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Markets: Boo!
市場：哈！
After a long period of calm, investors get a shock.
一陣平靜過后，投資者們受一重擊。
Every good horror-film director knows the secret of the “jump scare”.
每位優秀的恐怖片導演都深諳“猛地嚇人一跳”之道。
Just when the hero or heroine feels safe, the monster appears from nowhere to startle them.
就在男主或女主覺得安全時，不知道從哪里出來的妖怪讓他們大吃一驚。
The latest stockmarket shock could have been directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
最近的股市震蕩可能是由希區柯克一手導演的。
The sharp falls that took place on February 2nd and 5th followed a long period where the only direction for share prices appeared to be upwards.
發生在2月2日和5日的急劇下跌緣起于一段漫長的股價在其間的唯一走勢似乎就是向上的時期。
In fact the American market had risen so far, so fast that the decline only took share prices back to where they were at the start of the year.
實際上，美國股市上漲了這么遠，漲得這么快，使得這次下跌不過是把股價帶回到了年初的地方。
And although a 1,175-point fall in the DowJones Industrial Average on February 5th was the biggest ever in absolute terms,
而且，盡管道瓊斯工業平均指數在2月5日的1175點的下跌，從絕對數值上來說是史上最大的。
it was still smallish beer in proportionateterms, at just 4.6%.
但是，從百分比上來看，它仍舊是小菜一碟，只有4.6%。
The 508-point fall in the Dow in October 1987 knocked nearly 23% off the market.
道指在1987年10月的508點下跌曾經把市場砍去了將近23%。
Still, surprise rippled round the world.
盡管如此，驚恐仍然波及了全世界。
Between January 29th and early trading on February 7th, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index dropped by 7.5%.
在從1月29日到2月7日的早間交易中，MSCI新興市場指數跌去了7.5%。
The FTSE 100 index fell by 8.2% from its record high, set in January.
FTSE100指數從其今年1月分創下的歷史高位下跌了8.2%。
A late recovery on February 6th, in which the Dow rebounded by 2.3% (or 567 points), restored some calm.
一次道指在其間反彈了2.3%(或567點)的后來的反攻多少恢復了某些平靜。
譯文來源余興宇
