CNN News:2014年底道瓊斯工業(yè)指數(shù)盈利 美國校園遭流感襲擊

CARL AZUZ, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome to CNN STUDENT NEWS. I`m Carl Azuz. This is our last show of 2014.

歡迎收看CNN學(xué)生新聞，我是Carl Azuz，這是我們2014年最后一期節(jié)目。

Before we head up for the holidays, we`ve got a few things to catch you up on, one of them, the U.S. stock market. Yesterday was the best day of the year for the Dow Jones Industrial Average of 30 important stocks. It rose 420 points. Why? Well, the Federal Reserve, the Central Bank of the U.S. made comments suggesting that the U.S. economy is on track to keep growing. Investors like that.

在我們迎接假期之前我有幾件事情要告訴你。其中一件就是美國股票市場。昨天對于30個重要股票中道瓊斯工業(yè)平均指數(shù)來講是一年中最好的一天，上升了420點(diǎn)。為什么呢?是因?yàn)槁?lián)邦儲備。美國中央銀行作出評論暗示美國經(jīng)濟(jì)有望繼續(xù)保持增長。投資者喜歡這一講話。

Also, the Russian ruble`s showing signs that it`s stabilizing. That`s good news for Europe. International markets are connected, so a jump in one can help others. Markets from Europe to Asia were making gains.

同時，俄羅斯盧布出現(xiàn)穩(wěn)定跡象。這對于歐洲來講是非常好的新聞。國際市場是相互連接在一起的，所以一個國家經(jīng)濟(jì)出現(xiàn)好轉(zhuǎn)跡象可以幫助帶動其他國家經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展。歐洲到亞洲的經(jīng)濟(jì)市場都可以得到好處。

Another story in the headlines: the flu. The Centers for Disease Control says it`s widespread at 14 states, in one county in northwest Georgia, 17 percent of students were out sick, and 16 percent of teachers. So, the superintendent closed all ten schools days before the scheduled Christmas break.

還有一條頭條新聞就是流感。美國疾病控制中心表示流感范圍已經(jīng)擴(kuò)大到了14個州，在喬治亞州西北部的一個縣，有17%的學(xué)生和16%的老師感染流感病毒。所以，10所學(xué)校在圣誕假期來臨之前關(guān)閉。

Similar situations in other states from North Carolina to Minnesota. Flu season usually starts in the fall, it peaks in January or February. This one could be worse, partly because officials say this year`s vaccine isn`t as effective as usual.

從北卡羅來納州到明尼蘇達(dá)州都出現(xiàn)了類似狀況。流感季節(jié)通常開始于秋天，在一月或者二月情況最嚴(yán)重。今年這場流感情況更加糟糕，部分原因是因?yàn)榻衲甑囊呙鐩]有像往常一樣起到預(yù)防效果。