一、泛听建议：

　　1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。

　　2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。

　　3、复述新闻。

　　Starting today, you may _1_ more to use your credit card. NPR's Allison Keyes reports it's the result of a federal court ruling.

　　从今天开始，你使用信用卡的时候可能会支付更多的钱。据NPR新闻的艾莉森?凯斯报道，这是联邦法院的裁决结果。

　　Last year a U.S. district court _2_ that merchants can impose a surcharge of up to 4% of your purchase price on customers paying by credit card. The charges _3_ equal the cost of processing the credit card transaction, but it's unclear how many merchants will implement them. A spokesman for the National Retail Federation told NBC News not a single merchant he spoke to plans to impose the charges. Debit cards are exempted from a $7. 2 billion settlement agreement between credit card companies and merchants, and credit card surcharges are banned by law in 10 states including California, Maine and Texas. The settlement _4_ . Allison Keyes, NPR News.

　　去年，美国一家地区法院裁决，顾客使用信用卡支付时，商家可在购买价格上征收高达4%的附加费。附加费用应与信用卡交易过程的花费相等，但是目前还不清楚有多少商家会执行。全美零售商联合会的一位发言人接受NBC News的采访时表示，与他交谈过的商家中没有一家计划收取附加费。信用卡公司与商家以72亿美元达成和解协议，借记卡将不再收取费用，而有10个州也明文禁止收取信用卡附加费，这10个州包括加利福尼亚州、缅因州以及德克萨斯州。这项和解协议将面临控诉。NPR新闻，艾莉森?凯斯报道。

　　There's a winter storm icing parts of the mid-west _5_ to National Weather Service meteorologist Bob Oravec.

　　据美国国家气象局的气象专家鲍勃?奥拉韦茨介绍，中西部地区将迎来冬季风暴，部分地区会结冰。

　　词汇解析：

　　1. merchants. 商人（merchant的复数）

　　eg: Any knowledgeable wine merchant would be able to advise you.

　　任何一位内行的葡萄酒商人都能为你提出建议。

　　2、exempt from 使免除，使免做

　　eg. In an era of scarcity, the military should not be exempt from the choices that will be forced upon everyone else, however.

　　然而在资源匮乏的当下，其他所有人都被迫接受的选择，军方也不能豁免。

　　eg. He is exempt from punishment about this thing.

　　关于此事对他已免于处分。

　　eg. Religious organizations are exempt from taxation.

　　宗教机构被免除赋税。

　　参考答案：

　　1、be paying 2、ruled 3、are supposed

　　4、is being appealed 5、according to