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Unit1 Business（Ⅰ）美国主要报纸:《纽约时报》、《华盛顿邮报》、《洛杉矶时报》、《华尔街时报》、《基督教科学箴言报》等。Passage 1 PRICES JUMP MORE THAN EXPECTEDHigher gasoline prices bring big jump in overall prices, larger rise in core prices than forecast.Prices paid by consumers rose faster in November, lifted by a spike in the price of gasoline, as the government’s key inflation measure came in higher than Wall Street forecasts.The consumer price index, the key measure of inflation on the retail level rose 0.8 percent in the month, up from the 0.3 percent rise in October. Economists surveyed by had forecast a 0.6 percent rise in overall prices.It was the biggest jump in prices since September 2005, when gasoline prices surged higher in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. There was a similar impact of higher gasoline prices this time.The report showed overall energy prices up 5.7 percent, with gasoline up 9.3 percent. In addition, food prices, another recent driver of inflation, were up 0.3 percent.The so-called core CPI was up 0.3 percent, even though that more closely watched measure strips out the volatile food and energy prices. Economists had forecast a 0.2 percent rise, which was the same increase posted on October. Among the core items seeing prices jump was clothing, where prices jumped 0.8 percent, and medical care, which rose 0.4 percent. It was the largest one-month jump in apparel prices in more than nine years.WORD AND EXPRESSIONSForecast 预测、 报、示 gasoline汽油 inflation 通货膨胀Retail level 平均零售价格 in the wake of 紧跟着 surge 激 猛 涨 增Measure 测量、措施 volatile 不稳定的，波动的NOTESwall Street：华尔街。美国曼哈顿南部的一条街道，是美国股票交易和金融机构的集中地，现常作美国金融市场或金融界的代名词。Consumer Price Index：居民消费价格指数。这一指数是反映一定时期内城乡居民所购买的生活消费品价格指数和服务项目价格变动趋势和程度的相对数。Fed funds：联邦基金。指美国的商业银行存库放在联邦储备银行（及中央银行体系）的准备金，包括 法定准备金及超出准备金要求的资金.Newspaper Reading Skills 如何阅读英语报刊养成良好的阅读习惯。掌握英语报刊标题的语言特点。注意新闻报道首段的阅读。扫除影响阅读速度的障碍。选择合理的阅读方法。快速泛读之快速阅读大量不同领域的文章，只了解文章的主要内容2）略读指以很快的速度阅读，迅速获取文章的大意或主题。3）查读是快速扫视所读材料。4)研读就是仔细阅读。 Unit2 Business（Ⅱ）美国主要期刊：《时代》、《新闻周刊》、《美国新闻与世界报道》、《读者文摘》、《商业周刊》、《财富》等。PAS