voa标准英语2008年-Asian Stock Markets Continue Downward Trend
时间：2018-12-16 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年(十一月)
A deep sense of gloom has again descended 3 over Asian stock markets.
A passerby 4 looks at an electronic stock indicator 5 of a securities company in Tokyo, 13 Nov 2008
In Japan, the Nikkei share index fell by more than five percent Thursday, as did while Hong Kong's Hang Seng.
Markets in Australia, South Korea and Taiwan were all down. The slumps 6 across Asia followed a decline of nearly five percent in New York's Dow Jones index, its third straight loss.
Analysts 7 say that panicked investors 8 are worried that giant financial bail-outs by governments around the world have failed to halt a downward spiral in global markets.
The international financial crisis will be discussed at a meeting this weekend of the G20, a grouping of the world's largest economies.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will be among the leaders attending the emergency summit in Washington on Saturday.
Australian Treasurer 9 Wayne Swan will also be there and hopes that decisive action will emerge from the talks.
"We've made it pretty clear yes there does need to be better regulation, there's no doubt about that. There needs to be better supervision 10, and of course there does need to be better coordination 11 between the major agencies," said Swan. "At the moment we've got the IMF and the World Bank, two old, established institutions, and we've got the Financial Stability Forum 12. We've also got the needs of countries who must attend to their own domestic arrangements as well, and we need to put in place a way in which they can co-operate."
As world leaders gather in Washington to discuss the perilous 13 state of the global financial system, more bad news on the state of the U.S. economy emerged.
America's three big car makers 14 - Ford 15, General Motors and Chrysler - all suffered big declines in sales - announcements that will add to the general air of pessimism 16 that pervades 17 the stock markets.
U.S. retailers 18 also say their sales have fallen, and may continue to do so.
That will hurt exporters in Asia, which rely on American consumers to buy their products.
Also on Thursday came news that Germany had slipped into recession, which follows warnings in Britain that it too may be in a recession.
- They discussed the problems ailing the steel industry. 他们讨论了困扰钢铁工业的问题。
- She looked after her ailing father. 她照顾有病的父亲。
- The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
- The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
- The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。
- We had our photo taken by a passerby.我们请了一个路人为我们照相。
- A passerby heard her screams and rushed to her aid.一个过路人听见她的尖叫，便冲过去帮助她。
- Gold prices are often seen as an indicator of inflation.黃金价格常常被看作是通货膨胀的指标。
- His left-hand indicator is flashing.他左手边的转向灯正在闪亮。
- Deflation could emerge from simultaneous slumps in the world's three major economies. 如果世界经济三大主体同时衰退，通货紧缩就会出现。
- This is the cycle of economic booms and slumps. 这是经济繁荣和经济萧条的周期变化。
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- 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
- Mr. Smith was succeeded by Mrs.Jones as treasurer.琼斯夫人继史密斯先生任会计。
- The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's financial records.财务主管由于试图窜改公司财政帐目而被拘留。
- The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
- The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。
- Gymnastics is a sport that requires a considerable level of coordination.体操是一项需要高协调性的运动。
- The perfect coordination of the dancers and singers added a rhythmic charm to the performance.舞蹈演员和歌手们配合得很好，使演出更具魅力。
- They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
- The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
- The journey through the jungle was perilous.穿过丛林的旅行充满了危险。
- We have been carried in safety through a perilous crisis.历经一连串危机，我们如今已安然无恙。
- 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》
- They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
- If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。
- He displayed his usual pessimism.他流露出惯有的悲观。
- There is the note of pessimism in his writings.他的著作带有悲观色彩。