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第134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。
Bank earnings in the US are on the rise as the industry rebounds from the financial crisis five years ago. The federal deposit insurance cooperation says banks _1_ just over 40 billion dollars in the first quarter of this year. Banks impart to _2_ losses from bad loans. That's more than an any quarter on record.
隨著工業從五年前的金融危機中復蘇，美國的銀行業績也隨之上升。聯邦保險局表示，銀行今年第一季度贏利超過400億美元。銀行用于支付次貸損失的開支減少。這比任何季度的紀錄都要高。
A new report finds that mothers are now the main bread winners in nearly 40% of families with children in the US. But NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports the American public _3_ feelings about the increase in the number of single moms and mothers who earn more than their husbands.
一份新報告表明，美國有孩子的家庭中，近40%由母親掙錢養家。但是據NPR新聞的詹妮弗·盧登報道，單親母親以及比丈夫掙錢多的女性數量增加，美國公眾對這一現象懷有復雜感情。
The Pew Research center finds that share of bread _4_ moms has quadruple since 1960. Women are now nearly half the workforce, 2/3 of married mothers work, and yet, most Americans tell Pew this is making it harder to raise children and harder for marriages to succeed. Half of Americans say it's better for children if their mother is home, though just 8% say the same about fathers. The Pew study finds most bread winning mothers are single, unlike in the past, a growing share of them _5_. Jennifer Ludden NPR News, Washington.
皮尤研究中心發現，負責養家的母親數量自1960年以來翻了四倍。目前女性幾乎占據了勞動人口的一半，三分之二已婚并有孩子的女性在工作，而大部分美國人接受皮尤的調查時表示，這種情況很難撫養孩子，也很難維持婚姻。一半美國人認為母親在家對孩子更好，只有8%認為父親應該在家照顧孩子。皮尤研究發現，與過去不同，大多數養家的女性是單身，從來沒結過婚的女性比例日益上升。NPR新聞，詹妮弗·盧登華盛頓報道。
詞匯解析：
1. impart to:. 告訴；透露：給予，分給：
eg:She imparted the secret to her friend.
她將秘密透露給了她的朋友。
eg:Only the chairman's strong control was able to impart some sense of seriousness to the meeting.
只有主席強有力的掌握會場的能力才能使會議具有某種嚴肅感。
2、bread winner n.養家糊口的人
eg. I've always paid the bills and been the breadwinner.
一直由我支付賬單，維持家庭生計。
eg. Hero is a normal human, just like breadwinner.
英雄平時就是個普通人， 一樣得養家活口。
3、quadruple . 四倍的；四重的. 使…成四倍. 成為四倍. 四倍
eg:China seeks to quadruple its income in twenty years.
中國力求在20年內將其收入翻兩番。
eg:Fifty-nine percent of its residents have attended graduate school – quadruple the national average.
該地區59％的居民讀過研究生–是全國平均水平的4倍。
eg:The quadruple murder has replaced property prices as the sole topic of interest.
這4起連環謀殺案已經取代房價成為了人們惟一感興趣的話題。
