CNN Marketplace 2006-04-20

Michelle Wright: Gas prices continue to hit all of us in the pocket book, and according to the Auto¹ Club of Southern California's spokesman Paul Gonzales, those rising prices don't mean the country is running low on gas.

Paul Gonzales: Essentially² we have enough gas, we have enough oil to meet the nation's demands, and in the next month we'll probably see even more gasoline coming into, into the nation's supply.

Michelle Wright: Gonzales says while there is a greater demand for gas now, it doesn't merit the price hikes we've been seeing. And those ever-climbing fuel prices mean you’ll likely be spending more to eat, says Moody³.com's chief economist⁴ Mark Zandy.

Mark Zandy: A big part of food prices, er, er, is the cost of transporting that food from farms and wholesale⁵ distribution centers to, to the grocery store.

Michelle Wright: Zandy also says we'll be making more changes when it comes to travel plans and retail⁶ sales.

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Michelle Wright: A new survey reveals that nearly 50% of all Internet users go online for help with major life decisions.

John Horrigan: People're using the Internet when they need to make decisions about health care matters, when they are making career switches, and a variety of other decisions relating to buying a car or making a major financial decision.

Michelle Wright: John Horrigan is the associate director for research with Pew Internet.

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Michelle Wright: And a new survey from bankrate.com reveals that we are paying more money than we used to, to our banks.

Bob Witkin: It's estimated we will be paying more than four billion dollars this year in ATM service charges. Consumers who bounce checks are also facing higher fees.

Winsky: You get free checking, but it's not really free, because the bank tricks you into overdrawing⁷ your account and then charges you all kinds of bounce check fees which are almost like payday loans.

Bob Witkin: Winsky says banks aren’t cashing checks in the order received meaning more not fewer bounce. And he says there’s a conscious effort to fool consumers when banks advertise free checking. Bob Witkin, CNN.

Michelle Wright: With CNN Radio Marketplace, I'm Michelle Wright.

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WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS
bounce; bounce a check: to be returned by a bank because of insufficient funds in a checking account

1 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。

2 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

3 moody   

adj.心情不稳的，易怒的，喜怒无常的

参考例句：

• He relapsed into a moody silence.他又重新陷于忧郁的沉默中。
• I'd never marry that girl.She's so moody.我决不会和那女孩结婚的。她太易怒了。

4 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。

5 wholesale   

n.批发；adv.以批发方式；vt.批发，成批出售

参考例句：

• The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.零售商批发购进货物，以零售价卖出。
• Such shoes usually wholesale for much less.这种鞋批发出售通常要便宜得多。

6 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。

7 overdrawing   

透支( overdraw的现在分词 )

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