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Na-tional Bureau of Economic Research. The downturn is the longest since a depression that began in
1981and lasted sixteen months.
Economists generally wait for production to shrink for six months in a row before they declare a
re-cession. But the bureau, a private group, uses a wider set of information to measure the economy.
Thenews only confirmed what many people already knew: that the world"s largest economy is weak and
maynot recover soon.
Worsening conclitions have led to a big drop in spending, especially on costly products like new cars.
Even Japanese automaker Toyota saw its sales fall thirty - four percent in the United States in November
from a year ago.
The heads of Chrysler, Ford and General Motors retumed to Congress this week to again ask for
federal aid. Congressional leaders denounced (指责) them two weeks ago after they came in private
jets with no clear plans for saving their industry. This time, the chiefs drove to Washington in fuel- saving
hybrid vehicles. And their companies presented detailed restructuring plans. The reguest for aid has risen
from twenty-five billion dollars two weeks ago to thirty-four billion in loans and credit lines.
G.M. wants almost half of that, and says it needs four billion dollars this month. It warned that without
support it cannot continue to operate.
Ford is in a better position, But the sharing of suppliers means it could be affected if G.M. or
Chrysler fails. Ford is asking for a nine billion dollar credit line in case it needs it.
Chrysler is the smallest and most trouble of America"s Big Three. It says it needs a seven billion dollar
loan by the end of the month.
Two days of congressional hearings began Thursday in the Senate Banking Committee. The chairman, Democrat Chris Dodd, said he would support helping the automakers for the good of the economy.
But the committee"s top Republican, Richard Shelby, continued to express opposition to a bailout
(贿政援助).
A main root of the world financial crisis is the weak housing market in the United States. The
Trea-sury Department has been under pressure to help troubled homeowners. Now comes news that the
depart-ment is developing a plan aimed at reducing interest rates on mortgage loans (汽车贷款) for
some buyers of homes. That could be good for homeowners trying to sell.
B. the depression has lasted more than 16 months
C. the depression is much more severe than expected
D. the depression will last no more than 6 months
B. Because they didn"t have a ciear plan to save their industry.
C. Because they had wasted too much on costly new cars.
D. Because they had enough money to save their industry.
B. Toyota.
C. Chrysler.
D. Ford.
B. was against
C. didn"t care about
D. took no notice of
B. The main cause of the crisis is weak housing market in the U.S..
C. The government is taking measures to save t he housing market.
D. The Treasury Department had to help the troubled homeowners.
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and save extra cash. Living a thrifty(节俭的)lifestyle does not have to mean doing nothing. 1 Here are
some tips.
Track your spending for at least two weeks. You won"t really know how to live a thriftier lifestyle until
you know where your money is going. Write down every time you spend money and take a look at it at
the end of the month. 2
Search the Internet when you have to make purchases. Because of the easy access to information,
you can compare prices from more stores in less time. 3 Combining producers" coupons (优惠劵) with
store discounts can lead to major savings.
Turn off the lights and other electronics in your home when you are not using them. 4 Leaving
electronics on can use a tremendous amount of extra energy, costing you money.
5 When you do have to go out, look for available deals and discounts. If you are a frequent
restaurant diner, consider purchasing a guide book for local restaurants, which will help you save money.
A. Eat at home as often as possible.
B. You probably don"t really need 500 Chanels.
C. If you really can"t live without it, call the company.
D. Open a window and let in the natural light instead.
E. In this way, you will see obvious ways to reduce the small daily expenses.
F. So check your local stores as well as online providers to find the best price.
Instead, making small changes will allow you to save money and still enjoy yourself.
An English-language textbook, "The Speeches of Barack Obama," has sold more than 400,000 copies
in two months, a big hit in a country where few hit novels sell more than a million copies a year.
Japanese have a love for learning English and many bookstores have a corner especially for dozens of
journals in the language, many of them now featuring(给……以显要位置) the new U.S. leader"s face.
"Speeches by presidents and presidential candidates(候选人) are excellent as listening tools to learn
English, because their contents are good and their words are easy to catch," said Yuzo Yamamoto of
Asahi Press, which produced the best-selling text book.
"Obama"s is especially so. His speeches are so moving, and he also uses words such as "yes, we
can," "change" and "hope" that even Japanese people can memorize," he said.
"Speeches by George W. Bush and former nominee (被提名者) John Kerry"s four years ago did not
have the same attraction, however, and nor do those made by Japanese politicians, Yamamoto said.
The 95-page book features Obama"s speeches in English from the 2004 Democratic National
Convention and during the Democratic Party primaries, in which he defeated Hillary Clinton. They are
accompanied by Japanese translations.
The 1,050 yen ($12) book, which includes a CD of the speeches, tops the bestseller list on bookseller Amazon"s Japanese Website.
"Readers have sent in postcards saying that when they heard the speeches, they were so moved and
ried even though they don"t understand English very well," Yamamoto said.
Following Obama"s inauguration ( 就职典礼) on Tuesday, Asahi Press plans to issue a sequel (续集)
that includes his inaugural address, as well as President John F. Kennedy"s 1961 inaugural speech. It will
also feature a reading of President Abraham Lincoln"s Gettysburg address of 1863.
B. They"re cheap to buy.
C. They"re best-sellers.
D. They"re official.
B. More than 400,000 copies have been sold in a month.
C. It is sold with a CD of the speeches.
D. It is a best-selling textbook published by Asahi Press.
B. the best-seller includes Obama"s inaugural speech
C. speeches by Japanese politicians have the same attraction
D. many readers are benefiting from the best-seller
B. Obama: from promise to power
C. Japanese learn English from Obama"s speeches
D. Obama and English learning
exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline; production limits have been laid
down (though these have already been raised; and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more
than a limited number of foreign workers. But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems,
and few people believe that the Government will be able to hold things back for long. As a Norwegian
politician said last week, "We will soon be changed beyond all recognition."
