新托福考试听力特训 CD1-Track08
时间：2018-12-04 作者：英语课 分类：新托福考试听力特训
英语课
CD1-track8
Consumer Price Index
What is the lecture mainly about? (Click on 2 answers)
A How to forecast interest-rate out of the Consumer Price Index.
B The disadvantages of the Consumer Price Index.
C The function of the Consumer Price Index.
D How to measure the Consumer Price Index.
(C,D)
听力原文：
CD1-track8
Consumer Price Index
And now class, let's swith gears and discuss a different topic? Consumer Price Index,
CPI for short. If you switched on the TV and heard on the news that the CPI in
Canada was 2.1%, what does that mean? In a nutshell, it means that Canadian
consumers paid 2.1% more than in the previous year for the goods and services
included in the CPI basket. Although prices of goods and services rise and fall over
time, when prices change too dramatically, they can have negative effects on an
economy. In order to tell if an economy is experiencing inflation, deflation or
stagflation, we use the CPI as a gauge 1 of the price of goods and services. Believe it or
not, when the Department of Labor 2's Bureau of Labor Statistic 3 releases the CPI date
monthy, you might ask? Well, the CPI play a role for many key financial decision
makers 4, including individual investors 5, the Bank of Canada in Canada and the
Federal Reserve in the U.S. The CPI helps the Bank of Canada forecast the interest
rate policy and other decisions of major banks and corporations. I mentioned the CPI
basket before and now I want to expand on what this basket is and how wer get the
information. The base-year market basket, which makes up the CPI, comes from
detailed 6 expenditure 7 information collected from surveys of thousands of families.The
information is not randomly 8 collected, instead, the information is gathered through
interviews and diaries kept by participants who have agreed to disclose their buying
havits. The basket is divided into eight groups: food and beverages 9, housing, apparel,
transportation, medical care, recreation, education and communication, and other
goods and services, and inclues more than 200 categories. Finally, the prices of 80
000 items in the market basket are collected nonthly from thousands of retail 10 stores,
wervice establishments, rental 11 units, and doctors' offices.
Consumer Price Index
What is the lecture mainly about? (Click on 2 answers)
A How to forecast interest-rate out of the Consumer Price Index.
B The disadvantages of the Consumer Price Index.
C The function of the Consumer Price Index.
D How to measure the Consumer Price Index.
(C,D)
听力原文：
CD1-track8
Consumer Price Index
And now class, let's swith gears and discuss a different topic? Consumer Price Index,
CPI for short. If you switched on the TV and heard on the news that the CPI in
Canada was 2.1%, what does that mean? In a nutshell, it means that Canadian
consumers paid 2.1% more than in the previous year for the goods and services
included in the CPI basket. Although prices of goods and services rise and fall over
time, when prices change too dramatically, they can have negative effects on an
economy. In order to tell if an economy is experiencing inflation, deflation or
stagflation, we use the CPI as a gauge 1 of the price of goods and services. Believe it or
not, when the Department of Labor 2's Bureau of Labor Statistic 3 releases the CPI date
monthy, you might ask? Well, the CPI play a role for many key financial decision
makers 4, including individual investors 5, the Bank of Canada in Canada and the
Federal Reserve in the U.S. The CPI helps the Bank of Canada forecast the interest
rate policy and other decisions of major banks and corporations. I mentioned the CPI
basket before and now I want to expand on what this basket is and how wer get the
information. The base-year market basket, which makes up the CPI, comes from
detailed 6 expenditure 7 information collected from surveys of thousands of families.The
information is not randomly 8 collected, instead, the information is gathered through
interviews and diaries kept by participants who have agreed to disclose their buying
havits. The basket is divided into eight groups: food and beverages 9, housing, apparel,
transportation, medical care, recreation, education and communication, and other
goods and services, and inclues more than 200 categories. Finally, the prices of 80
000 items in the market basket are collected nonthly from thousands of retail 10 stores,
wervice establishments, rental 11 units, and doctors' offices.
1 gauge
v.精确计量；估计；n.标准度量；计量器
- Can you gauge what her reaction is likely to be?你能揣测她的反应可能是什么吗？
- It's difficult to gauge one's character.要判断一个人的品格是很困难的。
2 labor
n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
3 statistic
n.统计量；adj.统计的，统计学的
- Official statistics show real wages declining by 24%.官方统计数字表明实际工资下降了24%。
- There are no reliable statistics for the number of deaths in the battle.关于阵亡人数没有可靠的统计数字。
4 makers
n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）
- 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》
5 investors
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
6 detailed
adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的
- He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
- A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。
7 expenditure
n.(时间、劳力、金钱等)支出；使用，消耗
- The entry of all expenditure is necessary.有必要把一切开支入账。
- The monthly expenditure of our family is four hundred dollars altogether.我们一家的开销每月共计四百元。
8 randomly
adv.随便地，未加计划地
- Within the hot gas chamber, molecules are moving randomly in all directions. 在灼热的气体燃烧室内，分子在各个方向上作无规运动。 来自辞典例句
- Transformed cells are loosely attached, rounded and randomly oriented. 转化细胞则不大贴壁、圆缩并呈杂乱分布。 来自辞典例句
9 beverages
n.饮料( beverage的名词复数 )
- laws governing the sale of alcoholic beverages 控制酒类销售的法规
- regulations governing the sale of alcoholic beverages 含酒精饮料的销售管理条例