CCTV9英语新闻：美国参议院确认耶伦将出任美联储主席
时间：2019-02-02 作者：英语课 分类：CCTV9英语新闻2014年01月
The U.S. Senate has approved Janet Yellen as the next head of the Federal Reserve, to replace the outgoing Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, whose term ends at the end of this month.
It is official. Janet Yellen will be the next Fed Chairman - and the first woman to head the U.S. central bank in its 100 year history.
Her challenges are unprecedented 1, says Professor Mark Thoma of the University of Oregon.
"Bernanke faced a lot of the similar challenges when he took over so I think that it’s very similar in that regard but he was mainly managing the downturn and trying to get the economy turning around, and she is managing the landing that we are going to have and trying to make that as smooth as possible," Thoma said.
"I can’t think of another Fed chair that has faced challenges that are as important and as big as she is facing right now."
Specifically, winding 2 down the Fed's extreme bond buying program, which the Fed is starting to taper 3 this month.
Yellen takes over from Bernanke when his second four-year term ends on January 31st.
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unprecedented
adj.无前例的，新奇的
参考例句：
The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。
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winding
n.绕，缠，绕组，线圈
参考例句：
A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。
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taper
n.小蜡烛，尖细，渐弱；adj.尖细的；v.逐渐变小
参考例句：
You'd better taper off the amount of time given to rest.你最好逐渐地减少休息时间。
Pulmonary arteries taper towards periphery.肺动脉向周围逐渐变细。
- The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
- A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。
- A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
- The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。