CNN Marketplace 2006-02-19

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Those tumbling oil prices may be coming to an end. The prices shot up today on Wall Street, and according to Oppenheimer oil analyst¹ Fadel Gheit, don't blame it on the cold weather most of the country's been getting this week.
. . . and also, you are still 10 degrees above, above normal, (ur) so I really don't think that, that in itself is going to cause oil prices to move higher.
Gheit says he does expect prices to remain fairly stable between the 55 dollars and 65 dollar a barrel range.

If you flew anytime last year you had a tougher time dealing² with the airline says new government statistics. According to industry analyst Terry Trippler, he says we're finding that we have to defend for ourselves in this current airline environment.
They have fewer people that they can find to talk to because there're fewer people working for the airline. A lot of people are going online, they're making reservations. If they have a problem, acquaint the airline's website and make a mistake, there's nobody you really talk to about it these are the frustrations³ people feel.
Meanwhile the airline's lost on average about 10, 000 bags a day last year.

The core Producer Price Index rose 0. 4% - the largest monthly gain in a year. However macroeconomic director Gus Faucher at Moody's economy . com says he's not too surprised by the bump of the PPI.
A large part of that comes from higher prices for energy goods. So in that level it wasn't unexpected. I think what's a little more concerning is there was a big jump-up in the core finished goods PPI which excludes food and energy prices.
Economists⁴ had forecasted a 0. 2% gain last month.

RadioShack says it'll close down between 400 and 700 of their underperforming stores, and a computer maker⁶ is getting a little littery.
Apple computer has resorted to an unusual tactic⁷ to combat hackers⁸. The company anticipated hackers would try to crack its new operating system. And so it hid a poem deep in the software and refers to bad karma , and how uncool it is to hack⁵ in the computers. Jane King , CNN on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

With CNN Radio Marketplace, I'm Michelle Wright.

WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS

Producer Price Index(PPI) ：生产者价格指数，Index measuring changes in wholesale⁹ prices, published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor¹⁰ Statistics every month.
core finished goods PPI ：核心成品生产者价格指数，扣除食物及能源后的生产者价格指数。
note: 分析师通常会研究指数相较于上月及去年同期的变动，来判断通货膨胀的状况，或者观察扣除食物及能源后的核心PPI（core PPI）指数，以正确判断不包括食物及能源的物价的真正走势－这是由于食物及能源价格受到季节及供需的影响，经常波动剧烈。

Moody's：穆迪投资服务公司，全球三大财务评级公司（其余两家是：S&P－标普,Fitch－惠誉）
karma：In religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism¹¹, karma is the belief that your actions in this life affect all your future lives.
RadioShack：美国消费电子产品专业零售商

1 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

2 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

3 frustrations   

挫折( frustration的名词复数 )； 失败； 挫败； 失意

参考例句：

• The temptation would grow to take out our frustrations on Saigon. 由于我们遭到挫折而要同西贡算帐的引诱力会增加。
• Aspirations will be raised, but so will frustrations. 人们会产生种种憧憬，但是种种挫折也会随之而来。

4 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 hack   

n.劈，砍，出租马车；v.劈，砍，干咳

参考例句：

• He made a hack at the log.他朝圆木上砍了一下。
• Early settlers had to hack out a clearing in the forest where they could grow crops.早期移民不得不在森林里劈出空地种庄稼。

6 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

7 tactic   

n.战略，策略；adj.战术的，有策略的

参考例句：

• Reducing prices is a common sales tactic.降价是常用的销售策略。
• She had often used the tactic of threatening to resign.她惯用以辞职相威胁的手法。

8 hackers   

n.计算机迷( hacker的名词复数 )；私自存取或篡改电脑资料者，电脑“黑客”

参考例句：

• They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Arranging a meeting with the hackers took weeks againoff-again email exchanges. 通过几星期电子邮件往来安排见面，他们最终同意了。 来自互联网

9 wholesale   

n.批发；adv.以批发方式；vt.批发，成批出售

参考例句：

• 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。

10 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

11 Buddhism   

n.佛教（教义）

参考例句：

• Buddhism was introduced into China about 67 AD.佛教是在公元67年左右传入中国的。
• Many people willingly converted to Buddhism.很多人情愿皈依佛教。