CNN Marketplace 2006-01-20

Rachel Lee: We got a break from inflation in December with a 10th of a percent decline in consumer prices. But economist¹ Steve Cochrane with "economy.com" notes the core rate of inflation taking up food and energy cost is up slightly.
Steve Cochrane: It's a little bit indicative that the high energy prices, although easing a bit, are beginning to filter through in the prices of er, broader goods and services. Er, (we're) a little bit worrying from inflation going forward.
Rachel Lee: Inflation shot up last year at the fastest pace in 5 years, 4.3% with most of the increase blamed on record energy prices.

Rachel Lee: A Novato woman is sentenced to 9 years in prison, her husband 12 for planting a severed² finger in a bowl of Wendy's chili³.

Rachel Lee: It pays to be married. Richard Wybrow explains the results of an Ohio State University study.
Richard Wybrow: According to researcher Jay Zagorsky, there are financial benefits to getting married.
Jay Zagorsky: Wealth started improving the year after marriage. So it's, that only took one year.
He found that married people accumulated 93% more wealth than single or divorced people. In fact , to just getting divorced's just as paying the bank account.
Jay Zagorsky: That wealth starts going down 4 years before the divorce is actually finalized⁴. After the divorce is finalized, the wealth starts improving but does not pick up the same way that wealth picks up (基于电话采访线路原因，这里的picks up读的像takes up) for single or married people.
Richard Wybrow: Zagorsky points to the fact married people who share a home also share expenses. Richard Wybrow, CNN.

Rachel Lee: Trains and buses are getting more crowded. The American Public Transportation Association says trips on public transportation jump more than 3% from July through September last year. The group's president William Millar says people responded to high gas prices, then kept riding the subway or bus.
William Millar: It appears that many of those new riders continue to ride. Er, we have over 2 dozen cities around the country that are reporting at least double digit⁵ increases in their transit⁶ ridership even after gas prices fell.
Rachel Lee: Transit ridership's also affected⁷ by weather and the economy.

CNN Radio Marketplace, I'm Rachel Lee.

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1 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

2 severed   

v.切断，断绝( sever的过去式和过去分词 )；断，裂

参考例句：

• The doctor said I'd severed a vessel in my leg. 医生说我割断了腿上的一根血管。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We have severed diplomatic relations with that country. 我们与那个国家断绝了外交关系。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 chili   

n.辣椒

参考例句：

• He helped himself to another two small spoonfuls of chili oil.他自己下手又加了两小勺辣椒油。
• It has chocolate,chili,and other spices.有巧克力粉，辣椒，和其他的调味品。

4 finalized   

vt.完成（finalize的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The draft of this article has been finalized [done]. 这篇文章已经定稿。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The draft was revised several times before it was finalized. 稿子几经删改才定下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 digit   

n.零到九的阿拉伯数字，手指，脚趾

参考例句：

• Her telephone number differs from mine by one digit.她的电话号码和我的只差一个数字。
• Many animals have five digits.许多动物有5趾。

6 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

7 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

8 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》