第四十三期:主餐一道:泛听练习
以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写
。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻 。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 。
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