NPR邊聽(tīng)邊練88:美商家將收信用卡附加費(fèi)

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一、泛聽(tīng)建議：

1、完整聽(tīng)一遍，掌握大意。

2、繼續(xù)聽(tīng)，特別注意關(guān)鍵信息。遇到相似的詞，寫(xiě)下來(lái)。

3、復(fù)述新聞。

Starting today, you may _1_ more to use your credit card. NPR's Allison Keyes reports it's the result of a federal court ruling.

從今天開(kāi)始，你使用信用卡的時(shí)候可能會(huì)支付更多的錢(qián)。據(jù)NPR新聞的艾莉森?凱斯報(bào)道，這是聯(lián)邦法院的裁決結(jié)果。

Last year a U.S. district court _2_ that merchants can impose a surcharge of up to 4% of your purchase price on customers paying by credit card. The charges _3_ equal the cost of processing the credit card transaction, but it's unclear how many merchants will implement them. A spokesman for the National Retail Federation told NBC News not a single merchant he spoke to plans to impose the charges. Debit cards are exempted from a $7. 2 billion settlement agreement between credit card companies and merchants, and credit card surcharges are banned by law in 10 states including California, Maine and Texas. The settlement _4_ . Allison Keyes, NPR News.

去年，美國(guó)一家地區(qū)法院裁決，顧客使用信用卡支付時(shí)，商家可在購(gòu)買(mǎi)價(jià)格上征收高達(dá)4%的附加費(fèi)。附加費(fèi)用應(yīng)與信用卡交易過(guò)程的花費(fèi)相等，但是目前還不清楚有多少商家會(huì)執(zhí)行。全美零售商聯(lián)合會(huì)的一位發(fā)言人接受NBC News的采訪時(shí)表示，與他交談過(guò)的商家中沒(méi)有一家計(jì)劃收取附加費(fèi)。信用卡公司與商家以72億美元達(dá)成和解協(xié)議，借記卡將不再收取費(fèi)用，而有10個(gè)州也明文禁止收取信用卡附加費(fèi)，這10個(gè)州包括加利福尼亞州、緬因州以及德克薩斯州。這項(xiàng)和解協(xié)議將面臨控訴。NPR新聞，艾莉森?凱斯報(bào)道。

There's a winter storm icing parts of the mid-west _5_ to National Weather Service meteorologist Bob Oravec.

據(jù)美國(guó)國(guó)家氣象局的氣象專(zhuān)家鮑勃?奧拉韋茨介紹，中西部地區(qū)將迎來(lái)冬季風(fēng)暴，部分地區(qū)會(huì)結(jié)冰。

詞匯解析：

1. merchants. 商人(merchant的復(fù)數(shù))

eg: Any knowledgeable wine merchant would be able to advise you.

任何一位內(nèi)行的葡萄酒商人都能為你提出建議。

2、exempt from 使免除，使免做

eg. In an era of scarcity, the military should not be exempt from the choices that will be forced upon everyone else, however.

然而在資源匱乏的當(dāng)下，其他所有人都被迫接受的選擇，軍方也不能豁免。

eg. He is exempt from punishment about this thing.

關(guān)于此事對(duì)他已免于處分。

eg. Religious organizations are exempt from taxation.

宗教機(jī)構(gòu)被免除賦稅。

參考答案：

1、be paying 2、ruled 3、are supposed

4、is being appealed 5、according to