Gold Tops $1,500 an Ounce for First Time
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The price of gold edged above a record $1,500 an ounce on Tuesday as investors 1（投资者） looked for an alternative to the U.S. dollar.
The price of gold has risen 31 percent in the last year. It shattered the psychological barrier at $1,500.50 before retreating several dollars an ounce.
Various unsettling events in the world in the last few months - such as the political unrest in the Middle East and then the earthquake and tsunami 2 in Japan - have pushed some investors to look for what they view as a secure commodity. Increasingly, they have bought gold.
The price hit the new record high after the Standard & Poor's financial services firm on Monday lowered its economic outlook for the United States from "stable" to "negative" on fears that the country's leaders will not be able to reach a deal to rein 3 in the growing U.S. governmental debt.
Some analysts 4 say the price of gold could increase further. Investors have also bought another much cheaper commodity - silver. It has risen to more than $43 an ounce - a three-decade high.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)
n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )
- 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
n.海啸
- Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
- Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
n.疆绳，统治，支配；vt.以僵绳控制，统治
- The horse answered to the slightest pull on the rein.只要缰绳轻轻一拉,马就作出反应。
- He never drew rein for a moment till he reached the river.他一刻不停地一直跑到河边。