CNN Marketplace 2006-03-12

If you drive a General Motors' pick-up truck, it could be one of 900,000 that are being recalled says GM's spokesman Alan Adler.

For a condition in which the tailgate cables can corrode¹ and fracture. These cables are the ones that hold your tailgate in the horizontal position.

According to GM, there have been 84 injuries mainly scrapes and bumps due to the tailgate problem.

Job growth in the US was steady last month which, says Commerce Bank chief economist² Joel Naroff, means the labor³ market is in excellent shape.

“We are creating an awful lot of jobs and in addition to that wages are rising solidly. So if you are a member of the work force right now, er openings are getting more plentiful⁴ and wages are rising and it is very good news.

Employers created 243,000 new jobs in February with average hourly pay posting its largest increase in four and a half years.

Amazon.com is reportedly working on a deal to enter the movie downloading business. The company reportedly talking to Paramount⁵ Universal Studios and Warner Brothers which like CNN is a unit of Time Warner. The deal would let customers go to Amazon.com, download movies and TV shows for an unspecified fee and then either watch them on their computers or, and here is the key: burn them and keep them on a DVD. CNN's Carrie Lee

One sweet deal! The European Union and the US have signed a wine deal which allows American wine makers⁶ to export wines made using practices like wood chip aging that many European vintners shun⁷.

So how do you plan on spending your tax refund⁸. According to CNN's Bill.K if you answer you are going to save it, you are not the only one. More than 80 per cent of tax payers say they are expecting some money back from the government this year. The latest Principal Financial Well-Being⁹ Index suggests more people will invest rather than spend it. Only 7 per cent say they plan on buying something big. More than 4 in 10 say they will pay off some debt. 38 per cent say they will invest, up from 31 per cent in 2003. Bill CNN.
With CNN Radio Marketplace. I am Michelle Wright

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WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS
tailgate cables:used to support the tailgate in the full open (horizontal) position.
Tax Refund:Recoveries 返税,所得税的退款
The Principal Financial Well-Being Index:is a quarterly study to identify trends in consumer financial well-being, retirement¹⁰ planning, employee benefits, and workplace trends.
vintner:葡萄酒商
wood chip aging:木屑催熟技术(techniques like adding oak wood chips to barrels to hasten a wine's ageing)

1 corrode   

v.使腐蚀，侵蚀，破害；v.腐蚀，被侵蚀

参考例句：

• The tools will corrode with rust if never used.这些工具如长期不用会长铁锈而损坏。
• It will pollute people's aesthetic taste and corrode social spirit.它污染人们的审美趣味，腐蚀社会精神。

2 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。

3 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

4 plentiful   

adj.富裕的，丰富的

参考例句：

• Their family has a plentiful harvest this year.他们家今年又丰收了。
• Rainfall is plentiful in the area.这个地区雨量充足。

5 paramount   

a.最重要的，最高权力的

参考例句：

• My paramount object is to save the Union and destroy slavery.我的最高目标是拯救美国，摧毁奴隶制度。
• Nitrogen is of paramount importance to life on earth.氮对地球上的生命至关重要。

6 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》

7 shun   

vt.避开，回避，避免

参考例句：

• Materialists face truth,whereas idealists shun it.唯物主义者面向真理，唯心主义者则逃避真理。
• This extremist organization has shunned conventional politics.这个极端主义组织有意避开了传统政治。

8 refund   

v.退还，偿还；n.归还，偿还额，退款

参考例句：

• They demand a refund on unsatisfactory goods.他们对不满意的货品要求退款。
• We'll refund your money if you aren't satisfied.你若不满意，我们愿意退款给你。

9 well-being   

n.安康，安乐，幸福

参考例句：

• He always has the well-being of the masses at heart.他总是把群众的疾苦挂在心上。
• My concern for their well-being was misunderstood as interference.我关心他们的幸福，却被误解为多管闲事。

10 retirement   

n.退休，退职

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。