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第六十五期：主餐一道：泛聽練習(xí)
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一、泛聽建議：
1、完整聽一遍，掌握大意。
2、繼續(xù)聽，特別注意關(guān)鍵信息。遇到相似的詞，寫下來。
3、復(fù)述新聞。
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh.
這里是華盛頓NPR新聞，我是拉克什米·辛格。
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says the sharp government spending cuts _1_ take effect Friday will create a significant headwind for the economic recovery. Bernanke has delivered the Fed semi-annual report to the Senate Banking Committee. NPR's Craig Windham says Bernanke is defending the Fed's bond-buying program, which _2_ at keeping borrowing costs low.
美聯(lián)儲主席本·伯南克表示，將于周五生效的政府大幅減支計劃將對經(jīng)濟(jì)復(fù)蘇造成重大沖擊。伯南克在參議院銀行委員會就美聯(lián)儲半年度報告作證。據(jù)NPR新聞的克雷格·溫德姆報道，伯南克為美聯(lián)儲的債券購買計劃進(jìn)行了辯護(hù)，該計劃旨在保持低借貸成本。
The Fed is buying about 85 billion dollars in treasury and mortgage back securities a month. Bernanke says that has been good for the economy.
美聯(lián)儲每月購買約850億美元的公債和抵押貸款支持債券。伯南克表示，這樣的做法有利于經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展。
"Notably, keeping longer term interest rate slow has helped spark recovery in the _3_ market and led to increase sales and production of automobiles and other durable goods."
“推低長期借款利率已對住房市場起到了顯著的扶持作用，并增加了汽車和耐用品的銷量和產(chǎn)量。”
Bernanke says while the Fed _4_ stimulate the economy, the upcoming across-the-board spending cuts known as the sequester would have the opposite effect, restraining growth. He says there’s a better way to bring down the deficit.
伯南克表示，雖然美聯(lián)儲努力刺激經(jīng)濟(jì)，但是即將到來的全面自動減支計劃將對經(jīng)濟(jì)產(chǎn)生負(fù)面影響，制約經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展。他說，有更好的方法削減赤字。
"I think an appropriate balance would be to introduce these cuts more _5_ and to compensate with larger and more sustained cuts in the longer run to address our long-run fiscal issues."
“我認(rèn)為應(yīng)采取適度平衡的方法，減支計劃應(yīng)逐步進(jìn)行，在長期運(yùn)行中進(jìn)行大幅、持續(xù)的減支計劃，以解決美國長期的財政問題。”
Craig Windham, NPR News, Washington.
NPR新聞，克雷格·溫德姆華盛頓報道。
詞匯解析：
1. bring down 降（價）；把（某物，某人）抬下（樓、山）；使（某物或某人）掉下[倒下]；擊敗…
eg. hat pace would bring down the unemployment rate by less than half a percentage point over the course of a year.
這樣的速度在一年的時間里只能將失業(yè)率降低不到半個百分點(diǎn)。
eg. Military historians may never know what brought down the jet.
軍事史學(xué)家們可能永遠(yuǎn)也不會知道是什么擊落了這架噴氣式飛機(jī)。
eg. They were threatening to bring down the government by withdrawing from the ruling coalition...
他們威脅要退出執(zhí)政聯(lián)盟，讓政府垮臺。
2、compensate. 補(bǔ)償，賠償；抵消 vt. 補(bǔ)償，賠償；付報酬
eg:The damages are designed to compensate victims for their direct losses.
該賠償金是用來補(bǔ)償受害人的直接損失的。
eg:Senators say it is crucial that a mechanism is found to compensate for inflation.
參議員們說找到抵消通貨膨脹的機(jī)制是至關(guān)重要的。
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