CNN News：美股新記錄

Including General Electric, there are now 30 stocks listed in the Dow. They're called Blue Chips, stocks from companies that are financially strong andconsidered good investments. The Dow Jonesaverage is one indication how the U.S. economy isdoing and it hit a milestone last week. It passed 25,000 points.

包括通用電氣公司在內(nèi)，道瓊斯指數(shù)有30支成份股。這些股票被稱為藍(lán)籌股，這些股票通常來自那些財(cái)力雄厚、被視為值得投資的公司。道瓊斯平均指數(shù)是美國經(jīng)濟(jì)表現(xiàn)的一個(gè)信號(hào)，而上周，該指數(shù)創(chuàng)造了里程碑。這一指數(shù)突破了25000點(diǎn)大關(guān)。。

But it's not just the Dow's new high mark that made news. It's the speed at which the indexreached the record. For the Dow to go from 5,000 points to 10,000, which it did back in the 1990s, it took more than three years. The index just jumped from 20,000 points from 25,000 in less than 12 months. Analysts say this is because the U.S. economy is growing faster andthat companies profits are high.

而成為新聞的不只是道指創(chuàng)下新高。道指的增速也創(chuàng)下了記錄。上世紀(jì)90年代，道指從5000點(diǎn)漲至10000點(diǎn)，這一過程歷時(shí)三年多的時(shí)間。而道指從20000點(diǎn)漲至25000點(diǎn)只用了不到12個(gè)月。分析人士表示，這是因?yàn)槊绹?jīng)濟(jì)的增速更快，公司的利潤也更高。

Some economists say it's possible for the economy to overheat, to grow too fast and causeinflation, when prices rise and people ar??en't able to buy as much. That could trigger a seriesof actions that could reverse economic growth.

一些經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家認(rèn)為，美國經(jīng)濟(jì)可能過熱，經(jīng)濟(jì)增長可能過快，并導(dǎo)致通貨膨脹，通貨膨脹指物價(jià)上漲，人們的購買力下降。這可能引發(fā)一系列會(huì)扭轉(zhuǎn)經(jīng)濟(jì)增長的操作。

Others say there's still plenty of room for the economy to grow without overheating. And if itdoes that, it's anyone's guess how high the Dow can go.

其他人則認(rèn)為，經(jīng)濟(jì)在不會(huì)過熱的情況下仍有很多增長空間。如果是這樣，那人們都在猜測道指會(huì)漲至多高。