Archive for February, 2010
Studying in the US: Grading Grades
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
This
week in our Foreign Student Series the subject is grades.
Most American colleges and universities use
the grading system of A, B, C, D and F. An A is worth four points, a B three
points, a C two points and a D one point. Getting a grade like a [...]
Slowing Exports, High Debt Shake Central and Eastern Europe
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.
Leaders
of the European Union met Sunday in Brussels to discuss measures to deal with
the world financial crisis. But the emergency meeting showed growing divisions between
western European countries and newer members of the European Union.
Economies
in central and eastern Europe have been hit hard by the worldwide credit crisis
and [...]
Obama Proposes 3.5 Dolar Trillion Budget for 2010
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.
Copies of the budget outline. The president will release a more detailed plan in April.
President
Barack Obama on Thursday proposed his first budget to Congress. He wants to let
the Bush administration’s tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans end next year, replaced
by a middle-class tax cut.
His
other proposals include six [...]
