He was sworn-in as president seventy-six years ago during the Great Depression -- the worst economic crisis in the country's history.

VOA: special.2009.05.02

It caused a huge economic crisis as well; the unemployment rate rose to 18%.

这也造成巨大的经济危机,失业率飙升至18%

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Do you think the world financial crisis from last year has affected the movie industry as well?

你觉得去年开始的世界金融危机也影响到电影业了吗？

经济危机和电影市场 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

He served as a delegate to the United Nations during the Cuban missile crisis in nineteen sixty-two.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

And perhaps that is pastoral in a way, going back to what you said, that I do think of myself in many ways as doing pastoral counseling, particularly in the most difficult circumstances when there's been a crisis, a death, a serious accident.

也许某种意义上这像是种牧师与受众，回到你刚才说的，很多时候我觉得自己,就是作为一个牧师指导学生，尤其是在极其困难的情况下,比如出现了危机，伤亡，或者严重事故。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

He says the financial crisis should be seen as a wake-up call to change systems and ways of thinking, and to re-establish trust.

VOA: special.2009.01.23

Did the world economic crisis that happened last year affect your company as well?

去年的世界经济危机也影响到你们公司了吗？

经济危机的影响 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Experts say demand for low-priced automobiles is likely to increase as the international economic crisis continues.

VOA: special.2009.03.28

The crisis came just as Europe is trying to recover from its worst recession in generations.

VOA: special.2010.04.23

Thailand's political crisis is often described simply as a fight between the poor and the rich.

VOA: special.2010.05.22

But some critics say the plan does not do enough to deal with parts of the crisis, such as rewriting loans that were sold as securities.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

In France,Mr.Sarkozy says focusing too much on gross domestic product as the main measure of prosperity contributed to the financial crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

As for worries about a larger debt crisis in Europe: "The EU is certainly not in danger of disintegrating."

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

The global financial crisis that began last year led even more investors to see gold as a haven in troubled times.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

Some economists blame speculative transactions such as "naked short selling" for plunging the world economy into a financial crisis.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Clinton also said the United States must avoid protectionist policies that could harm Mexico as it deals with the economic crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

The European debt crisis continues to hammer global stocks as fears grow that Europe's problems could have a wider impact.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

Dan Pinkston,a senior analyst with the International Crisis Group, warned against reading too much into the missile launches as a political message.

VOA: standard.2009.05.26

The film shows the volunteer doctors around as they struggle to provide emergency care while staying composed in the face of crisis.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

As Iranian media continued to focus on international issues, the economic crisis inside the country appeared to worsen, according to many analysts.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Those pressures are likely to grow as European economies recover and start to grow after the crisis.

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

Commissioner Rehn says the Greek crisis serves as a lesson for the eurozone as a whole.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

The payment crisis marked a turning point for India's economy as it prompted the government to reverse decades of closed-door, socialist style economic policies.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

Scientists worry the crisis will spread,as the oil moves with underwater currents in the Gulf.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

But then the financial crisis struck, freezing capital inflows as international credit dried up.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

Some international journalists have described the president as aloof, and significant differences remain with some U.S.allies over how to handle the international financial crisis and the war in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

So as world leaders discuss the financial and economic crisis during their meeting in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania, Scarpetta says it is important they also address the social dimensions of the crisis like unemployment.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

The survey comes as senior officials from APEC economies met for a second day in Singapore to discuss recovering from the global financial crisis and improving business in the Pacific Rim.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

(Speaking) "We view the North as being at a moment when it can enter global society, and join the global economy safely, or it can move toward implosion as its economic crisis deepens,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

Clinton's telephone diplomacy capped several days of intensive U.S.efforts to help bring Pakistan, as one officials here put it, "back from the brink" of a broader crisis that some analysts say threatened the country's stability.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16