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第七十五期：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。
The Dow Jones Industrial Average _1_ record intra-day high. At last glance, we see the Dow up 134,nearly one percent at 14,262. It exceeded levels last seen in October, 2007 and has gained nearly nine percents so far this year. Investors are encouraged in part by _2_ in the U.S. service sector. Last month, it grew at its fastest pace in a year. The market’s rally is also driven by the Federal Reserve’s monetary easing policies and not to _3_ as the rebound in housing. NPR’s Dave Mattingly reports home prices rose sharply in January.
道瓊斯工業(yè)平均指數(shù)一天內(nèi)的上漲幅度創(chuàng)歷史新高。據(jù)最新數(shù)據(jù)，道瓊斯工業(yè)平均指數(shù)上升134點(diǎn)，漲幅近1%，報(bào)14,262點(diǎn)。數(shù)據(jù)超過了2007年10月份創(chuàng)造的紀(jì)錄，今年已上升了近9個(gè)百分點(diǎn)。美國服務(wù)業(yè)的增長趨勢(shì)在一定程度上鼓勵(lì)了投資者的信心。上個(gè)月，服務(wù)部門的增長速度創(chuàng)新高。美聯(lián)儲(chǔ)實(shí)行的寬松貨幣政策也推動(dòng)了市場回暖，當(dāng)然房地產(chǎn)市場也呈現(xiàn)出復(fù)蘇態(tài)勢(shì)。據(jù)NPR新聞的戴夫·馬丁利報(bào)道，1月份房價(jià)大幅上漲。
Home prices rose nearly 10 percent as _4_ to January of last year. The largest gains were seen in Arizona and Nevada. Among big cities, the sharpest jumps were in Phoenix and Los Angeles. Molly Boesel is a senior economist at Core Logic."In the west, it’s mostly the institutional investors coming in and grouping up to start properties and _5_ the prices in the distressed area which is pushing up prices in those cities."Boesel says home prices should continue rising this year as buyer-demand increases and inventories remain tight. Dave Mattingly, NPR News, Washington.
1月份房價(jià)較去年同期上漲了近10%。亞利桑那州和內(nèi)華達(dá)州漲幅最大。在大城市中，鳳凰城和洛杉磯的房價(jià)漲幅最大。Core Logic公司的高級(jí)經(jīng)濟(jì)師莫莉·貝澤爾表示。“西部主要是機(jī)構(gòu)投資者開始涉足房產(chǎn)所有權(quán)，使得經(jīng)濟(jì)蕭條區(qū)的房價(jià)上漲，刺激了那些城市的房價(jià)。”貝澤爾表示，由于買方需求增加，今年房價(jià)會(huì)繼續(xù)上漲，而庫存則依然緊張。NPR新聞，戴夫·馬丁利華盛頓報(bào)道。
詞匯解析：
1、rally
vi. 團(tuán)結(jié)；重整；恢復(fù)；（網(wǎng)球等）連續(xù)對(duì)打
vt. 團(tuán)結(jié)；集合；恢復(fù)健康、力量等
n. 集會(huì)；回復(fù)；公路賽車會(huì)
eg:About three thousand people held a rally to mark international human rights day.
大約三千人舉行集會(huì)以紀(jì)念國際人權(quán)日。
eg:Her cabinet colleagues have continued to rally to her support.
她的內(nèi)閣同僚們繼續(xù)團(tuán)結(jié)一致地支持她。
eg:...a long rally.
…一陣長時(shí)間的連續(xù)對(duì)打。
eg:He rallied enough to thank his doctors.
他身體恢復(fù)得能向醫(yī)生們道謝了。
2、distressed area
[亦作depressed area][英國英語](失業(yè)率高的)貧困(或困難、蕭條)地區(qū)，失業(yè)率高(或失業(yè)現(xiàn)象嚴(yán)重)的地區(qū)
[美國英語](政府或慈善機(jī)構(gòu)應(yīng)予援助的)災(zāi)區(qū)，受災(zāi)地區(qū)(=disaster area)
eg:This paper is to analyze the problems in the development of laborer industry in distressed area and give some advices or solutions.
本文就貧困地區(qū)務(wù)工經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展過程中存在的問題進(jìn)行分析并提出對(duì)策和建議。
