突破口语之独白(4):Business Report 商务报道
时间：2018-12-02 作者：英语课 分类：2015年NPR美国国家公共电台1月
4. Business Report
商务报道
The United States Central Bank has cut interest rates. Policy makers 1 of the Federal 2 Reserve【联邦储备局】lowered the banks main interest rate by one half percentage point to six percent. The goal is to prevent the economy from slowing down too much. The Federal Reserve policy makers noted 3 a continuing1) drop in sales and production. Their decision to lower the cost of borrowing money was not expected at this time. Financial markets rose sharply2) after the announcement.
美国中央银行进行了减息。联储立法人员将银行利率下调了1.5个百分点至6%，其目的主要是阻止经济的急速下滑。联储立法人员指出生产与销售将持续降低，预计目前不会做出降低贷款成本的决定。消息公布后金融市场急速回升。
注解 ：
1) slowing down 下滑，减速
2) continuing a. 持续的
3) sharply ad. 猛烈地，激烈地
- The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
- The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》