听遍美国经济新闻--美国民航业

Airlines in America

United Airlines and its mechanics【机械工】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【据报道】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【丑闻】. 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.


听音瓶颈词汇

1. avert []v.避开；防止
2. tentative []adj.暂时的
3. cut []v.削减
4. disclosure []n.公开
5. crash[]n.崩溃；倒塌
6. overall[]adj.总体上的
7. sluggish[]adj.缓慢的
8. temporary []adj.临时的

听音高级短语
vote on 对…投票
hang out 挂出
financial status 财政状况
in response to 对…的回应
pick up 拾起；上升

听音超级句型

…and…have settled their contract dispute.
…与…解决了他们的合同纠纷。