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听力原文：M: What are you working on so diligently？
W: An editorial for the newspaper. If I miss the midnight deadline, it won't be printed until next Week.
What is the woman trying to do？
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"Being the fifth at bridge" shows us the author was the fifth who played cards.
听力原文：M: Jessica, is that you？ Of all the places to run into each other. I can't believe that it's happening here in the pharmacy.
W: Theodore! It's been such a long time since I last saw you.
M: What are you doing here？ Don't tell me you're sick.
W: Oh, no. I'm just here picking up a prescription for my roommate. He's caught a cold this past week.
M: Oh, that's too bad. I hope he feels better soon. I've been meaning to get a hold of you for some time now. My sister just returned from a three-week trip to Africa and she took lots of pictures. It's' so beautiful there, you must see the photos. How about coming over for dinner this weekend and taking a look？ I'm sure she would be delighted to see you, too.
W: Oh, I'm terribly sorry. It's my parents' fiftieth anniversary this Saturday, so I'm going home for a big celebration. All my relatives are coming from all over the country for this event. I'm also excited about seeing my family again. I'll have to leave straight from work on Friday night because it takes about six hours to get to Sacramento from here.
M: Sacramento？ I thought you were from San Diego.
W: No. Lots of people make that mistake, too. I just studied at the university there.
M: Well, please say congratulations to your parents for me. I hope you have a safe trip there. Traffic can be bad on Friday nights, so please be careful. Be sure to give me a call when you get back from Sacramento. We'd love to see you.
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The Bank of England will keep interest rates on hold this month, after August's cut, but proof of slowing economic growth will probably provoke another reduction late this year or early in 2006, a Reuters poll shows.
All 47 economists surveyed by Renters between August 30 and September 1 expected the bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to keep rates at 4.50 percent when its meeting ends on Thursday September 8.
The median forecast showed rates cut to 4.25 percent by the end of next Match and staying at that level until end-2006.
Last month, the bank cut rates for the first time in two years to boost comer spending and a Reuters poll carried out after the move had forecast a second cut by year-end.
But minutes from the August meeting, published since, showed that four of the MPC's nine members--including Bank of England Governor Mervyn King--had voted for keeping rates on hold. Some said this made another move this year less likely.
"After such a close vote in August, the MPC is likely to want to wait and gather more evidence before moving interest rates again in either direction," said John Hawksworth at PwC, who expects a rate cut sometime in 2006.
Seventeen of the economists said the next move would be a cut in the final quarter of this year, most likely in November. An equal number forecast a cut in 2006, eight of them in February. Eight said the next move would be a hike and five saw rates on hold until the end of 2006. Those economists who expect rates to be cut again this year said evidence of weak economic growth in the third quarter could spur the bank into action.
"By the time of the November meeting, it should be clear that growth is set to disappoint and hence they (will) cut," said Michael Saunders at Citigroup.
Eight of the economists said the next move in rates would be a reversal of the August cut some time next year. They argued that the economy was not doing as badly as some thought, and that things could improve further this year. Concerns about inflation could then prompt mewed tightening.
Consumer price inflation shot up to 2.3 percent in July, rising above the Bank of England's 2.0 percent target for the first time since CPI was adopted as Britain's main inflation measure in December 2003.
Some analysts said the bank would probably be unwilling to risk fuelling inflation further by cut ting rates. But others argued that the rise in inflation was mainly due to the high oil prices and could thus prove short-lived.
The Bank of England cut interest rates last month to______.
Public-library borrowers in America can read 80 books in one year.
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