CNN Marketplace 2006-05-17

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Michelle Wright: The number of new folks who were entering the workforce¹, who were putting money into 401K plans rose nearly 36% last year.

Carrie Lee: This is partly because more companies are automatically enrolling² workers, on average over 67% of eligible³ workers do participate in the plans. The balances still remain pretty low, the average contribution level about 8% of annual salary, the median balance just over $27,000. A lot of people don't contribute enough to get the full company match either. They're basically giving away free money. CNN's Carrie Lee.

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Michelle Wright: The government is launching a new initiative designed to alleviate⁴ traffic congestion⁵ which is quite costly⁶ to the country, says Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta.

Normal Mineta: Cargo⁷ sitting on the dock at some overwhelmed seaport⁸ or airplanes that are circling overcrowded airports. Congestion is costing America an estimated $200 billion a year.

Michelle Wright: Mineta says the government will choose 3 to 5 areas to work on that have the greatest potential to relieve traffic congestion based on current and projected growth patterns.

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Michelle Wright: When you log on to Yahoo.com today, you'll get a brand new look, as they vie to strengthen their advertising⁹ appeal.

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Michelle Wright: Wholesale¹⁰ prices jumped 9/10 of a percent last month and Economic Insights President Fred Dickson says, those price hikes for energy and food prices are a big deal to customers.

Fred Dickson: Certainly, if you spend the money on gasoline, you spend the money on food as people have to, those are necessities, it means you're gonna spend less elsewhere.

Michelle Wright: The jump is the biggest it's been in 7 months.

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Michelle Wright: And there's been a clear slowdown in the housing sectors¹¹, says National Association of Home Builder's Chief economist¹² Dave Seiders.
Dave Seiders: Our builder surveys, er, our builder survey measures builder attitudes that have been eroding¹³ really since middle last year and we just issued our housing market index for May. And it's er, it's getting down there.

Michelle Wright: According to the Commerce Department housing starts fell 7.4% last month.
Michelle Wright: With CNN Radio in the marketplace, I'm Michelle Wright.

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WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS

overwhelmed: adj. 拥堵不堪的
get a brand new look: 面貌一新，焕然一新
vie: vi. 竞争
The 401k plan:
A type of retirement¹⁴ plan available in the United States. Named after a section of the 1978 Internal Revenue Code, a 401(k) is an employer-sponsored qualified¹⁵ retirement savings¹⁶ plan. It allows you to save for your retirement while deferring¹⁷ any immediate¹⁸ income taxes on the money you save or their respective earnings¹⁹ until withdrawn²⁰. Comparable types of salary-deferral retirement plans include 403( B ) plans covering workers in educational institutions, churches, public hospitals, and non-profit organizations and 401(a) and 457 plans which cover employees of state and local governments and certain tax-exempt entities

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1 workforce
n.劳动大军，劳动力
参考例句：
A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。 A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

2 enrolling
v.招收( enrol的现在分词 )；吸收；入学；加入；[亦作enrol]( enroll的现在分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起
参考例句：
They lashed out at the university enrolling system. 他们猛烈抨击大学的招生制度。来自辞典例句 You're enrolling in a country club, Billy. 你是注册加入乡村俱乐部了，比利。来自辞典例句

3 eligible
adj.有条件被选中的；(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的
参考例句：
He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。 Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。

4 alleviate
v.减轻，缓和，缓解(痛苦等)
参考例句：
The doctor gave her an injection to alleviate the pain.医生给她注射以减轻疼痛。 Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。

5 congestion
n.阻塞，消化不良
参考例句：
The congestion in the city gets even worse during the summer.夏天城市交通阻塞尤为严重。 Parking near the school causes severe traffic congestion.在学校附近泊车会引起严重的交通堵塞。

6 costly
adj.昂贵的，价值高的，豪华的
参考例句：
It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。 This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用，左不过贵了些。

7 cargo
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物
参考例句：
The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。 A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

8 seaport
n.海港，港口，港市
参考例句：
Ostend is the most important seaport in Belgium.奥斯坦德是比利时最重要的海港。 A seaport where ships can take on supplies of coal.轮船能够补充煤炭的海港。

9 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。

10 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。

11 sectors
n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形
参考例句：
Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。来自《简明英汉词典》 Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

12 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。

13 eroding
侵蚀，腐蚀( erode的现在分词 )；逐渐毁坏，削弱，损害
参考例句：
The coast is slowly eroding. 海岸正慢慢地被侵蚀。 Another new development is eroding the age-old stereotype of the male warrior. 另一个新现象是，久已形成的男人皆武士的形象正逐渐消失。

14 retirement
n.退休，退职
参考例句：
She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。 I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。

15 qualified
adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的
参考例句：
He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。 We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

16 savings
n.存款，储蓄
参考例句：
I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。 By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

17 deferring
v.拖延，延缓，推迟( defer的现在分词 )；服从某人的意愿，遵从
参考例句：
Recently, the Supreme Court has focused on an additional reason for deferring to administrative agencies. 最近，最高法院强调了尊重行政机构的另一种理由。来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法 Think of it as deferring part of the compiler's job to runtime. 可以认为这是将编译器的部分工作延迟到了运行时。来自互联网

18 immediate
adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的
参考例句：
His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。 We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

19 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%。

20 withdrawn
vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出
参考例句：
Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。 All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

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