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。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻 。一、泛听建议:
1、完整听一遍,掌握大意
。2、继续听,特别注意关键信息
。遇到相似的词,写下来 。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·耶伦正式接管美联储 。今天,耶伦宣誓就职,代替离任的美联储主席本·伯南克,上个月,耶伦的提名获得了参议院的确认 。现年67岁的耶伦成为美联储100年历史上首位女掌门 。
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.
在经历了近年来最糟糕的一月之后,华尔街似乎以同样差劲的情况开启了二月份 。今天,道琼斯工业平均指数下跌超过300点,降幅近2%,而此前一些报告表明全球经济增长有放缓趋势 。BMO私人银行的杰克·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."
“国内的一些指数令人非常失望,而我们的贸易伙伴发布的数据同样令人失望,尤其中国的情况最为糟糕 。所以我认为会有更多人感到经济并没有像我们认为的那样发展 。”
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场接近技术性调整,即大盘下跌10% 。标准普尔500指数已经下跌了5%,而今年以来道琼斯工业平均指数的下跌幅度已超过7% 。
On Wall Street, the Dow _5_ 326 points today to close at 15,372; the NASDAQ Composite was down 106 points.
今天的华尔街数据,道琼斯工业平均指数下降326点,报收15,372点;纳斯达克综合指数下降106点 。
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词汇解析:
1. swear in
使宣誓就职;
eg. Soon after the New Year, the new Congress will come to Washington to be sworn in.
新年后不久,新一届国会议员就将前往华盛顿宣誓就职 。
eg. On October 1st, John was sworn in as Treasury Secretary.
10月1日约翰宣誓就任财政部长 。
2、selloff.
卖清存货;清除存货(廉价出售)
eg:Accordingly, some observers say there are signs the euro selloff is only just getting started.
因此有些观察人士认为,有迹象表明欧元的抛售只是刚刚开始 。