第302期:主餐一道:泛聽練習
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。空內信息可在本新聞中全部找到,大家可以根據這些信息復述新聞 。一、泛聽建議:
1、完整聽一遍,掌握大意
。2、繼續聽,特別注意關鍵信息
。遇到相似的詞,寫下來 。Janet Yellen has officially taken over the reins of the Federal Reserve. Yellen sworn in today to replace _1_ Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke after being confirmed by the Senate last month. The 67-year-old Yellen becomes the first woman _2_ the Federal Reserve in the body's 100-year history.
珍妮特·耶倫正式接管美聯儲 。今天,耶倫宣誓就職,代替離任的美聯儲主席本·伯南克,上個月,耶倫的提名獲得了參議院的確認 。現年67歲的耶倫成為美聯儲100年歷史上首位女掌門 。
After one of the worst Januaries in recent history, Wall Street _3_ to start in February an equally ugly mood. The Dow fell more than 300 points today - more than 2% - after a number of reports seemed to indicate signs of slower global growth. Jack Ablin is with BMO Private Bank.
在經歷了近年來最糟糕的一月之后,華爾街似乎以同樣差勁的情況開啟了二月份 。今天,道瓊斯工業平均指數下跌超過300點,降幅近2%,而此前一些報告表明全球經濟增長有放緩趨勢 。BMO私人銀行的杰克·阿布林表示 。
"We've gotten disappointing numbers here at home, and we're getting _4_ numbers from many of our trading partners, most notably China. So I think there's a growing sense that the economy isn't moving along as well as we had originally thought."
“國內的一些指數令人非常失望,而我們的貿易伙伴發布的數據同樣令人失望,尤其中國的情況最為糟糕 。所以我認為會有更多人感到經濟并沒有像我們認為的那樣發展 。”
Today's selloff moves the market at least closer to a technical correction, which is a 10% drop. Already the Standard & Poor's 500 index is halfway there, while the Dow was down more than 7% for the year.
今天的股市暴跌使市場接近技術性調整,即大盤下跌10% 。標準普爾500指數已經下跌了5%,而今年以來道瓊斯工業平均指數的下跌幅度已超過7% 。
On Wall Street, the Dow _5_ 326 points today to close at 15,372; the NASDAQ Composite was down 106 points.
今天的華爾街數據,道瓊斯工業平均指數下降326點,報收15,372點;納斯達克綜合指數下降106點 。
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詞匯解析:
1. swear in
使宣誓就職;
eg. Soon after the New Year, the new Congress will come to Washington to be sworn in.
新年后不久,新一屆國會議員就將前往華盛頓宣誓就職 。
eg. On October 1st, John was sworn in as Treasury Secretary.
10月1日約翰宣誓就任財政部長 。
2、selloff.
賣清存貨;清除存貨(廉價出售)
eg:Accordingly, some observers say there are signs the euro selloff is only just getting started.
因此有些觀察人士認為,有跡象表明歐元的拋售只是剛剛開始 。