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Step1：先泛听一遍了解大意，并回答以下三个问题。

1. What is the Federal Reserve? How much did the recent Fed cut lower the federal funds rate? (from Fed Rate Cut)

2.Who is John Galetzka and what did he do in Indonesia?(from Earthquake Hunting)

3. What is the theory of plate tectonics? (from Earthquake Hunting)

Step2：请听写下面两个空格部分。

So, how does the cut affect you? One word: plastic. Actually,______________4_______________ , like loans for buying houses or cars. But credit card debt is also influenced by the rate. So people who pay with plastic might be incurring less interest thanks to the move. (大约在3:20:00-3:29:00出现,注意听咯^_^)

Driven by the plate beneath the Indian Ocean,
________________5___________________The pressures already are enormous. The theories are, possibly quite soon, those pressures will become intolerable. (大约在7:33:00-7:38:00.你听到了吗?^_^) .

Step3 ：请根据新闻，判断下面五句话是正确还是错误。（T/F）

6.The arrested student was released the day after tomorrow. (from Free Speech?)

7.One of the first ones on the Constitution's list is freedom of speech. (fromFree Speech? )

8.Galetzka has established a network of position-markers, linked by satellite, that show a constant creep northeast among the islands on Indonesia's Indian Ocean frontier. (from Earthquake Hunting)

9.The island nation was struck by almost a dozen earthquakes in a two-day period. (from Earthquake Hunting )

10.Now it's the first time in more than four years the Fed has adjusted the federal funds rate.(from Fed Rate Cut)

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