《英语广播电台听力经典》系列丛书锁定迄今最具权威性和实战性的“声源”，通过精选、整合自2012年以来VOA、BBC、CNN、NPR、PBS、ABC、SSS、CRI等众多国内外知名电台高度关注的题材，涉及政治、经济、社会、科教、历史、文娱等诸多方面，以地道的语言和贴近生活的表达习惯，使听众在提高英语听力水平的同时，又能获取大量的“百科知识”。相对市面同类书籍而言，本系列丛书具有很强的时效性与创新性，弥补了传统听力图书按照单一电台集结成册的不足，实现了不同电台之间的自由切换，满足了广大读者对不同发音的需求。
本册《财经频道》包括环球经济、金融地产、商业贸易、市场消费、商界巨头五个单元，收录了当今全球经济领域最热门、最引人关注的重大新闻事件作为听力素材。如世界经济大佬美国受2008年次贷危机及占据GDP17.6%的医疗开支等综合因素的影响，“财政悬崖”开始启动，这是否会对美国乃至世界经济造成冲击？全球三大信用评级机构相继调低希腊主权信用评级从而揭开了希腊债务危机的序幕，而这一危机很快“发酵”，迅速波及欧洲五国，为何说“欧债危机”可能成为引发全球经济再次探底的诱因？香港的房地产持续升温，
使得香港酒店摇身一变成住宅；三星和苹果在专利权领域的“战争”愈发夺人眼球，双方在僵持不下的诉讼与反诉讼中，究竟谁会成为最后的赢家？英国和爱尔兰的乐购等连锁超市中销售的汉堡被发现“挂牛头卖马肉”，随后专家又在马肉中检测出了止痛剂成分，这引起了人们对食品安全问题的担心，促使欧盟采取补救措施严格监管；美国宣布放宽对缅甸产品的进口限制，两国自1997年以来的敌对关系得以冰释；随着数码摄影技术的崛起，全球胶片业的昔日霸主——柯达宣布申请破产保护，“胶卷时代”的一去不复返再次成为人们关心的热门话题。在学习本书的过程中，学习者必然会遇到一些难点，如语速快，停顿短，惯用语、固定用法、财经术语量大，专有名词多等问题，这些都严重影响了对英语财经报道的理解。对此，本书都设置了相应的板块，力求帮助学习者化解这些难点。本书的听力点拨部分，针对英语财经报道的特点进行了详尽的点拨，提醒读者留意其中表示趋势的信号词，如decline、drop、fall等表示“下滑”的词，rise、surge、escalate等表示“上升”的词；提醒读者注意sharply、drastically、dramatically等副词的巧妙运用；提醒读者积累财经类的术语，如sequestration指“美国联邦支出全面自动削减计划”，即“财政悬崖”；TPP（Trans-PacificPartnership
Agreement）指“泛太平洋伙伴关系协定”等；还要积累一些生动活泼的习语，如blew the
cobwebs意思是“掸去灰尘”，play with fire and get
burnt指“玩火自焚”。此板块还对新闻中出现的连读、吞音和弱读等语音难点以及句子理解难点给予了详细分析和解读。
Unit1环球经济 GLOBAL ECONOMY
VOA Global economic ills
全球经济疲软
VOA Sequestration budget cuts hitting defense contractors
美国减赤影响国防项目承包商
BBC Oil wars between Sudan and South Sudan
两个苏丹打石油战
VOA Sequester
美国“财政悬崖”
VOA Industry chiefs see growing diversity of US fuel
产业领袖预见美国燃料的多样化增长
VOA Mobile banking services in Ethiopia
埃塞俄比亚的移动银行
VOA S. Korean street activism against US beef
韩国街头示威，抗议进口美国牛肉
BBC America’s strongest economic growth
美国——经济大佬强势回归
CNBC Monti likely to step aside
意总理蒙蒂或辞职
VOA India’s auto industry hit hard by lagging economy
经济滞后重创印度汽车业
CNN Greek middle classes are disappearing
希腊消失的中产阶级
CNN Japanese economy in downturn
日本经济也被“辐射”了
VOA Some Iraq is profit, most suffer
伊拉克民众生活“水火两重天”
VOA Growth with resilience in Africa
非洲的“弹性增长”
VOA Kitchen of the world and agro-chemicals
“世界厨房”存安全隐患
VOA US economy grew at slower pace
美国经济增长乏力
VOA Global economy rebounds, not in Europe
全球经济反弹，欧洲踯躅不前
VOA Africa’s Pulse
非洲速度
NPR British economy goes into recession
英国经济持续低迷
VOA Zimbabwe’s debt
津巴布韦债务问题
NPR Obama’s new plan
奥巴马的新计划
VOA A look back at American economy in
2012年美国经济回眸
PBS Why Americans quit looking jobs?