Ever since the war, the Government has been carrying out a programme of development in the area
north of the Arctic Circle. During the past few years this programme has had a great deal of success:
Tromso has been built up into a local capital with a university, a large hospital and a healthy industry. But
the oil industry has already started to draw people south, and within a few years the whole northern
policy could be in ruins.
The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north, however. With nearly 100 percent
employment, everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the tourist
industry will lose more of their workers to the oil industry. Some smaller industries might even disappear
altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.
The real argument over oil is its threat to the Norwegian way of life. Farmers and fishermen do not
make up most of the population, but they are an important part of it, because Norwegians see in them
many of the qualities that they regard with pride as essentially Norwegian. And it is the farmers and the
fishermen who are most critical of the oil industry because of the damage that it might cause to the
countryside and to the sea.
B. slow down the rate of its development
C. sell the oil it is producing abroad
D. develop more quickly than at present
B. prevent oil companies employing people from northern Norway
C. help the oil companies solve many of their problems
D. keep the oil industry to something near its present size
B. a growth in population
C. the failure of the development programme
D. the development of new towns
B. a growth in the tourist industry
C. a reduction in the number of existing industries
D. the development of a number of service industries
B. their lives and values represent the Norwegian ideal
C. their work is so useful to the rest of Norwegian society
D. they regard oil as a threat to the Norwegian way of fife.
US President Barack Obama has just made life more difficult for cigarette makers. He has just signed
a law that will set tough new rules for the tobacco industry. The new law gives the US Food and Drug
Administration the power to strictly limit the making and marketing of tobacco products.
At a White House signing ceremony Monday, Obama said that he was among the nearly 90% of
smokers who took up the habit before their 18 th birthday.
Obama, who has publicly struggled to give up smoking, said he still hadn"t completely kicked the habit. Every now and then he still smokes in secret.
"As a former smoker I struggle with it all the time. Do I still smoke sometimes? Yes. Am I a daily
smoker, a constant smoker? No." Obama said at a news conference.
"I don" t do it in front of my lads.I don ?t do it in front of my family.I would say that I am 95% cured,
but there are times when I mess up, " he said.
"Once you go down this path, it" s something you continually struggle with, which is exactly why the
law is so important.The new law is not about me, it" s about the next generation of kids coming up.What
we don " t want is kids going down that path," he said.
Nearly 20% of Americans smoke and tobacco use kills about 440,000 people a year in the United
States due to cancer, heart disease, and other serious diseases.
B. tobacco industry
C. White House
D. US Food and Drug Administration
B. He still smokes as usual.
C. He began to smoke at eighteen.
D. He is trying hard to give up smoking.
B. officials
C. his family
D. businessmen
for the economy? The American public overwhelmingly thinks they"re bad. Yet the consensus among
most economists is that immigration, both legal and illegal, provides a small net boost to the economy.
Immigrants provide cheap labor, lower the prices of everything from farm produce to new homes, and
leave consumers with a little more money in their pockets. So why is there such a discrepancy between
the perception of immigrants" impact on the economy and the reality?
There are a number of familiar theories. Some argue that people are anxious and feel threatened by
an inflow of new workers. Others highlight the strain that undocumented immigrants place on public
services, like schools, hospitals, and jails. Still others emphasize the role of race, arguing that foreigners
add to the nation"s fears and insecurities. There"s some truth to all these explanations, but they aren"t quite
sufficient.
To get a better understanding of what"s going on, consider the way immigration"s impact is felt. Though
its overall effect may be positive, its costs and benefits are distributed unevenly. David Card, an economist at UC Berkeley, notes that the ones who profit most directly from immigrants" low-cost labor are businesses and employers - meatpacking plants in Nebraska, for instance, or agricultural businesses in California.
Granted, these producers" savings probably translate into lower prices at the grocery store, but how many consumers make that mental connection at the checkout counter? As for the drawbacks of illegal
immigration, these, too, are concentrated. Native low-skilled workers suffer most from the competition of
foreign labor. According to a study by George Borjas, a Harvard economist, immigration reduced the wages of American high-school dropouts by 9% between 1980-2000.
Among high-skilled, better-educated employees, however, opposition was strongest in states with
both high numbers of immigrants and relatively generous social services. What worried them most, in
other words, was the fiscal (财政的)burden of immigration. That conclusion was reinforced by another
finding: that their opposition appeared to soften when that fiscal burden decreased, as occurred with
welfare reform in the 1990s, which curbed immigrants" access to certain benefits.
The irony is that for all the overexcited debate, the net effect (净效应) of immigration is minimal. Even
for those most acutely affected - say, low-skilled workers, or California residents - the impact isn"t all that dramatic. "The unpleasant voices have tended to dominate our perceptions," says Daniel Tichenor, a
political science professor at the University of Oregon. "But when all those factors are put together and
the economists calculate the numbers, it ends up being a net positive, but a small one." Too bad most
people don"t realize it.
B. The American economy used to thrive on immigration but now it"s a different story.
C. The consensus among economists is that immigration should not be encouraged.
D. The general public thinks differently from most economists on the impact of immigration.
B. They can get consumer goods at lower prices.
C. They can mix with people of different cultures.
D. They can avoid doing much of the manual labor.
B. deny
C. encourage
D. limit
B. Those who are opposed to it turn out to benefit most from it.
C. Even economists can"t reach a consensus about its impact.
D. There is no essential difference between seemingly opposite opinions.
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