聽遍美國經(jīng)濟新聞--美國民航業(yè)

Airlines in America

United Airlines and its mechanics【機械工】union have settled their contract dispute averting(1) a strike threatened for tomorrow.

The tentative(2) deal allows the mechanics to vote on cost cutting moves United planned for later this year. And includes the first raise since 1994. Union leaders are recommending the agreement to their members who will vote on it in two weeks. Southwest Airlines is hanging out the help wanted sign for 4000 new workers this year, Southwest was the only major U.S carrier【航空公司】 not to cut(3) jobs after September 11,and it is also the only major carrier still making money.

IBM reportedly【據(jù)報道】plans to start releasing more details of its financial status. The Wall Street Journal says it is in response to investor demands for more accounting disclosures(4) following the Enron scandal【丑聞】. And finally the job market is said to be picking up a bit in Silicon Valley【硅谷】, hit hard by the dot-com crash(5) and the overall(6) sluggish(7) economy. USA Today reports that requests for temporary(8) help in that tech sector job listings are up but that Valley giants like Intel and Cisco still aren’t hiring. And that’s Business I’m Liz Shell.


聽音瓶頸詞匯

1. avert []v.避開；防止
2. tentative []adj.暫時的
3. cut []v.削減
4. disclosure []n.公開
5. crash[]n.崩潰；倒塌
6. overall[]adj.總體上的
7. sluggish[]adj.緩慢的
8. temporary []adj.臨時的

聽音高級短語
vote on 對…投票
hang out 掛出
financial status 財政狀況
in response to 對…的回應
pick up 拾起；上升

聽音超級句型

…and…have settled their contract dispute.
…與…解決了他們的合同糾紛。