为什么美国人放弃找工作？
VOA Europe’s efforts to solve its economic crisis
欧洲国家奋力摆脱经济危机
VOA WB and IMF try to eliminate extreme poverty
世界银行及国际货币基金组织设法消除极端贫困
CNN Four suspects haunting US economic recovery
四大疑点制约美国经济复苏
VOA Lagarde claimed global financial crisis has eased
拉加德称全球财政威胁缓和
NPR Hands off Cyprus
别碰塞浦路斯
Unit2 金融地产 FINANCE PROPERTY
CNN Bold moves from the Bank of Japan
日本央行大胆往前走
BBC New rules pushed by central banks
防金融危机复发，各国央行推新规
BBC Facebook shares plummet to new low
脸谱网股价创新低
BBC ECB unveils bond-buying program
欧洲央行推债券新方案
VOA Kenya real estates’ boom threatens prime farmland
肯尼亚房地产热潮威胁基本农田
CRI Signing of a currency-swap agreement
中南签订300亿美元货币互换协议
BBC HSBC involves in money laundering
汇丰身陷洗钱漩涡
BBC European Union agreed to release new loan to Greece
欧盟向希腊发放新贷款
VOA Global economic recovery is still bumpy
全球经济复苏：路漫漫其修远兮
VOA BRICS hope to establish the BRICS Bank
金砖五国希望建立“金砖银行”
PBS Devastating loss led JPMorgan Chase executive to resign
摩根大通巨亏，英国公司总裁辞职
NPR Federal Reserve continue to keep up Easing Policy
美联储继续维持宽松政策
NPR Fed dedicate to buying another round of bond
美联储购买按揭债券
NPR Eurozone bailed out struggling Spain
欧元区施援困境中的西班牙
CNN Romney’s estate planning strategy
罗姆尼的遗产规划
NPR American home sales remain sluggish
美国房地产持续低迷
Marketplace Dow hits new high, erasing crisis swoon
道琼斯指数创下新高：危机感消除
Marketplace Good for would-be homeowners?
真的对购房者有利吗？
Marketplace Banks get the Fed’s diagnosis
美联储为银行“把脉”
PBS Cyprus in banking crisis
塞浦路斯银行危机
VOA Spain in recession, austerity in question
西班牙经济衰退，欧洲质疑紧缩政策
VOA Republic candidates plan to increase budget deficit
共和党候选人欲增加预算赤字
Marketplace Is the housing recovery leaving too many behind?
楼市恢复，将更多人拒之门外？
Marketplace Behind the ATM: Bank of America wants you to come back
the actual bank
自动柜员机背后：美国银行想让顾客回归真实银行
Marketplace The jumbo mortgages are back
大额房贷重新回归
Marketplace Wall Street revives foreclosed homes as rentals
华尔街投资者变没收房为租房
Marketplace The construction lumber was also rising
建筑木材水涨船高
Marketplace Real estate is back, but where are the workers?
