CNN Marketplace 2006-03-03

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Here’s some good news today concerning job cuts around the country.
"The pace of announced job cuts slowed down last month by 15.5%, nearly 191,000 job cuts have been announced so far this year, nearly 5% below the first 2 months of 2005. The biggest cuts came in the auto¹ sectors² and governments, but the Telecom and some manufacturing sectors are improving."

CNN’s Susan Lisovicz.

Lots of news concerning the airline industry today. Northwest Airlines continues to try to work out a deal with their pilots union. They reached a deal with their flight attendants yesterday, which included a pay cut. Delta³, however, is not faring as well with negotiations⁴. They and their pilots union did not reach a deal in the latest round of negotiations which means an arbitration⁵ panel has now stepped in. These moves may likely cause fares to increase which is the way to go, says Cheapseats.com airline expert Terry Trippler.
Terry Trippler: Well, they're going to have to have these, these wage cuts as No.1, but they definitely have to increase revenue, they can not be selling tickets at less than the custom to operate.
But Trippler says that could be a gamble since there’re passengers who won’t fly because of price increases. American Airlines is now flying from Love Field for the first time in 5 years, raising the stakes and a showdown with rival Southwest Airlines which is based at the Dallas Airport.

Vice⁶ President Dick Cheney is talking about retirement⁷ savings⁸ today at the National Summit on Retirement Savings. He says to make sure there’s enough for you to retire on. American should start saving for retirement as soon as they start working.
Dick Cheney: Power of compound interest is even greater when people start saving early. Yet a lot of American families live pay-check to pay-check, often finding that it's the same goes too much months at the end of the money.
Mr. Cheney says retirement savings are crucial since the social security system is in peril⁹.

With CNN Radio Marketplace, I’m Michelle Wright

1 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

2 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 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。

4 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

5 arbitration   

n.调停，仲裁

参考例句：

• The wage disagreement is under arbitration.工资纠纷正在仲裁中。
• Both sides have agreed that the arbitration will be binding.双方都赞同仲裁具有约束力。

6 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

7 retirement   

n.退休，退职

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。

8 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。

9 peril   

n.(严重的)危险；危险的事物

参考例句：

• The refugees were in peril of death from hunger.难民有饿死的危险。
• The embankment is in great peril.河堤岌岌可危。