Airlines in America

United Airlines and its mechanics【机械工】union have settled their contract dispute averting(1) a strike threatened for tomorrow.

The tentative(2) deal allows the mechanics to vote on cost cutting moves United planned for later this year. And includes the first raise since 1994. Union leaders are recommending the agreement to their members who will vote on it in two weeks. Southwest Airlines is hanging out the help wanted sign for 4000 new workers this year, Southwest was the only major U.S carrier【航空公司】 not to cut(3) jobs after September 11,and it is also the only major carrier still making money.

IBM reportedly【据报道】plans to start releasing more details of its financial status. The Wall Street Journal says it is in response to investor demands for more accounting disclosures(4) following the Enron scandal【丑闻】. And finally the job market is said to be picking up a bit in Silicon Valley【硅谷】, hit hard by the dot-com crash(5) and the overall(6) sluggish(7) economy. USA Today reports that requests for temporary(8) help in that tech sector job listings are up but that Valley giants like Intel and Cisco still aren’t hiring. And that’s Business I’m Liz Shell.


听音瓶颈词汇

1. avert []v.避开；防止
2. tentative []adj.暂时的
3. cut []v.削减
4. disclosure []n.公开
5. crash[]n.崩溃；倒塌
6. overall[]adj.总体上的
7. sluggish[]adj.缓慢的
8. temporary []adj.临时的

听音高级短语
vote on 对…投票
hang out 挂出
financial status 财政状况
in response to 对…的回应
pick up 拾起；上升

听音超级句型

…and…have settled their contract dispute.
…与…解决了他们的合同纠纷。

美国民航业

美国联合航空公司同其机械师工会就合同纠纷问题达成协议，从而制止了第二天罢工的发生。

临时协议允许机械师参与年内减少开支举措的投票，还包括自1994年以来的第一次加薪。工会领导人敦促将在两周内进行投票的工会会员接受该协议。美国西南航空今年将招聘4000新员工。美国西南航空是“9.11”之后美国唯一一家没有裁员的航空公司，也是唯一一家保持赢利的主要航空公司。

据报道，IBM计划公开更多的财务状况。《华尔街日报》称这是继安然丑闻之后，IBM对投资者要求公开更多财务细节的回应。经过dot-com和综合经济低靡的打击后，硅谷就业市场终于有所提升。《今日美国》报道，科技行业对工作的需求暂时有所上升，但硅谷巨头如英特儿和思科仍没有任何招聘意向。这是商业新闻，我是Liz Shell。