Unit1 環球經濟 GLOBAL ECONOMY
VOA Global economic ills
全球經濟疲軟 2
VOA Sequestration budget cuts hitting defense contractors
美國減赤影響國防項目承包商 4
BBC Oil wars between Sudan and South Sudan
兩個蘇丹打石油戰 6
VOA Sequester
美國「財政懸崖」 8
VOA Industry chiefs see growing diversity of US fuel
產業領袖預見美國燃料的多樣化增長 10
VOA Mobile banking services in Ethiopia
埃塞俄比亞的移動銀行 12
VOA S. Korean street activism against US beef
韓國街頭示威，抗議進口美國牛肉 14
BBC America』s strongest economic growth
美國——經濟大佬強勢回歸 16
CNBC Monti likely to step aside
意總理蒙蒂或辭職 18
VOA India』s auto industry hit hard by lagging economy
經濟滯后重創印度汽車業 20
CNN Greek middle classes are disappearing
希臘消失的中產階級 22
CNN Japanese economy in downturn
日本經濟也被「輻射」了 24
VOA Some Iraq is profit, most suffer
伊拉克民眾生活「水火兩重天」 26
VOA Growth with resilience in Africa
非洲的「彈性增長」 28
VOA Kitchen of the world and agro-chemicals
「世界廚房」存安全隱患 30
VOA US economy grew at slower pace
美國經濟增長乏力 32
VOA Global economy rebounds, not in Europe
全球經濟反彈，歐洲躑躅不前 34
VOA Africa』s Pulse
非洲速度 36
NPR British economy goes into recession
英國經濟持續低迷 38
VOA Zimbabwe』s debt
津巴布韋債務問題 40
NPR Obama』s new plan
奧巴馬的新計划 42
VOA A look back at American economy in2012
2012年美國經濟回眸 44
PBS Why Americans quit looking jobs?
為什麼美國人放棄找工作？ 46
VOA Europe』s efforts to solve its economic crisis
歐洲國家奮力擺脫經濟危機 48
VOA WB and IMF try to eliminate extreme poverty
世界銀行及國際貨幣基金組織設法消除極端貧困 50
CNN Four suspects haunting US economic recovery
四大疑點制約美國經濟復蘇 52
VOA Lagarde claimed global financial crisis has eased
拉加德稱全球財政威脅緩和 54
NPR Hands off Cyprus
別碰塞浦路斯 56
Unit2 金融地產 FINANCE & PROPERTY
CNN Bold moves from the Bank of Japan
日本央行大膽往前走 60
BBC New rules pushed by central banks
防金融危機復發，各國央行推新規 62
BBC Facebook shares plummet to new low
臉譜網股價創新低 64
BBC ECB unveils bond-buying program
歐洲央行推債券新方案 66
VOA Kenya real estates』 boom threatens prime farmland
肯尼亞房地產熱潮威脅基本農田 68
CRI Signing of a currency-swap agreement
中南簽訂300億美元貨幣互換協議 70
BBC HSBC involves in money laundering
匯豐身陷洗錢漩渦 72
BBC European Union agreed to release new loan to Greece
歐盟向希臘發放新貸款 74
VOA Global economic recovery is still bumpy
全球經濟復蘇：路漫漫其修遠兮 76
VOA BRICS hope to establish the BRICS Bank
金磚五國希望建立「金磚銀行」 78
PBS Devastating loss led JPMorgan Chase executive to resign
摩根大通巨虧，英國公司總裁辭職 80
NPR Federal Reserve continue to keep up Easing Policy
美聯儲繼續維持寬松政策 82
NPR Fed dedicate to buying another round of bond
美聯儲購買按揭債券 84
NPR Eurozone bailed out struggling Spain
歐元區施援困境中的西班牙 86
CNN Romney』s estate planning strategy
羅姆尼的遺產規划 88
NPR American home sales remain sluggish
美國房地產持續低迷 90
Marketplace Dow hits new high, erasing crisis swoon
道瓊斯指數創下新高：危機感消除 92
Marketplace Good for would-be homeowners?
