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 LISTEN-TEXT
Hi, friends, how are you? What is your most care for this week? I guess if you are caring for your financial situation, then, maybe you are interested in something about Federal Reserve’s new benchmark rate. If you are caring for your health, maybe you are interested in somehting about birds flu...
So, I have chose three topics below as our Daily Chinese content and hope it is helpful to your Chinese learning. :-)
 No.0018 LISTEN-TEXT:
美è”储（美国è”邦储备委员会）å†æ¬¡æ高基准利率。
Federal Reserve raised benchmark rate again.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/01/AR2005110100306.html
New Words:
美è”储:Mei3 lian2 chu3 -- abbreviation of Federal Reserve
美国è”邦储备委员会: Mei3 guo2 lian2 bang1 chu3 bei4 wei3 yuan2 hui4-- Federal Reserve
å†æ¬¡:zai4 ci4 -- again, once more
æ高:ti2 gao1 -- raise
基准:ji1 zhun3 -- benchmark
利率: li4 lu4 -- interest rate, rate of interest
Chinese Pronunciation:
Mei2 lian2 chu3 (Mei guo2 lian2 bang1 chu3 bei4 wei3 yuan2 hui4) zai4 ci4 ti2 gao1 ji1 zhun3 li4 lu4。
 No. 0019LISTEN-TEXT:
美国ã€æ³•å›½å’Œä¸å›½å®£å¸ƒï¼šï¼ˆå°†ä»¥ï¼‰æ–°çš„努力抗击禽æµæ„Ÿã€‚
The United States, France and China announced new efforts to fight birds flue.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/03/content_490535.htm
New Words:
和:he2 -- and
法国:Fa3 guo2 -- France
宣布:xuan1 bu4 -- announce
以:yi3 --with
新（的）:xin1 (xin1 de) -- new
努力:nu3 li4 -- effort
抗击:kang4 ji1 -- fight, beat back
禽æµæ„Ÿ:qin2 liu2 gan3 -- birds flu
禽:qin2 -- birds
æµæ„Ÿ:liu2 gan3 -- flu
Chinese Pronunciation:
Mei3 guo2, Zhong1 guo2 he2 Fa3 guo2 xuan1 bu4: jiang1 xi3 xin1 de nu3 li4 kang4 ji1 qin2 liu2 gan3。
 No. 0020 LISTEN-TEXT:
ä¸å›½å’Œä¿„ç½—æ–¯å¯èƒ½åˆä½œï¼ˆè¿›è¡Œï¼‰æœˆçƒæŽ¢æµ‹ã€‚
China and Russia may cooperate in lunar exploration.
http://english.people.com.cn//200511/01/eng20051101_218211.html
New Words:
ä¿„ç½—æ–¯:e2 luo2 si1 -- Russia
å¯èƒ½:ke3 neng2 -- may
åˆä½œ:he2 zuo4 -- cooperation
月çƒ:yue4 jiu2 -- moon
探测:tan4 ce4 -- exploration
Chinese Pronunciation :
Zhong1 guo2 he2 e2 luo2 si1 ke3 neng2 he2 zuo4 jin4 xing2 yue4 qiu2 tan4 ce4。
Ok, that is all for today. If you have any questions, comments and suggestions, please write to shirley@ebridge.cn. You are welcomed.
-- Shirley
Written on Thur, Nov 3, 2005
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