VOA标准英语2009年-Asia Stocks Extend Gains
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(七月)
Stocks in Asia extended their rally Friday, with investors 1 encouraged by positive economic and company news. Some stock markets have risen more than 70 percent since the start of the year.
Display showing Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong, 20 Jul 2009
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index Friday broke through the 20,000 level for the first time since September last year, when the collapse 2 of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers sent investors retreating. The index has jumped about 75 percent since March.
Ben Kwong, chief operating officer of the financial group KGI, expects a continued rally in the short term. He says the weak dollar and lower interest rates make stock investments favorable.
"And we have also seen continuing inflow of funds," noted 3 Kwong. "So on the back of strong liquidity 4, the market still has the upward momentum 5 to surge even higher …. The point is, the market is still not been able to find a good excuse for a significant correction."
In Shanghai, shares of Chinese energy companies such as China Shenhua Energy and PetroChina were in high demand Friday, and the composite index reached a 13-month high. It has gained 85 percent this year.
The Nikkei 225 index in Japan soared for the eighth straight trading day to close at 9,944. An encouraging outlook for electronics maker 6 Panasonic lifted market sentiment.
A slew 7 of economic and company earnings 8 news in South Korea boosted the KOSPI half a percent Friday. The economy grew in the second quarter at its fastest pace more than five years. And the country's biggest company, Samsung Electronics, reported better-than-expected earnings. The index closed at 1,502, up nine percent this week.
The regional MSCI Asia Pacific index that tracks large Asian companies outside Japan has soared 70 percent since March.
- a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
- a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
- The bank has progressively increased its liquidity.银行逐渐地增加其流动资产。
- The demand for and the supply of credit is closely linked to changes in liquidity.信用的供求和流动资金的变化有密切关系。
- We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
- The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。
- He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
- A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
- He slewed the car against the side of the building.他的车滑到了大楼的一侧，抵住了。
- They dealt with a slew of other issues.他们处理了大量的其他问题。