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Morning Edition, Aug 19, 2006 ·Many retailers look forward to the end of August and a surge in spending from students heading back to school. Stores used to focus on elementary, middle and high school students. But not any more. It's college students who spend the most.

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Tab n.账单
orientation n.介绍
bedding n. 被褥
court v.向...献殷勤;
泛听建议：
1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。
2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。
3、碰到听起来似曾相识的词汇，马上记录下来。

College students will spend the most more than ___1___dollars this year. Allen Davids of The National Retail Federation says that college students are expected to spend more than 10 billion dollars on consumer electronics, that’s ___2___ more than last year. “College students used to be buying extra long ___3___ and a couple of ___4___ for their wall. Today they includes___5___, Xboxes, cellphones, ___6___ and a variety of other electronics in their necessities for heading off to campus.”
Many students going off to college for the first time have ___7___ or money they’ve earned over the summer.
Ten year ago the retailers didn’t think about college students much at all. What most retailers want to do now is to be a back-to-college destination so that they can ___8___ for life. IKEA plans to be on campus with gifts ___9___ at the University of Washington and in the Philadelphia area IKEA is ___10___ for college students directly to and from campus.

参考答案:

1.36 billion
2.27 percent
3.twin sheets
4.posters
5.flat screen TVs
6.digital cameras
7.high school graduation money
8.gain customers
9.at freshmen orientation
10.offering free trips