NPR边听边练88:美商家将收信用卡附加费

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　　一、泛听建议：

　　1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。

　　2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。

　　3、复述新闻。

　　Starting today, you may _1_ more to use your credit card. NPR's Allison Keyes reports it's the result of a federal court ruling.

　　从今天开始，你使用信用卡的时候可能会支付更多的钱。据NPR新闻的艾莉森?凯斯报道，这是联邦法院的裁决结果。

　　Last year a U.S. district court _2_ that merchants can impose a surcharge of up to 4% of your purchase price on customers paying by credit card. The charges _3_ equal the cost of processing the credit card transaction, but it's unclear how many merchants will implement¹ them. A spokesman for the National Retail³ Federation⁴ told NBC News not a single merchant he spoke² to plans to impose the charges. Debit⁵ cards are exempted⁷ from a $7. 2 billion settlement agreement between credit card companies and merchants, and credit card surcharges are banned by law in 10 states including California, Maine and Texas. The settlement _4_ . Allison Keyes, NPR News.

　　去年，美国一家地区法院裁决，顾客使用信用卡支付时，商家可在购买价格上征收高达4%的附加费。附加费用应与信用卡交易过程的花费相等，但是目前还不清楚有多少商家会执行。全美零售商联合会的一位发言人接受NBC News的采访时表示，与他交谈过的商家中没有一家计划收取附加费。信用卡公司与商家以72亿美元达成和解协议，借记卡将不再收取费用，而有10个州也明文禁止收取信用卡附加费，这10个州包括加利福尼亚州、缅因州以及德克萨斯州。这项和解协议将面临控诉。NPR新闻，艾莉森?凯斯报道。

　　There's a winter storm icing parts of the mid-west _5_ to National Weather Service meteorologist Bob Oravec.

　　据美国国家气象局的气象专家鲍勃?奥拉韦茨介绍，中西部地区将迎来冬季风暴，部分地区会结冰。

　　词汇解析：

　　1. merchants. 商人（merchant的复数）

　　eg: Any knowledgeable⁸ wine merchant would be able to advise you.

　　任何一位内行的葡萄酒商人都能为你提出建议。

　　2、exempt⁶ from 使免除，使免做

　　eg. In an era of scarcity⁹, the military should not be exempt from the choices that will be forced upon everyone else, however.

　　然而在资源匮乏的当下，其他所有人都被迫接受的选择，军方也不能豁免。

　　eg. He is exempt from punishment about this thing.

　　关于此事对他已免于处分。

　　eg. Religious organizations are exempt from taxation¹⁰.

　　宗教机构被免除赋税。

　　参考答案：

　　1、be paying 2、ruled 3、are supposed

　　4、is being appealed 5、according to

1 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

4 federation   

n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

5 debit   

n.借方，借项，记人借方的款项

参考例句：

• To whom shall I debit this sum?此款应记入谁的账户的借方？
• We undercharge Mr.Smith and have to send him a debit note for the extra amount.我们少收了史密斯先生的钱，只得给他寄去一张借条所要欠款。

6 exempt   

adj.免除的；v.使免除；n.免税者，被免除义务者

参考例句：

• These goods are exempt from customs duties.这些货物免征关税。
• He is exempt from punishment about this thing.关于此事对他已免于处分。

7 exempted   

使免除[豁免]( exempt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• His bad eyesight exempted him from military service. 他因视力不好而免服兵役。
• Her illness exempted her from the examination. 她因病而免试。

8 knowledgeable   

adj.知识渊博的；有见识的

参考例句：

• He's quite knowledgeable about the theatre.他对戏剧很有心得。
• He made some knowledgeable remarks at the meeting.他在会上的发言颇有见地。

9 scarcity   

n.缺乏，不足，萧条

参考例句：

• The scarcity of skilled workers is worrying the government.熟练工人的缺乏困扰着政府。
• The scarcity of fruit was caused by the drought.水果供不应求是由于干旱造成的。

10 taxation   

n.征税，税收，税金

参考例句：

• He made a number of simplifications in the taxation system.他在税制上作了一些简化。
• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。