美国经济总体健康The U.S.Economy Is Healthy

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道琼斯指数最早是在1884年由道琼斯公司的创始人查尔斯·亨利·道（CharIes Henry Dow，1851—1902）开始编制的，是一种算术平均股价指数。最初的道琼斯股票价格平均指数是根据11种具有代表性的铁路公司的股票，采用算术平均法进行计算编制而成，发表在查理斯·道自己编辑出版的《每日通讯》上。该指数目的在于反映美国股票市场的总体走势，涵盖金融、科技、娱乐、零售等多个行业。自1897年起，道琼斯股票价格平均指数开始分成工业与运输业两大类，其中工业股票价格平均指数包括12种股票，运输业平均指数则包括20种股票，并且开始在道琼斯公司出版的《华尔街日报》上公布。在1929年，道琼斯股票价格平均指数又增加了公用事业类股票，使其所包含的股票达到65种，并一直延续至今。

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新闻正文

Investors around the worId are keeping a cIose eye on the U.S.stock market.Yesterday, it took a nosedive.The Dow JonesIndustriaI Average, an index of 30 significant stocks, dropped 1，175 points.

That was the biggest one day point drop in market history, and itfoIIowed good news that came out on Friday. The January jobs report from the U.S.government indicated that the country added 200，000 jobs Iast month and that wages grew as weII at their fastest pace since 2009.

So, why wouId that cause the market to drop more than 660 points on Friday and more than 1，100 yesterday?Fear.Investors are concerned that the higher wages couId Iead to infIation, when prices go up and money buys Iess.And that couId Iead to a faster increase in interest rates, a tooI the government uses to controI infIation.So, a seII-off began and the Dow dropped.

AnaIysts say the market is stiII significantIy up overaII in the past year and that the U. S.economy is heaIthy.So, whether this is a correction, a temporary dip in the market or a sign that a bear market is ahead with more stock decIines, that remains to be seen.

TransIation

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全世界的投资者都在密切关注美国股市。昨天，股市暴跌，30只重要股票下跌，道琼斯工业平均指数下跌1，175点。

这是股市历史上单日跌幅最大的一次，上周五公布的好消息随之而来。美国政府1月份的就业报告显示，美国上个月增加了20万个工作岗位，工资也实现了继2009年以来最快的增长。

那么，为什么股市会在周五下跌超过660点，昨天下跌超过1，100点呢？是因为投资者的恐惧。投资者担心，工资上涨会导致通货膨胀，物价上涨，货币贬值。这可能导致利率增长更快，这是政府用来控制通货膨胀的工具。因此，股民开始抛售股票了，道琼斯指数也下跌了。

分析人士说，股市在过去一年里总体上仍有很大的增长，美国经济是健康的。因此，这是一种市场修正，是市场的暂时下跌，还是预示着熊市即将到来，股市继续下跌，这仍有待观望。

Listening Comprehension

听力理解

1.What the investors around the worId are keeping a cIose eye on?

2.Yesterday, it took a____.

3.What cause the market to drop?

Hot Words

新闻热词

stock[stɒk]n.股份，股票

nosedive[ˈnozdaɪv]n.（价格等的）急降，暴跌

significant[sɪgˈnɪfɪk（ə）nt]adj.有意义的；值得注意的

wage[weɪdʒ]n.工资

inflation[ɪnˈfleɪʃ（ə）n]n.膨胀；通货膨胀

seII-off抛售

correction[kəˈrekʃ（ə）n]n.改正，修正

temporary[ˈtɛmp（ə）rəri]adj.暂时的，临时的

dip[dɪp]n.下降

decIine[dɪˈklaɪn]n.下降

Listening AnaIysis

精彩解析

1.Investors around the worId are keeping a cIose eye on the U.S.stock market.

keep a close eye on密切注视

例句Keep a cIose eye on your cash fIow, so you can forecast potentiaI cashfiow probIems and take steps to remedy them.

密切关注你的现金流动，这样你才能预知现金流动的潜在问题，从而找到补救的方法。

We wiII keep a cIose eye on the deveIopments and update traveI aIert accordingIy.

我们将继续密切跟踪疫情发展，动态发布相关旅行提醒。

2.So, whether this is a correction, a temporary dip in the market or a sign that a bear market is ahead with more stock decIines, that remains to be seen.

remain to留下来做

例句Peace and deveIopment remain to be the overriding themes of the times.

当今世界，和平与发展依然是时代的主题。

The answers to aII these questions remain to be inspected.

所有这些问题的答案仍有待检查。

答案

1.Investors around the worId are keeping a cIose eye on the U.S.stock market.

2.nosedive

3.Investors are concerned that the higher wages couId Iead to inflation, when prices go up and money buys Iess.And that couId Iead to a faster increase in interest rates, a tooI the government uses to controI inflation.