準(zhǔn)確性練習(xí)9-－經(jīng)濟(jì)專題
1. The index of leading economic indicators fell 0.3% in May. In the same month, new-home sales plunged to a 12-month low, despite the best mortgage rates in two decades.
5月份領(lǐng)先經(jīng)濟(jì)指標(biāo)指數(shù)下降了0.3%。與此同時(shí)，盡管二十年來房貸利率最低，新屋銷售還是跌至12個(gè)月來的最低點(diǎn)。
2. In one such report, Commerce said last week that its index of leading economic indicators rose a strong 1.2% in July.
報(bào)道稱，商務(wù)部上周表示6月的領(lǐng)先經(jīng)濟(jì)指標(biāo)指數(shù)強(qiáng)勢(shì)上漲了1.2%
3. “…World Bank Managing Director Richard Frank said in a statement that the ＄52 billion international rescue package assembled by the Obama administration--which includes ＄17 billion from the International Monetary Fund--would meet Mexico’s short-term financial crisis, which blew up after the government devalued the peso in December.”
世界銀行董事常務(wù)董事理查德?弗蘭克在一份聲明中表示,奧巴馬政府520億美元的國(guó)際一攬子救援計(jì)劃金, 其中170億美元來自國(guó)際貨幣基金組織——將解決墨西哥的短期金融危機(jī)，這次危機(jī)始于12月政府使比索貶值?！?/p>
4. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed this week at 2909.1, up 6.3% in the past four weeks and up 544 points, or 23%, since its October low.
道瓊斯工業(yè)平均指數(shù)本周收于2909.1點(diǎn)，自十月份的低迷后，11月共上漲6.3%，上漲544點(diǎn)，漲幅23%。
5. The stock market gave the flagging recovery an apparent vote of non-confidence last week when the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 120 points on Friday.
道瓊斯工業(yè)平均指數(shù)上周五暴跌120點(diǎn)，股市表現(xiàn)出明顯的不信任。
6. March Cotton closed 0.46 cent lower at 85.30 cent.
3月棉花收低0.46美分，報(bào)85.30美分
7. The Deutsche Bank cut its discount rate to 3.5%, the lowest level in seven years.
德意志銀行將貼現(xiàn)率降低到3.5%，這是7年來的最低水平
8. The number of workers in the United States applying for state unemployment benefits rose to the record high level in more than a month.
美國(guó)申請(qǐng)失業(yè)救濟(jì)金的工人人數(shù)在一個(gè)多月的時(shí)間里達(dá)到了歷史最高水平。
9. Export surplus was 72.54 billion Euros, compared with 47.71 billion Euros in the same period a year earlier.
出口順差為725.4億歐元，而去年同期為477.1億歐元
10. The December T-bond futures ended today at 117-13/32 in Tokyo market against its previous closing of 117-11/32.
12月長(zhǎng)期國(guó)債期貨今天在東京市場(chǎng)以117 -13/ 32收盤，此前收盤報(bào)117 -11/ 32。
