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一月份 第 19 课

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  • Asian Markets Down Sharply on Recession Fears
  • 担心经济衰退亚洲股市大跌
  •   Asian markets fell sharply Monday on fears a recession in the United States will weaken the demand for Asian exports.
  • 亚洲股市星期一巨幅下跌,人们担心美国如果出现经济衰退将会减少对亚洲进口的需求。

  •   China's Shanghai Composite Index tumbled more than seven percent while the Nikkei in Tokyo and Sensex in Mumbai were both down almost four percent.
  • 中国上海证卷指数猛跌 7 % 以上,东京日经指数和孟买股市敏感指数都下滑将近 4 %。

  •   Hong Kong's Hang Seng index dropped more than five percent.
  • 香港恆生指数跌幅超过 5 %。

  •   Analysts say investors are still nervous following last week's worldwide plunge, despite President's Bush's plan to revitalize the slowing U.S. economy with tax rebates.
  • 分析人士说,在全球股市上星期暴跌之后,虽然布希总统推出了以退税来重振成长速度减缓的美国经济的计划,但是投资人依然心有餘悸。

  •   The U.S. Federal Reserve meets this week to consider if another interest rate cut is needed to help stave off a recession.
  • 美国联邦储备委员会本星期也会开会考虑是否须要继续降息,来帮助避免发生经济衰退。

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  • BEIJING OLYMPICS
  • 北京奥林匹克运动会
  •   Olympic organizers in Beijing have unveiled the "Watercube," one of the two iconic venues for the 2008 Games later this year.
  • 北京奥运会组织者宣佈「水立方」游泳馆竣工交付使用,这是今年 8 月北京奥运会的两个标誌性场馆之一。

  •   Known officially as the National Aquatics Center, the building's design and its translucent, blue-toned outside skin make it appear like a cube of bubbles.
  • 「水立方」的正式名称是国家游泳中心,其半透明的蓝色调外观让它看起来像是一个水晶立方。

  •   On Monday, the public got its first look at the building after a little more than three years of construction.
  • 经过叁年多一点的施工后,「水立方」星期一首次公开亮相。

  •   The venue has six-thousand permanent and 11-thousand temporary seats.
  • 「水立方」有固定座位 6 千个,临时座位 1 万 1 千个。

  •   The Watercube will anchor the Olympic Green area along with the neighboring 91-thousand seat National Stadium called the "Bird's Nest."
  • 「水立方」和临近拥有 9 万 1 千个座位的「鸟巢」国家体育馆将构成奥林匹克公园地区的主体。

  •   Forty-two gold medals will be handed out at the Watercube during the Olympics, which begin on August eighth.
  • 奥运会举办期间, 42 枚比赛项目的金牌将在「水立方」颁发;奥运会 8 月 8 号开幕。

  •   A swimming meet on Friday will help test the facility.
  • 「水立方」星期五将举办一项游泳比赛来检验场馆的设施。

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