真的對購房者有利嗎？ 94
Marketplace Banks get the Fed』s diagnosis
美聯儲為銀行「把脈」 96
PBS Cyprus in banking crisis
塞浦路斯銀行危機 98
VOA Spain in recession, austerity in question
西班牙經濟衰退，歐洲質疑緊縮政策 100
VOA Republic candidates plan to increase budget deficit
共和黨候選人欲增加預算赤字 102
Marketplace Is the housing recovery leaving too many behind?
樓市恢復，將更多人拒之門外？ 104
Marketplace Behind the ATM: Bank of America wants you to come back the actual bank
自動櫃員機背后：美國銀行想讓顧客回歸真實銀行 106
Marketplace The jumbo mortgages are back
大額房貸重新回歸 108
Marketplace Wall Street revives foreclosed homes as rentals
華爾街投資者變沒收房為租房 110
Marketplace The construction lumber was also rising
建築木材水漲船高 112
Marketplace Real estate is back, but where are the workers?
房地產復蘇，但建築工在哪兒？ 114
CNN Three effects of global financial crisis
全球金融危機的三個影響 116
NPR Bernanke defending the Fed』s bond-buying program
伯南克為美聯儲債券購買計划辯護 118
Marketplace Rethinking how the inflation rate is calculated
重新思考：如何得出通貨膨脹率 120
Unit3 商業貿易 COMMERCE & BUSINESS
BBC EU and US to start free trade talks
歐盟與美國將啟動自由貿易談判 124
VOA American automakers courts Russian market
美國汽車企業進軍俄羅斯市場 126
VOA Gun buyback in USA
美國槍支回購 128
BBC Napoleon』s Moscow Kremlin letter auctioned
拿破侖下令炸克里姆林宮的信件被拍賣 130
BBC Horsemeat firm partially resumes operations
「馬肉風波」始作俑者復部分業務 132
NPR Black Friday—shopping frenzy in US
美國「黑色星期五」上演購物狂潮 134
NPR Gasoline rations in New Jersey
新澤西州汽油限購 136
BBC EU mobile roaming costs to fall
歐盟國際長途資費或下調 138
VOA Burma hopes to return to American textile industry
緬甸紡織業盼重返美國市場 140
VOA Syrians ferry needed goods from Iraq
敘利亞人跋涉至伊拉克購買必需品 142
VOA US Promotes Pacific Trade Pact
美國力推亞太貿易協定 144
VOA South Africa legalize rhino trade
南非犀牛貿易合法化 146
VOA A Korean company—making coins for several countries
韓國為他國造幣 148
VOA EU oil embargo on Iran goes into effect
歐洲對伊朗實施石油禁運 150
VOA Counterfeit goods exceeds drug trade
全球假冒產品數量超過毒品 152
BBC Oversized soda ban
大瓶軟飲或被禁售 154
BBC The world』s biggest「French kiss」
世界最大的「法式熱吻」 156
Marketplace Exploring how the economy works in real life
探索經濟在現實中如何運作 158
VOA Fuel prices put pressure on airline profits
油價高漲影響航空業 160
VOA Surface is unveiled
Surface初露「芳容」 162
NPR BBC plans to broadcast commercial ads
BBC將插播商業廣告 164
CNN SPS launches clothing line
美國郵政投身服裝業 166
VOA WB urges the elimination of Africa』s trade barrier
世行呼吁消除非洲貿易壁壘 168
Unit4 市場消費 MARKET & CONSUM PTION
BBC Apple losing its appeal
蘋果市值下降，冬天來了 172
BBC Food borne illness breakout
世界頂級餐廳發生食物中毒事件 174
BBC Hotel living in Hong Kong
香港酒店變住宅 176
CNN Asian demand spurs ivory smuggling
亞洲需求無止境，象牙走私猖獗 178
VOA Building a restaurant on wheels
