Business Channel 2006-11-26&28

The silver dollar, or the gold dollar, whatever they have called it..., ( the dollar coin) the coin dollar.
.. talk about a comeback, it's not been, unlike the torpedo¹, (why?)the dollar ...Because dollar coins last longer. They last about 30 years, ('cause no one uses them, that's why they last longer)'cause nobody uses them. The almighty² dollar itself, the, the dollar coin would last 16 times as long as it would last 30 years, so the Mint is introducing a new presidential series of dollars, which is gonna be like those state quarters which have done phenomenally well. In fact, the Mint would like you to think of this as the state quarter program. They are gonna introduce, starting in 2007, four presidents a year, it'll rotate around the presidents. And they are hoping that if people collect them, they'll get into them and they'll actually use them.

But people think they're quarters, that's the problem.
Right, that's the problem.

Well, they're making them bigger than quarters, and of course, they're like the Sacagawea, they will be bigger, they will be gold. Er…but it's all in the marketing³. You know, up in Canada, we use...er...dollar coins, and two dollar coins, they call them loonies and toonies.

Well, it's Canada.
That's... exactly.
Anyway...

You know, the, the subway only gives these out as change, obviously, (Right, where they're) and it's such a pain, (they are gonna try and give...) because you give them to people as quarters, and then all of a sudden you realized you've just handed to someone five bucks⁴, (you hand them, five bucks exactly) when you 're ready to give a dollar twenty five.

Well, they are gonna be, they are gonna feel different on the edges too; they'll have printing on the edges.

So hoping that's gonna work. I wanna tell you about Mercedes, you know, Consumer Reports, which many people read to buy their next car. Consumer Reports surveyed its 6 million subscribers about quality, and in the list of least, er, least reliable luxury cars, three of the six are Mercedes, (Wow!), the S-class, the CLS, and the E-class Sedan, the least reliable, ah, midsize SUV is the M-class. And of the eleven Mercedes reviewed by Consumer Reports, none of them are recommended, seven of them because of poor reliability⁵, and four of them because they are too new to ah, review. So Mercedes, not loving Consumer Reports right now.

And there is, there is kinda lashing⁶ back at "Consumer Reports" which doesn't take advertising⁷ , it's kind of, you know...

They are perceived as reliable and...(The Switzerland) the Switzerland of the auto⁸ world.

You hate to read that once you've spent 60 thousand dollars on your Mercedes, ouch.

Yeah, what else you get coming up?

I'm gonna talk about house prices again, when I come back the fact that the house prices are down a little bit, home sales are down across the country.

You just rub it in this one hour.

45 major cities, you might be in one of them where house prices are way down.


Sacagawea
The Sacagawea Golden Dollar coins debuted⁹ in January 2000. The new dollar coin replaced the Susan B. Anthony (SBA) dollar coin, which had circulated since 1979.

rub sth. in (phrasal verb)
to remind someone about something they want to forget, especially because they are embarrassed about it

1 torpedo   

n.水雷，地雷；v.用鱼雷破坏

参考例句：

• His ship was blown up by a torpedo.他的船被一枚鱼雷炸毁了。
• Torpedo boats played an important role during World War Two.鱼雷艇在第二次世界大战中发挥了重要作用。

2 almighty   

adj.全能的，万能的；很大的，很强的

参考例句：

• Those rebels did not really challenge Gods almighty power.这些叛徒没有对上帝的全能力量表示怀疑。
• It's almighty cold outside.外面冷得要命。

3 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

4 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 reliability   

n.可靠性，确实性

参考例句：

• We mustn't presume too much upon the reliability of such sources.我们不应过分指望这类消息来源的可靠性。
• I can assure you of the reliability of the information.我向你保证这消息可靠。

6 lashing   

n.鞭打；痛斥；大量；许多v.鞭打( lash的现在分词 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥

参考例句：

• The speaker was lashing the crowd. 演讲人正在煽动人群。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The rain was lashing the windows. 雨急打着窗子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

8 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。

9 debuted   

初次表演，初次登台（debut的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• In late 2003 a full-size SUV, the Pathfinder Armada, debuted. 2003年末，全尺寸SUV的探路者无敌舰队，推出。
• The album debuted at number two and quickly went platinum. 专辑一亮相就荣登排行榜第二名，很快就取得了白金销量。