NPR边听边练76:谷歌通过联邦贸易委员反垄断调查

 　　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。

　　Federal trade commission _1_ the long running antitrust investigation¹ of Google. NPR Stive Han reports the FTC decision is widely victory for search giant engine. In the settlement with FTC, Google _2_ scale back its patent wars against rival Mobile phone industry. Google also promises to make it easier for small business advertising² on the computing³ search engine pledged to stop scrapping⁴ content for another website without permission for using its own local search results. The FTC John announced its agreement.

　　联邦贸易委员会结束了长期对谷歌进行的反垄断调查。NPR记者斯蒂夫?韩发来报道，联邦贸易委员会的调查结果对这一搜索引擎巨头来说是个好消息。 在调查期间，谷歌同意按比例缩减针对手机产业的专利权保护措施。谷歌同时还承诺为在搜索引擎上为小企业提供更便捷服务，并且停止从未经授权的其他网站拆卸内容或使用搜索信息。联邦贸易委员会的约翰宣布了所签署协议。

　　Many of Google critics _3_ many competitors want commission to go further investigation and regulated Google search engine. That was big threat to Google business. However, Brane vote the commission decided⁵ it wasn't necessary. It found Google _4_ research result disteble competition. Steve Han, NPR news. The survey by parrot company ADP finds business boosting their hiring last month. Louise Mark says it _5_ celebrate thought. We should be encouraged by showing resoling to be economy faith, You know some pretty significant uncertainty⁶ occurred to what's going on the Washington. But I don't think that signal was often running at least not yet. ADP says employers added more than 200,000 jobs last month.

　　On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 21 today. You are listening to NPR.

　　许多对谷歌持批评态度的人，包括谷歌竞争者希望委员会进行进一步调查，并规范谷歌搜索引擎。而这对谷歌来说正是对其最大的威胁。但布瑞安认为委员会的调查其实没有必要。调查发现谷歌并没有控制搜索结果来抑制一些小公司。NPR新闻，斯蒂夫?韩报道。鹦鹉公司ADP的自动数据处理调查结果显示上月经济繁荣促进了雇佣率提升。路易丝?马克表示人们甚至要欢呼庆祝了。我们受到了经济数字的鼓舞，华盛顿发生了一些未知的重要变化。但我认为失业率的问题还没有开始好转。 ADP数据显示上月共增加了20万个职位。华尔街消息，道琼斯工业平均指数下降21点。您正在收听的是NPR新闻。

　　词汇解析：

　　1、antitrust： [经] 反垄断的；[经] 反托拉斯的

　　Some of the biggest antitrust cases were initiated⁷ by complaints taken to the Justice Department.

　　一些规模很大的反托拉斯案子都是由向司法部的申诉开始的。

　　2、 Federal trade commission (FTC)联邦贸易委员会

　　3、 scale back .按比例缩减，相应缩减

　　Chiang was forced to scale back and eventually abandon his plan.

　　蒋介石被迫逐渐放弃了他的反攻计划。

　　参考答案：

　　1、is closing 2、has agreed to 3、including

　　4、was not reigning 5、may be better to

1 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

2 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。

3 computing   

n.计算

参考例句：

• to work in computing 从事信息处理
• Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company. 早在计算机尚未普及的时代（约1980年），他们就创办了软件公司。

4 scrapping   

刮，切除坯体余泥

参考例句：

• He was always scrapping at school. 他在学校总打架。
• These two dogs are always scrapping. 这两条狗总是打架。

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

6 uncertainty   

n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物

参考例句：

• Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
• After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。

7 initiated   

n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入

参考例句：

• He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
• The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。