英语新闻听写 达美航空Q4利润达9.8亿美元

Cheaper jet fuel due to falling oil prices helped Delta¹ Air Lines soar to a fourth-quarter earnings² of $980 million.

因航空燃油费价格下跌，达美航空本财年第四季度利润达到9.8亿美金。

And with the current fuel climate, further savings³ are expected to trickle⁴ throughout the airline industry.

随着油价不断下跌，航空产业有望节省费用开支。

For Delta, the company saved nearly 65-percent on fuel over 2015 when compared to 2014; a figure of $2.6 billion.

2015年度，公司整体燃油费用支出比去年同比下降近65%，降到26亿美金。

Delta expects to pay about $1.20 to $1.25 per gallon for fuel in the first quarter of 2016, an even better deal than the $1.85 it paid in the fourth quarter of last year.

明年第一季度，每加仑预计将在1.2到1.25美金之间，甚至好于第四季度的1.85每加仑。

1 delta   

n.（流的）角洲

参考例句：

• He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
• The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。

2 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

3 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

4 trickle   

vi.淌，滴，流出，慢慢移动，逐渐消散

参考例句：

• The stream has thinned down to a mere trickle.这条小河变成细流了。
• The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle.汹涌的车流现在已经变得稀稀拉拉。