NPR邊聽(tīng)邊練277：美經(jīng)濟(jì)溫和增長(zhǎng)

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2、繼續(xù)聽(tīng)，特別注意關(guān)鍵信息。遇到相似的詞，寫下來(lái)。

We got mostly optimistic view of the economy from Federal Reserve's closely _1_ beige book today. NPR's Teri Schultz reports.

今天美聯(lián)儲(chǔ)在備受關(guān)注的褐皮書中表示，大部分人對(duì)經(jīng)濟(jì)持樂(lè)觀的態(tài)度。NPR新聞的泰瑞·舒爾茨將帶來(lái)報(bào)道。

Eight times a year, the Fed told us a little stories about the state of the economy, it binds anecdotes into what _2_ the beige book and for September, earlier October the Fed says the nation's economy continue to expand at modest, moderate pace. But the growth slowed in some regions including around Philadelphia, Chicago and Kansas City. Overall, the Fed's context said they were cautious optimistic. Consumer _3_ increased but some areas say companies are nervous to hire given to uncertainty about the Affordable Care Act and the government shutdown. That shutdown has left us in dark but a lot of other government economic data lately, so this beige book is taking on even more importance. Teri Schultz, NPR News.

美聯(lián)儲(chǔ)每年發(fā)布8次報(bào)告說(shuō)明經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況，他們稱之為褐皮書，里面會(huì)添加一些故事，而在本次9月至10月初的褐皮書中美聯(lián)儲(chǔ)表示，美國(guó)的經(jīng)濟(jì)繼續(xù)以溫和步伐擴(kuò)張。但是一些地區(qū)的經(jīng)濟(jì)增速放緩，這些地區(qū)包括費(fèi)城、芝加哥和堪薩斯城。美聯(lián)儲(chǔ)的報(bào)告表明，總體來(lái)說(shuō)他們持謹(jǐn)慎樂(lè)觀的態(tài)度。消費(fèi)者支出增加，但一些地區(qū)的企業(yè)對(duì)招聘感到擔(dān)憂，原因是《平價(jià)醫(yī)療法案》和政府關(guān)門情況的不確定性。政府關(guān)門使我們陷入黑暗，也使許多政府經(jīng)濟(jì)數(shù)據(jù)受到影響，所以這次發(fā)布的褐皮書顯現(xiàn)出更為重要的意義。NPR新聞，泰瑞·舒爾茨報(bào)道。

Group of workers most harmed by the more than two-week partial government shutdown, federal employees when some _4_ got no pay checks plead their cases to creditor. Some agencies _5_ employees a letter that explains to creditors the consequences of the government shutdown and ask them to be patient.

部分政府部門關(guān)閉了長(zhǎng)達(dá)兩個(gè)多星期的時(shí)間，受影響最大的是輪班職工，未拿到工資的聯(lián)邦雇員向債權(quán)人申訴。一些機(jī)構(gòu)致信員工，信里向債權(quán)人解釋了政府關(guān)門所造成的后果，并請(qǐng)他們保持耐心。

On Wall Street today, the DOW was up more than 200 points that goes to 15,373, the NASDAQ gain 45 points.

今天的華爾街?jǐn)?shù)據(jù)，道瓊斯工業(yè)平均指數(shù)上升200點(diǎn)，報(bào)收15,373點(diǎn);納斯達(dá)克綜合指數(shù)上升45點(diǎn)。

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詞匯解析：

1. take on

承擔(dān)，接受(尤指艱巨工作或重大責(zé)任);呈現(xiàn)，顯出;

eg. No other organisation was able or willing to take on the job.

沒(méi)有任何別的組織有能力或愿意承擔(dān)此項(xiàng)工作。

eg. Believing he had only a year to live, his writing took on a feverish intensity.

由于以為自己只剩一年的活頭，他的文字開始變得激情澎湃。

參考答案：

1、watched 2、is called 3、spending

4、cases 5、are offering