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Share prices mostly fell on Asian stock markets Monday after Greek voters rejected a European financial plan requiring new cost-cutting measures.
Japan's main measure of stock prices, the Nikkei index, lost more than two percent. However, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary said events in Greece had a limited effect on stock prices in his country. Yoshihide Suga said "the ties between Japan and Greece economically and in the financial markets are very limited." He also said he believed the 19 countries using the euro as money would, "take responsible actions to address the Greek situation."
Other major stock indexes in East Asia also fell. South Korea's Kospi index fell two percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 3.2 percent -- its largest drop in more than three years. Concerns over the effects of the vote in Greece may have been partly to blame. But falling stock prices in China also concerned investors. Mainland China is Hong Kong's biggest trading partner.
On the mainland, stock price measures were mixed. The Shanghai stock exchange index rose over two percent after many days of declining prices.
The recent drop in Chinese stock prices is the sharpest in 20 years. Shares on Chinese markets have lost more than 20 percent of their value -- or $3 trillion dollars -- since June 12.
Financial experts say smaller investors are fleeing the stock market and investing in housing and other real estate.
On Saturday, a group of 21 brokerage companies said it would use $19 billion to buy shares in an effort to support stock prices. The move is supported by money borrowed from China's central bank.
But any efforts to support prices are small in comparison to the total value of the current loses. Tony Nash is an economist working in Singapore.
"You can't inject 120 (yuan) billion every weekend. The markets lost something like $3 trillion over the last couple of months -- that that's a drop in the bucket compared to what would be needed to prop that market up."
Falling stock prices also have discouraged new stock offerings. Nearly 30 Chinese companies have postponed their first stock sale to the public. The stock value decline reverses a year of strong gains for Chinese stocks, which more than doubled in value over the period.
Scott Kennedy is with the Centers for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. He said, in the past, the stock market represented only a small part of China's economy. Now, that has changed. Still, he believes the country will reach its goal of seven percent economic growth this year.
I'm Mario Ritter.
词汇解释
1.cost-cutting n. 削减成本 v. 削减成本（cost-cut的ing形式）
The reason is that the stockpile may be cost-cut right out of existence.
原因在于储备马上就会被削减没了。
2.flee vi. 逃走；消失，消散 vt. 逃跑，逃走；逃避
He slammed the bedroom door behind him and fled.
他砰地关上卧室的门就逃走了。
3.brokerage n. 佣金；回扣；中间人业务
John works for a brokerage house now.
约翰现在一家经纪行工作。
4.reverse n. 背面；相反；倒退；失败 vt. 颠倒；倒转 adj. 反面的；颠倒的；反身的 vi. 倒退；逆叫
They have made it clear they will not reverse the decision to increase prices.
他们已经明确表示不会为了提高价格而转变这一决定。
内容解析
1.On Saturday, a group of 21 brokerage companies said it would use $19 billion to buy shares in an effort to support stock prices.
in an effort to 企图（努力想）；试图要
Changes were made in operating methods in an effort to increase profitability.
为了提高利润，经营方式上发生了改变。
I spent much of my time bundled up in sweaters in an effort to keep warm.
大部分时间里我都穿着厚厚的毛衣来保暖。
2.that that's a drop in the bucket compared to what would be needed to prop that market up.
a drop in the bucket 沧海一粟；九牛一毛；微量
Well, my knowledge in the field is but a drop in the bucket.
唉, 我那点知识不过是本学科的沧海一粟。
Testing each compound would be a huge and very expensive undertaking — a drop in the bucket considering how many traditional medicines there are.
测试每一个化合物将是巨大而非常昂贵的工作——考虑到传统药物的数量，这是沧海一粟。
参考译文
在希腊选民拒绝要求出台新的成本削减措施的欧洲财政方案后，周一亚洲大部分股市股价下跌。
日本的主要股价指数日经指数下跌了2%以上，然而，日本内阁官房长官菅义伟表示，希腊的事件对本国股价影响很有限。他说“日本和希腊在经济和金融市场方面联系很有限”，他说他认为使用欧元的19个国家将“承担责任来解决希腊的困境”。
东亚的其他主要股指也在下降，韩国Kospi指数下跌2%，香港恒生指数下跌3.2%，这是三年来最大程度的下跌。担心希腊投票的影响可能是部分原因，但中国股价的下跌也令投资者担心，中国大陆是香港最大的贸易伙伴。
在大陆，股价涨跌互现，上海股指在连日下跌后上涨2%。
中国股价最近的下跌是20年来最严重的，自6月12日起，中国股市已经损失20%以上的市值，价值3亿美元。
金融专家表示，小投资者开始逃离股市，并投资于房产和其他不动产。
周六，21家证券公司表示将拿出190亿美元来购买股份，希望能支撑股价，此举由中国央行提供资金支持。
但与目前损失的总市值相比，任何托市的行为都是微不足道的，托尼·纳什是在新加坡工作的一位经济学家。
“你不可能每周都注资1200亿元，过去几个月来股市已经损失了大约3亿美元，1200亿元对于托市所需的资金要求来说只是杯水车薪。”
股市下跌还影响到新股上市，近30家中国公司推迟了首次公开募股，股市下跌使得中国一年的强劲增长发生逆转，中国股市在一年中市值增加一倍以上。
斯科特·肯尼迪就职于华盛顿战略与国际研究所，他说，过去股市只代表中国经济的一小部分，但如今已经不同。但他仍认为该国今年将实现经济增长7%的目标。
我是马里奥·利特。
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