CNN Marketplace 2006-01-29

Rachel Lee: The U. S. economy slowed to a crawl in the last three months of 2005. Gross Domestic Product grew just 1. 1%. Economist¹ John Narof:
John Narof: There were a number of factors that are easing back consumer spending, business spending, even residential² investment. And all of those are trends that will see over the course of this year and it tells us growth this year will likely be slower than last year.
Rachel Lee: Economy grew 3. 5% for all of 2005 as the country coped with soaring energy prices and the Gulf³ Coast hurricanes.

Rachel Lee: Los Angeles is suing the makers⁴ of Grand Theft Auto⁵: San Andreas, accusing them of hiding pornography in the video game. J has details:
J: In the game, simply the main characters try to avenge⁶ his mother's death and pick up women along the way. The game with an M(Mature) rating, had been deceiving, there was sexually explicit⁷ material in the game. LA city attorney Rocky Delgadillo says the company deceived the ratings board, so the game could be on wider release, therefore made more money. He says even though the company did rework the game and rerelease a cleaner version, they still have to pay.
Rocky Delgadillo: It is illegal to sell pornographic materials to minors⁸.
J: Efforts to reach the makers Take-Two Interactive⁹ and Rockstar Games for comment are unsuccessful. J. CNN , Los Angeles.

Rachel Lee: Nearly half of American workers are victims of workplace aggression¹⁰ and it's not coming from the cubicle¹¹ next door. Researchers say most of the abuse is from customers, clients or patients. Business professor Aaron Schat at Ontario's McMaster University says workers in certain positions experience more aggression.
Aaron Schat: If the job involves working alone, or working at night, then that we know that (ur) the both individuals are more likely to be exposed to aggression, so organizations, that they need to consider some job redesign in those cases whereby they don't have people working alone, particularly at night.
Rachel Lee: Most the aggression workers experience is psychological like getting screamed out or threatened.

Rachel Lee: If you drive a Honda or Chrysler to work, you are parking across the street. At the Ford¹² truck plant in Dearborn, Michigan, salaried and hourly workers can park only Fords in the parking lot.

CNN Radio Marketplace, I'm Rachel Lee.

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 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。

3 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

4 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

6 avenge   

v.为...复仇，为...报仇

参考例句：

• He swore to avenge himself on the mafia.他发誓说要向黑手党报仇。
• He will avenge the people on their oppressor.他将为人民向压迫者报仇。

7 explicit   

adj.详述的，明确的；坦率的；显然的

参考例句：

• She was quite explicit about why she left.她对自己离去的原因直言不讳。
• He avoids the explicit answer to us.他避免给我们明确的回答。

8 minors   

n.未成年人( minor的名词复数 )；副修科目；小公司；[逻辑学]小前提v.[主美国英语]副修，选修，兼修( minor的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors. 法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He had three minors this semester. 这学期他有三门副修科目。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 interactive   

adj.相互作用的，互相影响的，（电脑）交互的

参考例句：

• The psychotherapy is carried out in small interactive groups.这种心理治疗是在互动的小组之间进行的。
• This will make videogames more interactive than ever.这将使电子游戏的互动性更胜以往。

10 aggression   

n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害

参考例句：

• So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
• Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。

11 cubicle   

n.大房间中隔出的小室

参考例句：

• She studies in a cubicle in the school library.她在学校图书馆的小自习室里学习。
• A technical sergeant hunches in a cubicle.一位技术军士在一间小屋里弯腰坐着。

12 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。