房地产复苏，但建筑工在哪儿？
CNN Three effects of global financial crisis
全球金融危机的三个影响
NPR Bernanke defending the Fed’s bond-buying program
伯南克为美联储债券购买计划辩护
Marketplace Rethinking how the inflation rate is calculated
重新思考：如何得出通货膨胀率
Unit3 商业贸易 COMMERCE BUSINESS
BBC EU and US to start free trade talks欧盟与美国将启动自由贸易谈判
VOA American automakers courts Russian market
美国汽车企业进军俄罗斯市场
VOA Gun buyback in USA
美国枪支回购
BBC Napoleon’s Moscow Kremlin letter auctioned
拿破仑下令炸克里姆林宫的信件被拍卖
BBC Horsemeat firm partially resumes operations
“马肉风波”始作俑者复部分业务1
NPR Black Friday—shopping frenzy in US
美国“黑色星期五”上演购物狂潮
NPR Gasoline rations in New Jersey
新泽西州汽油限购
BBC EU mobile roaming costs to fall
欧盟国际长途资费或下调
VOA Burma hopes to return to American textile industry
缅甸纺织业盼重返美国市场
VOA Syrians ferry needed goods from Iraq
叙利亚人跋涉至伊拉克购买必需品
VOA US Promotes Pacific Trade Pact
美国力推亚太贸易协定
VOA South Africa legalize rhino trade
南非犀牛贸易合法化
VOA A Korean company—making coins for several countries
韩国为他国造币
VOA EU oil embargo on Iran goes into effect
欧洲对伊朗实施石油禁运
VOA Counterfeit goods exceeds drug trade
全球假冒产品数量超过毒品
BBC Oversized soda ban
大瓶软饮或被禁售
BBC The world’s biggest“French kiss”
世界最大的“法式热吻”
Marketplace Exploring how the economy works in real life
探索经济在现实中如何运作
VOA Fuel prices put pressure on airline profits
油价高涨影响航空业
VOA Surface is unveiled
Surface初露“芳容”
NPR BBC plans to broadcast commercial ads
BBC将插播商业广告
CNN SPS launches clothing line
美国邮政投身服装业
VOA WB urges the elimination of Africa’s trade barrier
世行呼吁消除非洲贸易壁垒
Unit4 市场消费 MARKET CONSUM PTION
BBC Apple losing its appeal
苹果市值下降，冬天来了
BBC Food borne illness breakout
世界顶级餐厅发生食物中毒事件
BBC Hotel living in Hong Kong
香港酒店变住宅
CNN Asian demand spurs ivory smuggling
亚洲需求无止境，象牙走私猖獗
VOA Building a restaurant on wheels
车轮上的餐馆
BBC Microsoft unveils Windows
微软推出Windows 8操作系统
BBC Google sees future in eyeglasses
谷歌透过眼镜看见未来
CNN Another recall from Toyota
丰田再次大量召回车辆
BBC Honda rebounds
本田业绩强势反弹
VOA China’s rising demand for luxury automobiles
国人爱豪车
VOA Starbucks coffee expands to India
星巴克咖啡打入印度市场
VOA Meat consumption is soaring in developing countries
发展中国家肉类消费量骤增
CRI Different responses to declining gold price
金价下跌，消费者反应不一
VOA Drought re-ignites food vs. fuel fight
美国旱情重燃粮食能源之战
VOA Lion bones are used as substitutes for tiger bones
缺虎骨，求狮骨
VOA Trash-recycling new market
变废为宝新市场
ABC So much food, so much waste
食物越多越浪费
CRI Long road ahead for new energy cars
新能源汽车长路漫漫
CRI Controversial online auction
网络拍卖惹争议
CNN Falling paper prices hurt scavengers
国际纸价下跌，打击废品回收者
VOA Sky-rocketing costs in health care
飞涨的医疗费
Marketplace A really long supply chain
成衣所经历的供应之链
VOA “Cash Mob” increases spending
“现金暴民”促进消费
PBS Taxes on transactions conducted across state lines
美国跨州网购要收税
CNN CES opens
消费者电子产品展览会召开
CNN The Death of PC
个人电脑真的要消亡了吗
VOA The dead of winter for shopping
2012，购物的“寒冬”
Unit5 商界巨头 GIANT IN BIZ WORLD
BBC Apple’s value sets record
苹果市值创纪录
NPR The merger of Office Depot and OfficeMax
美两大办公用品巨头合并
VOA Google doodles
谷歌涂鸦
VOA Samsung loses the case
三星输了官司
VOA Big companys were accused
大公司成了众矢之的
BBC Forbes World’s Billionaires
福布斯2012富豪榜
CNN Sony, Sharp and Panasonic are gone
索尼、夏普、松下的没落
NPR Oil giant receives largest criminal penalty
石油巨头的天价罚单
NPR Google passed antitrust investigation
谷歌通过反垄断调查
NPR Former king of photo industry filed for bankruptcy
昔日胶片业之王申请破产
NPR JPMorgan and Wells Fargo survive to be the winner
摩根大通和富国银行重振旗鼓
NPR GM recalls a quarter of million SUVs
通用召回SUV
BBC Jaguar Land Rover joins forces with Chery
捷豹路虎与奇瑞联姻
PBS Yahoo’s CEO stops employees from working at home
雅虎总裁取消员工在家办公
VOA Edison is the greatest job creator in US history
爱迪生：美国历史上最大的就业创造者
CNN Facebook made its IPO
脸谱网首次公开募股
CRI Yingli: China’s 1st company to join“Climate Savers”
英利成为“拯救气候行动计划”的首家中国企业
VOA Nokia and Microsoft are Cooperating on Smart Phones
诺基亚和微软联手推出全新智能手机
CRI JPMorgan’s executive apologizes for loss
摩根大通总裁因巨额损失致歉
CRI Jobs mourned in China
“果粉”追思乔布斯
VOA The tough budget negotiator Jack Lew
强硬的预算谈判老手杰克?卢
VOA Buffet Rule
巴菲特规则
CNN The mighty Ford has struggled to stand up right
巨无霸福特挣扎求生存
Marketplace PG CEO steps down
宝洁CEO下台
內容試閱：
原文 The Obama Administration is closely monitoring the
situation in Cyprus, which is considering taxing all of its bank
depositors to help pay for a bailout of that country’s financial
system. But NPR''s Craig Windham reports some analysts believe the
problems in Cyprus could be a plus for US markets.
