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 英语新闻:suning issues coupons苏宁派发千万元代金券
    苏宁started to issue coupons with a total value of RMB 50 million in its 50 stores in beijing from monday.the coupons worth RMB 100 each ,wil be given to people who show their identity cards,each consumer only gets one coupon to use as cash to buy home appliances worth over RMB 1000 in suing stores.
    2号起，苏宁开始在北京50家门店向市民发放单张100元，总价值达5000万元的消费券。据悉，每位居民可凭身份证
限领一张，购买1000元以上电器可使用一张。
    coupon消费券
    total value总价值
    identity card身份证
    use as cash
    home appliance
    
    环球视点：美国手机网络使用率低于北欧国家,世界各国使用手机和网络的情况。
　　The United States is falling behind other advanced economies in its use of and access to telephone and Internet technology, according to a UN report published yesterday.
    昨天公布的一份联合国报告显示，美国在手机和网络使用率方面均落后于其它发达国家。在这份由联合国电讯管理处发布的“信息与通讯技术发展指数”排行榜上，美国下滑六位，降至第17位.虽然美国人亚历山大格拉汉姆贝尔发明了现代电话，互联网也发端于美国，但在所有前沿科技的普及率上，美国却落后于北欧国家。
　　Sweden, which was ranked first, had more cellphone users than inhabitants by 2007. More than 80 percent of households had computers and almost as many had Internet connections。
    瑞典的手机和互联网普及率最高。截至2007年，瑞典的国内手机用户比其人口还要多。超过80%的家庭有电脑，几乎相同比例的家庭有宽带帐户.韩国名列排行榜第二位，丹麦、荷兰和冰岛位列其后。排在该榜前十位的国家还包括挪威、卢森堡、瑞士、芬兰和英国。
　　In a measure of how much of people's income went toward making phone calls and surfing the Web, the United States ranked second
    在手机和上网支出方面，美国位列第二，排在新加坡之后，卢森堡之前。该报告称，美国人平均每月的手机和上网支出略多于15美元，固定宽带的月支出不到20美元。这一支出仅占普通美国人月收入的0.4%至0.5%。在发展中国家，这三项支出中的任何一项都可占到月平均收入的72%。
    时尚英语：Tips on Listening 提高听力技巧
    A:beginner
    1.Don't try to understand every single word you hear.不要使劲地去听懂每一个词。Because many words are grammar words or prepositions.因为语法结构词或介词并没有实际意义。
    2.The second tip is, try to listen to English at a regular or normal speed.Regular or normal speech 从一开始就要听普通或正常语速的英语。If you only listen to slow English you can’t cope with authentic
English.真实生活中的自然英语authentic English。
    3.Find English which has a transcript so that you can match the sound you hear with the words you see.争取听一些有问题文字稿的录音材料, 以便可以把声音和文字加以对照. 录音文字稿就是transcript。
    B:intermediate level
    your general knowledge about the structure and vocabulary will affect your understanding.一个人对英语结构和词汇的了解程度, 对听力有直接影响;general knowledge 一般知识 so the advice is to give yourself a wide range of materials to listen to.给自己找一些话题广泛的听力材料。Such as films, radio programs.And there are a lot of things you can download on the internet. 很多材料都可以从网上下载。
    啃老族是当今紧张而忙碌生活的产物。
    This Neet is already 30 years old but still lives off his parents. 这个啃老族已经30岁了，但仍然依靠他的父母生活。live off后面可以跟sb或sth，意思是靠什么活着。
    live on后面要跟sth；例如：They live on a diet of bread and cheese.他们靠吃面包和奶酪活着。This unemployed worker lives on unemployment benefit.这个失业工人靠失业救济金为生。
  “啃老族”指既没有上学也没有就业或接受职业技能培训但必须依靠父母养活的青年人。在英国英语中，“NEET”指啃老族的一员，“NEET group”指啃老族群体。“NEET”是Not in Education, Employment or Training”的缩略语。
    An investigation indicates that about 70% of the unemployed young people in our country now live off their parents, thus becoming Neets.调查显示，我国目前约七成失业青年靠父母养活，因而成为啃老族。
    In Japan, more and more young people have joined in the Neet group who neither go to collage nor go to work..越来越多的日本青年加入到既不上学又不工作的啃老族。年轻人要努力工作，孝顺父母不要做啃老族。