CNN Marketplace 2006-04-29

Michelle Wright: Gas prices continue their climb, but GasBuddy.com founder¹ Jason Toews says avoiding those races to stop lights will help save some gas.

Jason Toews : Engines burn a lot more fuel when you accelerate hard. Of course if you're speeding up to a traffic light, and you stop, well you're burning gas on the way to the traffic light. So of course don't accelerate and brake hard.

Michelle Wright: Toews also says properly inflated² tires can make a major difference when it comes to gas mileage³.

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Michelle Wright: President Bush is opposing a windfall profits tax on the big oil companies, saying those companies should re-invest their earnings⁴.

George Bush: The temptation in Washington is to, is to tax everything. And then for, and this, and they spend the money, they being the people in Washington. The answer is, is for there to be strong reinvestment to make this country more secure.

Michelle Wright: Speaking of earnings, Chevron⁵'s first quarter earnings made a good showing.

Jane King: Chevron rode a 32% jump in sales to a better than expected quarterly profit of four billion dollars for the first quarter, the company benefited from higher crude oil prices and it's buyout of Unocal last summer.

Michelle Wright: CNN's Jane King.

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Michelle Wright: While we are on the subject to first quarter earnings it appears that the economy grew at a quite a robust⁶ rate for the first few months of this year with consumers leading the way.

Joel Naroff: Consumers spend like crazy. They had slowed down a little bit at the end of last year, but it looks like in spite of everything that was going on, they're continuing to spend money like crazy.

Michelle Wright: Commerce Bank chief economist⁷ Joel Naroff.

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Michelle Wright: A group of workers in the country illegally are now suing a New York state village, reports CNN's Gary Baumgarten.

Gary Baumgarten: The 6 immigrant day laborers⁸, they're not named because they're in the country illegally, are suing a Westchester county village in federal court. They claimed the police harassed⁹ them to stop them from gathering¹⁰ in public places to seek work. The Mamaroneck village mayor counters it there were fights, drug use and women were harassed. As, as many as 200 workers a day, gathered in a now closed parking lot looking for work. Gary Baumgarten, CNN, New York.

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

1 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

2 inflated   

adj.（价格）飞涨的；（通货）膨胀的；言过其实的；充了气的v.使充气（于轮胎、气球等）( inflate的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）膨胀；（使）通货膨胀；物价上涨

参考例句：

• He has an inflated sense of his own importance. 他自视过高。
• They all seem to take an inflated view of their collective identity. 他们对自己的集体身份似乎都持有一种夸大的看法。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 mileage   

n.里程，英里数；好处，利润

参考例句：

• He doesn't think there's any mileage in that type of advertising.他认为做那种广告毫无效益。
• What mileage has your car done?你的汽车跑了多少英里？

4 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

5 chevron   

n.V形臂章；V形图案

参考例句：

• He wore shoulderstrap rank slides with sergeant's chevrons.他佩戴标示级别的肩章，上面有中士的V形标志。
• The chevron or arrow road sign indicates a sharp bend to the left or right.V形或箭头路标表示有向左或向右的急转弯。

6 robust   

adj.强壮的，强健的，粗野的，需要体力的，浓的

参考例句：

• She is too tall and robust.她个子太高，身体太壮。
• China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道，中国希望保持经济强势增长，以减少贫困和失业状况。

7 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。

8 laborers   

n.体力劳动者，工人( laborer的名词复数 )；（熟练工人的）辅助工

参考例句：

• Laborers were trained to handle 50-ton compactors and giant cranes. 工人们接受操作五十吨压土机和巨型起重机的训练。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Wage-labour rests exclusively on competition between the laborers. 雇佣劳动完全是建立在工人的自相竞争之上的。 来自英汉非文学 - 共产党宣言

9 harassed   

adj. 疲倦的，厌烦的 动词harass的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He has complained of being harassed by the police. 他投诉受到警方侵扰。
• harassed mothers with their children 带着孩子的疲惫不堪的母亲们

10 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。