Economist Edward Yardeni says Cyprus’s woes are the latest
reminder that the European debt crisis has not been solved, but he
says the idea of taxing bank deposits is not likely to spread. “In
effect that the reaction already is just so awful, demonstrates
that this might not have been such a good idea.” Yardeni says
Cyprus has been seen as something of the safe haven for investors,
similar to the Cayman Islands, but now those days may be over. He
says that leads the United States into good position. “For global
investors, the US is looking better and better.” Yardeni says US
stocks could benefit from the new concerns about Europe’s financial
situation. Cyprus is going back to the drawing board after it
scrapped a bailout measure that sent shock waves to world markets
this week. In Nicosia, John Psaropoulos reports lawmakers have
voted down a bill to impose a hefty levy on bank deposits in order
to receive an international loan. “Cyprus is still technically able
to borrow from financial markets around the world, so it is giving
itself a little bit more legislative time, because it has financial
time.”
注释
monitor v. 密切注视
bailout n. 紧急救助
plus n. 好处
scrap v. 放弃
hefty adj. 高额的
levy n. 税款
听力点拨
1. The Obama Administration is closely monitoring...that
country’s financial system.
tax 在此处作动词，指“向……征税”。bank depositor 指“银行储户”。注意句中 help 的尾音与其后 pay
的首音都是 [p]，同音合并后只读一个 [p]。
2. Cyprus is going back to the drawing board...to world markets
this week.
drawing board 意思是“制图板”，设计师把想法在上面勾画出来，如果不理想，就要回到绘图板重新绘制，所以习语 go
back to the drawing board 表达“失败后重起炉灶”之意。send shock waves to
指“给……带来巨大冲击”，sent shock waves to world market this week作定语修饰 a
bailout measure。
3. In Nicosia, John Psaropoulos reports lawmakers have...an
international loan.
vote down 意为“投票否决”，与 vote for（投票赞成）互为反义词组。impose a hefty levy on
意为“向……征收高额税款”。
参考译文：奥巴马政府正在密切关注着塞浦路斯的形势，塞浦路斯正在考虑向银行储户征税以换取对该国金融体系的救助计划，但是据NPR记者克雷格?温德姆报道，一些分析家认为，塞浦路斯的问题对美国市场有利。
经济学家爱德华?亚德尼表示，塞浦路斯的不幸再次提醒我们，欧洲债务危机并未解决，但是他也说道，向银行储户征税计划实施的可能性不大。“事实上现在的情况已经很糟糕了，也表明这个计划可能并不是个好主意。”
亚德尼表示，塞浦路斯曾经被看做是投资者的安全港，与开曼群岛的
情况相似，但是现在这样的日子可能要结束了。他说美国将从中获益。“对于那些全球投资者来说，美国的情况越来越好。”亚德尼表示，美国股市可能会从对欧洲金融状况新的担忧中获益。塞浦路斯放弃了本周对世界市场掀起轩然大波的救助措施后，重新回到筹划阶段。约翰?帕萨洛普洛斯从尼科西亚发回报道称，议员们投票否决了一项为了得到国际贷款而征收银行储户高额存款税的法案。“从严格意义上讲，塞浦路斯仍可以从世界各地的金融市场借贷，这也为塞浦路斯立法争取了一点宝贵的时间，因为其在金融上有缓和的时间。”
练习
1.pay for a bailout 2.C
1 The Obama Administration is closely monitoring the situation in
Cyprus, which is considering taxing all
of its bank depositors to help
——
of that country’s financial system.
2 According to the news, which of the following statement is
false?
A. Hefty levy on bank deposits may not be a solution to Cyprus’
problems.
B. Cyprus’ problems demonstrate that the European debt crisis
remains unsolved.
C. Lawmakers of Cyprus have not reach an agreement about the
bill.
D. Cyprus’ problems could be a blessing for US markets.
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