US computer firm Sun narrows its first quarter losses，helped by itstakeover of fellow technology firm Storage（.BBC）
maintain [mein5tein]维护、保持U.S.President George W.Bush has maintained his hard line on North Korea，saying there will be no assistance to Pyongyang until it gives up itsnuclear weapons and programs（CNN）
money market 金融市场、货币市场Japanese money market dealers are anxiously preparing for the prospect of interest rates coming off near-zero for the first time in five years nextyear，spelling an end to free money and sleepy trade（.Reuters）
mortgage [5mC：gIdV]抵押Rates on 30-year and 15-year mortgages this week dropped to their lowest levels since late February，good news for people wanting to buy ahome（.USA TODAY）
move [mU：v]提案
Kuwait is considering moves to improve the lives of expatriate workers，who have been protesting over low pay（.BBC）
output [5autpUt]输出、输出量
India‘s economic growth tops 8%in the first quarter，thanks to strongmanufacturing output and consumer demand（.BBC）
profit [5prCfIt]利润、得益、红利
India’s ruling Congress party head says anyone who profited from Iraq‘s oil-for-food deal will be punished（.BBC）
real estate 房地产、不动产Real estate developer Related Companies LP on Monday said it would partner with management of Equinox Holdings Inc.to buy the upscaleEquinox fitness club chain for 505million（.Reuters）
recede [rI5sI：d]衰退
Hopes of a global trade deal recede after WTO officials fail to iron outkey differences ahead of a crucial meeting（.BBC）
recession [rI5seF[n]衰退China and Vietnam each confirmed new bird flu outbreaks which killed thousands of birds，despite increased efforts to fight the disease.The Asian Development Bank warned that a global flu pandemic could kill up to 3million people in Asia and plunge the world into recession（.AP）
reform [rI5fC：m]改革
Chinese President Hu Jintaosaid that particularly since the reform program pioneered by Deng Xiaoping in 1978，China has undergone aprofound transformation（.CNN）
Ukraine PM Yuri Yekhanurov is expected to discuss plans for politicaland economic reform during a visit to Brussels（.BBC）
restore [rIs5tC：]恢复Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin，Chirac’s protégéand Sarkozy‘s rival，met Tuesday evening with the parents of the three families，promising a full investigation of the deaths and insisting on“the need to restore calm”.（FOX NEWS）
restrain [rIs5trein]抑制、制止、限制Thousands of police watched the rioting but did little to restrain the crowd，and Japan filed an official protest，complaining that South Korea authorities failed to stop anti-Japanese violence for a third weekend in a row.（AP）
restrict [rIs5trIkt]限制、约束restriction [rIs5trIkF[n]限制、约束The overall measure，adopted 98-0，shows a willingness to defy the president in several ways despite a threatened veto.It would restrict the techniques used to interrogate terrorism suspects，ban their inhuman treatment and call for the administration to provide lawmakers withquarterly reports on the status of operations in Iraq（.ABC）
Roy Moore，a fundamentalist Christian from northern Alabama who supports school prayer and opposes gay marriage，pledged to fight againsthigher taxes，tighten restrictions on illegal immigrants and improveeducation if elected（.NBC）
