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第四十三期：主餐一道：泛聽練習
以下段落是摘自新聞里的一些重要信息,并不是一個段落的聽寫。空內信息可在本新聞中全部找到,大家可以根據這些信息復述新聞。
一、泛聽建議：
1、完整聽一遍，掌握大意。
2、繼續聽，特別注意關鍵信息。遇到相似的詞，寫下來。
3、復述新聞。
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.
從今天開始，你使用信用卡的時候可能會支付更多的錢。據NPR新聞的艾莉森•凱斯報道，這是聯邦法院的裁決結果。
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，美國一家地區法院裁決，顧客使用信用卡支付時，商家可在購買價格上征收高達4%的附加費。附加費用應與信用卡交易過程的花費相等，但是目前還不清楚有多少商家會執行。全美零售商聯合會的一位發言人接受NBC News的采訪時表示，與他交談過的商家中沒有一家計劃收取附加費。信用卡公司與商家以72億美元達成和解協議，借記卡將不再收取費用，而有10個州也明文禁止收取信用卡附加費，這10個州包括加利福尼亞州、緬因州以及德克薩斯州。這項和解協議將面臨控訴。NPR新聞，艾莉森•凱斯報道。
There's a winter storm icing parts of the mid-west _5_ to National Weather Service meteorologist Bob Oravec.
據美國國家氣象局的氣象專家鮑勃•奧拉韋茨介紹，中西部地區將迎來冬季風暴，部分地區會結冰。
詞匯解析：
1. merchants. 商人（merchant的復數）
eg: Any knowledgeable wine merchant would be able to advise you.
任何一位內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.
關于此事對他已免于處分。
eg. Religious organizations are exempt from taxation.
宗教機構被免除賦稅。
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