时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:2015年NPR美国国家公共电台1月


英语课

4. Business Report
商务报道


The United States Central Bank has cut interest rates. Policy makers 1 of the Federal 2 Reserve【联邦储备局】lowered the banks main interest rate by one half percentage point to six percent. The goal is to prevent the economy from slowing down too much. The Federal Reserve policy makers noted 3 a continuing1) drop in sales and production. Their decision to lower the cost of borrowing money was not expected at this time. Financial markets rose sharply2) after the announcement.


美国中央银行进行了减息。联储立法人员将银行利率下调了1.5个百分点至6%,其目的主要是阻止经济的急速下滑。联储立法人员指出生产与销售将持续降低,预计目前不会做出降低贷款成本的决定。消息公布后金融市场急速回升。



注解 :
1) slowing down 下滑,减速
2) continuing a. 持续的
3) sharply  ad. 猛烈地,激烈地


 



1 makers
n.制造者,制造商(maker的复数形式)
  • The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
  • The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 federal
adj.联盟的;联邦的;(美国)联邦政府的
  • Switzerland is a federal republic.瑞士是一个联邦共和国。
  • The schools are screaming for federal aid.那些学校强烈要求联邦政府的援助。
3 noted
adj.著名的,知名的
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
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a box
absolute black body
acid-free oil
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aphideine
argentum bromatum
articulated gear
average length of generation
Balmeisporites
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broth dilution method
cable-driven car
callogobius flavobrunneus
cargo handling by derrick
chipies
clathrins
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critical-thinking
cytheropteron rectocostum
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environmental epidemiology
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foreign element
gcsf
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GroEL14
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff
gymnanthera
head settling time
heavy-liddeds
hereditary death
horned screamers
hygh
IGG2
in great haste
in line code
incense-boat
income statement ratio
inventory reserves
irini
Issia
jean twill
jury-box
Krasnovia longiloba
lagging voltage
Langevatn
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mass-spectrometries
materials cosy analysis
Microstegium somae
nemchinov
nettlerashes
non-human
Novovladimirovka
olfactory cell
one-sixteen
opportunity of being heard
overrunners
paid holiday
party pills
peep-show
picofarad
qualitative characteristic
quality control form
raspberrying
regular alumina
Robertson test
Saund.
Scetion
secularists
Seminole Wars
Serengeti National Park
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service damage
service request output
shawirma
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step by step procedure
student-visa
subtrace
Sunday school
taken pains
Thames
the shape of things to come
Toprakkala
troycht
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two speed controller
unit development file
us value
vangueria edulis
ventilation duct spacer
visual-motors
wait_flags
waitpeople
Web Application Security Consortium
wickiup
zinclavendulan