NPR边听边练第190期:美国新房销售下降
日期:2013-08-29 15:40

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第190期:主餐一道:泛听练习

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一、泛听建议:

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Some _1_ Republicans in Congress say it's time for the U.S. to make a firm decision on whether it will continue _2_ money to Egypt's military. President Obama told CNN that even if the U.S. cuts off that funding, it may not make a huge difference.
一些国会共和党领导人表示,现在是美国做出决定,是否继续为埃及军事力量提供资金的时候了NGcE7f^)Y-8K0u,wQf。奥巴马总统接受CNN采访时表示,即使美国切断资金,可能也不会产生太大的效果vN)rQVTwLJ
"The aid itself may not reverse what the interim government does... But I think what most Americans would say is that we have to be very careful _3_ as aiding and abetting actions that we think run contrary to our values and our ideals."
“援助本身或许不会改变该国过渡政府的所作所为EBdmE&MoU1]hw)V=;。但我认为,大多数美国人会说,我们必须谨慎,切勿被人认为在支持甚至教唆与美国价值观相悖的行为gxOggbCW)J4z。”
He went on to say "we can’t return to business as usual, given what’s happened." Ari Shapiro, NPR News, Washington.
他继续表明,“考虑到所发生的事情,我们已不能恢复到平常状态”w|Ci@)dYTs7A[*P8KB。NPR新闻,阿里·斯佩罗华盛顿报道^qF#i+#9tRHnrmK~
The Commerce Department _4_ the sales of newly built homes drop 13.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 394,000. That's the lowest pace in nine months. Mark Zandi,chief economist at Moody's Analytics, blames rising mortgage rates.
商务部发布的报告显示,新屋销售经季节性调整年率为39.4万户,下降13.4%!oW9~UQ[UJ*G!。这是九个月以来的最低水平2l[ah@9(CA。穆迪分析公司的首席经济师马克·赞迪将这归咎于不断升高的抵押贷款利率*Dx)4xuyLtq-(A
"It's showing that the high mortgage is doing damage, intruding the housing market and this is important to the economic recovery because we need _5_ really kick into a higher gear." Mark Zandi at Moody's.
“这表明高抵押贷款利率损害了房地产市场,房市对经济复苏非常重要,我们需要房市进入高速发展阶段Ytgj4Ob&ARc3。”以上是穆迪分析公司马克·赞迪CO-LY1oMxQ5mnO6
On Wall Street, the Dow up 57.
华尔街最新数据,道琼斯工业平均指数上升57点suaL+.KYn~r~5|
This is NPR.
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词汇解析:
1. It's time for sb. to do sth.
是某人(从事特定活动的)合适时候;
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eg. It's time for you to wake up and attend to your business.
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eg. It's time for us all to get back to basics and concentrate on what really matters.
现在是我们回到实质性问题,把注意力放到真正要紧的事情上的时候了_6z.r!ZCpv,If@
2. run contrary to
违反;与……背道而驰;
eg. The findings run contrary to the government's long-established drug classification system.
该研究颠覆了英国政府长期以来确立的药品分类系统-!Z&q&uboak6
eg. It's not the right time for you to call on her.
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重点单词
  • reversen. 相反,背面,失败,倒档 adj. 反面的,相反的,
  • interimadj. 中间的,暂时的,临时的 n. 中间时期,过渡时
  • mortgagen. 按揭,抵押贷款 vt. 抵押
  • militaryadj. 军事的 n. 军队
  • decisionn. 决定,决策
  • contraryadj. 相反的,截然不同的 adv. 相反(地) n.
  • concentratev. 集中,专心,浓缩 n. 浓缩物
  • commercen. 商业,贸易
  • classificationn. 分类,分级
  • recoveryn. 恢复,复原,痊愈