車輪上的餐館 180
BBC Microsoft unveils Windows8
微軟推出Windows8操作系統 182
BBC Google sees future in eyeglasses
谷歌透過眼鏡看見未來 184
CNN Another recall from Toyota
豐田再次大量召回車輛 186
BBC Honda rebounds
本田業績強勢反彈 188
VOA China』s rising demand for luxury automobiles
國人愛豪車 190
VOA Starbucks coffee expands to India
星巴克咖啡打入印度市場 192
VOA Meat consumption is soaring in developing countries
發展中國家肉類消費量驟增 194
CRI Different responses to declining gold price
金價下跌，消費者反應不一 196
VOA Drought re-ignites food vs. fuel fight
美國旱情重燃糧食能源之戰 198
VOA Lion bones are used as substitutes for tiger bones
缺虎骨，求獅骨 200
VOA Trash-recycling new market
變廢為寶新市場 202
ABC So much food, so much waste
食物越多越浪費 204
CRI Long road ahead for new energy cars
新能源汽車長路漫漫 206
CRI Controversial online auction
網絡拍賣惹爭議 208
CNN Falling paper prices hurt scavengers
國際紙價下跌，打擊廢品回收者 210
VOA Sky-rocketing costs in health care
飛漲的醫療費 212
Marketplace A really long supply chain
成衣所經歷的供應之鏈 214
VOA 「Cash Mob」 increases spending
「現金暴民」促進消費 216
PBS Taxes on transactions conducted across state lines
美國跨州網購要收稅 218
CNN CES opens
消費者電子產品展覽會召開 220
CNN The Death of PC
個人電腦真的要消亡了嗎 222
VOA The dead of winter for shopping2012
2012，購物的「寒冬」 224
Unit5 商界巨頭 GIANT IN BIZ WORLD
BBC Apple』s value sets record
蘋果市值創紀錄 228
NPR The merger of Office Depot and OfficeMax
美兩大辦公用品巨頭合並 230
VOA Google doodles
谷歌塗鴉 232
VOA Samsung loses the case
三星輸了官司 234
VOA Big companys were accused
大公司成了眾矢之的 236
BBC Forbes World』s Billionaires2012
福布斯2012富豪榜 238
CNN Sony, Sharp and Panasonic are gone
索尼、夏普、松下的沒落 240
NPR Oil giant receives largest criminal penalty
石油巨頭的天價罰單 242
NPR Google passed antitrust investigation
谷歌通過反壟斷調查 244
NPR Former king of photo industry filed for bankruptcy
昔日膠片業之王申請破產 246
NPR JPMorgan and Wells Fargo survive to be the winner
摩根大通和富國銀行重振旗鼓 248
NPR GM recalls a quarter of million SUVs
通用召回SUV 250
BBC Jaguar Land Rover joins forces with Chery
捷豹路虎與奇瑞聯姻 252
PBS Yahoo』s CEO stops employees from working at home
雅虎總裁取消員工在家辦公 254
VOA Edison is the greatest job creator in US history
愛迪生：美國歷史上最大的就業創造者 256
CNN Facebook made its IPO
臉譜網首次公開募股 258
CRI Yingli: China』s1st company to join「Climate Savers」
英利成為「拯救氣候行動計划」的首家中國企業 260
VOA Nokia and Microsoft are Cooperating on Smart Phones
諾基亞和微軟聯手推出全新智能手機 262
CRI JPMorgan』s executive apologizes for loss
摩根大通總裁因巨額損失致歉 264
CRI Jobs mourned in China
「果粉」追思喬布斯 266
VOA The tough budget negotiator Jack Lew
強硬的預算談判老手傑克?盧 268
VOA Buffet Rule
巴菲特規則 270
CNN The mighty Ford has struggled to stand up right
巨無霸福特掙扎求生存 272
Marketplace P&G CEO steps down
寶潔CEO下台 274
