CNN Marketplace 2006-05-02

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Rachel Lee: The nation's manufacturers were busy in April. The Institute for Supply Management reports strong growth in the sector¹ last month. George Nolen, President & CEO of Siemens USA says, that's in line with what his company is seeing and energy costs are the only weak point.

George Nolen : Those would be the more troubled spots, but all other indicators² say that everything is pushing through and we continue to show re-growth.

Rachel Lee : Meantime, American consumers spent more freely in March and their incomes grew with the fastest pace since September.

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Rachel Lee: The health of Social Security and Medicare have taken a turn for the worse. Treasury³ Secretary John Snow:

John Snow: What I report demonstrates to something we've known for a long time. The social security problem remains⁴ with us. The system is seriously under-funded and it's not financially sustainable.

Rachel Lee: An annual report shows Medicare will go bust⁵ in 12 years, Social Security will run out of money by 2040. Once the trust funds are exhausted⁶, that means beneficiaries will get only a percentage of the benefits they were promised.

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Rachel Lee : The average cost of gasoline slipped by a penny over the weekend to 2 dollars and 92 cents a gallon. But analysts⁷ say that trend will not continue.

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Rachel Lee : Yahoo! hopes to make technology more user-friendly with a new section. Liz Kennedy has details.

Liz Kennedy : It's called " The Yahoo! Tech" , a new channel on their website where you can get information on a variety of gadgets⁸.

Patrick Houston : Computers, MP3 players, digital cameras, HDTV...

Liz Kennedy : That's Patrick Houston, General Manager for Yahoo! Tech. He says their mission is to make it easy to understand the technology you are using.

Patrick Houston :What we are doing is simply helping⁹ people to get a grasp of digital intelligence.

Liz Kennedy : The section will also feature recommendations for products you are thinking of buying. Liz Kennedy, CNN

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Rachel Lee : Boeing announces plans to buy aviation parts supplier Aviall , the Dallas-based company distributes parts globally. CNN Radio Marketplace, I'm Rachel Lee.


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1 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

2 indicators   

（仪器上显示温度、压力、耗油量等的）指针( indicator的名词复数 )； 指示物； （车辆上的）转弯指示灯； 指示信号

参考例句：

• The economic indicators are better than expected. 经济指标比预期的好。
• It is still difficult to develop indicators for many concepts used in social science. 为社会科学领域的许多概念确立一个指标仍然很难。

3 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

5 bust   

vt.打破；vi.爆裂；n.半身像；胸部

参考例句：

• I dropped my camera on the pavement and bust it. 我把照相机掉在人行道上摔坏了。
• She has worked up a lump of clay into a bust.她把一块黏土精心制作成一个半身像。

6 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

7 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

8 gadgets   

n.小机械，小器具（ gadget的名词复数 ）

参考例句：

• Certainly. The idea is not to have a house full of gadgets. 当然。设想是房屋不再充满小配件。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
• This meant more gadgets and more experiments. 这意味着要设计出更多的装置，做更多的实验。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史

9 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

10 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。