CNN Marketplace 2006-05-29

Michelle Wright: The hiking gas prices this year is a good thing for some businesses, like the ones along New Jersey¹ shore, which are seeing a huge increase in visitors this weekend.

Gary Baumgarten: "It's the best Memorial weekend weather in recent history", say the long time merchants. And state officials say the high gasoline prices mean shorter trips to the shore for people from New Jersey, New York, and like this woman, Pennsylvania.

Everybody from Pennsylvania goes to the Jersey shore; if you are from Delaware, you go to the beach.

Gary Baumgarten: Patrice Leonard of the Evendale, Pennsylvania says her plan is to wear her two preschool-age children out on the kids' rides. The kids, however, seem bent² on wearing out mom, instead. Gary Baumgarten, CNN, seaside park, New Jersey.

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Michelle Wright: According to the AAA there will be a slight increase in the number of people going on vacations this summer despite those gas prices. Pauline Frommer with Frommer's Budget Travel says national parks are parks that teach about the nation's history, like colonial Williamsburg Gara Gebeth.

Pauline Frommer: It's very comfortable. The hotels are lovely and they present history in a really sophisticated manner, Warts³ and all. They talk about slavery and the fact that many of the founding fathers were slave owners. They go into the various disagreements that shaped our country. It's a fascinating look at history.

Michelle Wright: Frommer also says an annual pass to a theme park may save you money if you’ll be going there a lot this summer.

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Michelle Wright: And the X-Men were the only one standing⁴ atop the box-office heap this holiday weekend. Reports CNN's Matt Cherry.

I want to help you.

Help me. What’s wrong with me?

Matt Cherry: X-Men "The last stand" needed no help at the box-office this holiday weekend. It ends up raking in more than 120 million bucks⁵. The best Memorial Day weekend debut⁶ ever. X-Men also had the best Friday in movie history, taking in 45 million on that day, alone. It was a good weekend for theatres in general. Last week's box-office champ - "The Da Vinci Code" grossed 43 million dollars, and the animated⁷ "Over the Hedge" earned 35 million, Matt Cherry, CNN.

Michelle Wright: With CNN radio in the MarketPlace, I’m Michelle Wright.

1 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

2 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

3 warts   

n.疣( wart的名词复数 )；肉赘；树瘤；缺点

参考例句：

• You agreed to marry me, warts and all! 是你同意和我结婚的，我又没掩饰缺陷。 来自辞典例句
• Talk about trying to cure warts with spunk-water such a blame fool way as that! 用那样糊涂蛋的方法还谈什么仙水治疣子！ 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

7 animated   

adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的

参考例句：

• His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
• We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。