突破口語之獨(dú)白(4):Business Report 商務(wù)報(bào)道
4. Business Report
商務(wù)報(bào)道
The United States Central Bank has cut interest rates. Policy makers of the Federal Reserve【聯(lián)邦儲(chǔ)備局】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 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.
美國(guó)中央銀行進(jìn)行了減息。聯(lián)儲(chǔ)立法人員將銀行利率下調(diào)了1.5個(gè)百分點(diǎn)至6%，其目的主要是阻止經(jīng)濟(jì)的急速下滑。聯(lián)儲(chǔ)立法人員指出生產(chǎn)與銷售將持續(xù)降低，預(yù)計(jì)目前不會(huì)做出降低貸款成本的決定。消息公布后金融市場(chǎng)急速回升。
注解?。?/p>
1) slowing down 下滑，減速
2) continuing a. 持續(xù)的
3) sharply ad. 猛烈地，激烈地
