CNN Marketplace 2006-05-17
时间：2019-01-26 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2006年
Michelle Wright: The number of new folks who were entering the workforce 1, who were putting money into 401K plans rose nearly 36% last year.
Carrie Lee: This is partly because more companies are automatically enrolling 2 workers, on average over 67% of eligible 3 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 alleviate 4 traffic congestion 5 which is quite costly 6 to the country, says Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta.
Normal Mineta: Cargo 7 sitting on the dock at some overwhelmed seaport 8 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 advertising 9 appeal.
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Michelle Wright: Wholesale 10 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 sectors 11, says National Association of Home Builder's Chief economist 12 Dave Seiders.
Dave Seiders: Our builder surveys, er, our builder survey measures builder attitudes that have been eroding 13 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 retirement 14 plan available in the United States. Named after a section of the 1978 Internal Revenue Code, a 401(k) is an employer-sponsored qualified 15 retirement savings 16 plan. It allows you to save for your retirement while deferring 17 any immediate 18 income taxes on the money you save or their respective earnings 19 until withdrawn 20. 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
- 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。
- 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
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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》
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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
- 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。
- 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%。