么说到腐败，美国...
President Dmitri Medvedev is calling for constant police monitoring to maintain social order in Russia amid growing unemployment and crime linked to the global economic crisis. Mr. Medvedev is also warning law enforcement officials to fight crime in...
Rising fuel costs are making it more expensive to move food and other goods to the marketplace. That means prices are going up for consumers, but incomes may not be rising enough to keep pace with inflation. As VOA's Kent Klein reports, it also mean...
