August 22, 2009

Stocks jump as Bernanke says economy near recovery

NEW YORK – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said what investors wanted to hear, that the economy is indeed on the verge of recovery,

and they responded with a rally that sent the major indexes to new highs for the year.

The Dow Jones industrials shot up 155 points Friday, closing above 9,500 for the first time since Nov. 4, and all the big indexes finished

with gains __1__ more than 1.5 percent. Meanwhile, Treasury prices tumbled, __2__ yields sharply higher, as investors no longer felt they needed

the safety __3__ government debt.

The stock market's gains were broad, reaching across all industries, __4__ the biggest jumps came from energy,

industrial and material stocks as oil and commodities prices soared. Bank stocks also __5__ sharply.

Just nine days after the Fed declared the economy to be "leveling out" rather than contracting, Bernanke went further, saying,

"the prospects for a return to growth in the near term appear good." Speaking at an annual Fed conference in Wyoming,

Bernanke did warn that lending is not back to normal, and that the difficulty consumers and businesses are having obtaining loans will be

a challenge. But his tone was the most optimistic it has been since the start of the financial crisis.

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熊熊發現昨天問你的restrict (限制) 、strict (嚴格) 在我出的上一篇克漏字裏面.... -_- 加油加油

1. (A) with (B) for (C) to (D) of

2. (A) push (B) and pushing (C) and push (D) and pushed

3. (A) but (B) of (C) as (D) X

4. (A) and (B) yet (C) since (D) though

5. (A) up (B) rose (C) tumbled (D) down

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(1) federal  (形) 聯邦的、國家的               (比較)   funeral (名、形) 葬禮、倒楣事、葬禮的、殯葬的

(2) on the verge of  = on the edge of   在...的邊緣、接近...、在...邊緣、瀕臨(絕種..等)

(3)
rally  (動)  招集、團結、集合、重整、重新恢復 (名) 大集會、大會、重新振作

(4) index  (名) 標誌、標示、跡象、食指

(5) tumble (動) 跌倒、落下、墜落、絆倒、倒塌、暴跌(股市、價格)

(6) yield (動) 產生、出產、屈服( to sth/sb. ) (名) 產量、利益

(7) commodity  (名)  商品、日用品

(8)
soar (動) 往上飛騰、上升、暴漲(股市、價格)    soaring (形容) 快速增加的

                                           By Ivan Wang 2009.08.22  9:15AM

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  • 1樓

    1樓搶頭香

    BDCAB
    覺得有點難,很多字看不懂的說
    文章也看的不是很懂
    就是這樣

  • yehnina at August 27, 2009 11:56 AM comment | prosecute
  • 2樓

    2樓頸推

    DDBBB才對唷

    沒關係 慢慢來 可能真的有點難

    第一句的gain就是名詞的獲得或者、獲益、利潤

    翻譯成超過1.5%"的"利潤所以是of...sth


    至於第三題也是一樣的道理囉,"的"

    至於第四題這種題目,很典型的你要先了解句子的意思

    發現語氣或者意思有相對、轉則,就要知道要找一個"但是,卻..."

    連結詞"但"就是but,這篇文章原文也是用but

    但是我要你知道yet當連結詞就= but

    加油 = )

  • qqivanw at August 27, 2009 04:16 PM comment | prosecute
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