voa标准英语2008-European Markets Surge on Stimulus Package Hopes
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年(十二月)
For the first time in many months, the European markets got a reminder 2 of what just a glimmer 3 of optimism felt like.
Spurred by plans unveiled over the weekend by President-elect Barack Obama to create up to 2.5 million jobs in the largest U.S. infrastructure 4 investment plan in half a century the world markets moved up.
Feeding off the upward trend in Asia, European markets all scored big gains at the start of the week.
Energy shares led the rally that also saw banks, automotive and mining stocks advance.
Stimulus packages were the focus of governments in Australia, China, India and in Europe.
French President Nicholas Sarkozy, left, looks on, as Britain's PM Gordon Brown, center, makes his introductory speech at a conference in London, 8 Dec. 2008
In London, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown hosted a meeting at his official residence attended by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso.
Mr. Brown is a big advocate of using public funds to combat this recession.
"Just as many years ago, investment in road and rail and infrastructure was a powerful stimulus to the economies then, so to in this new age we can invest in the digital infrastructure for the future in telecommunications, in environmentally-related industries and new environmental technologies, in the low carbon industries and services of the future as well as in training and skills," he said. "In other words, to build the technological 5 and environmental infrastructure of the 21st century as we invest out of the downturn.
Barroso's stimulus plan for Europe would come with a price tag of nearly $260 billion. The money would come from national governments, EU budget funds, and from the European Investment Bank.
French President Sarkozy said after the meeting, that success in beating the tough downturn can only come through nations working together.
"The economic crisis is very serious and in Europe we need to act in strong, speedy and coordinated 7 terms," he said. "We fully 8 share the analysis we have just heard of the situation and we are of the view that we need to coordinate 6 the effort, and our efforts in Europe is indispensable even if each of us individually do not use the same tools from the tool kit 9."
On Thursday and Friday, the 27 European Union leaders will gather at a summit in Brussels to discuss the specifics of that massive stimulus package.
- Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
- Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。
- I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
- It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。
- I looked at her and felt a glimmer of hope.我注视她，感到了一线希望。
- A glimmer of amusement showed in her eyes.她的眼中露出一丝笑意。
- We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
- We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。
- A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
- Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。
- You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
- Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。
- The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
- The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
- They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。