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商务英语-商务英语听说对话：金融界巨头的计短之时

时间：2009-11-03 02:58:11

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The International Monetary1 Fund, the World Bank and the G-7 wrapped up three long days of top-level meetings this past weekend. But they couldn't devise a coordinated2 plan to unstick the troubled financial markets. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.


KAI RYSSDAL: Here's part of the week's earnings3 calendar if you want to prepare yourself. We'll get Washington Mutual4 tomorrow, JP Morgan on Wednesday. Citigroup comes Friday.
This was a big weekend for the big wigs5 of the financial world. We're talking about the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the G-7. They wrapped up three long days of top-level meetings yesterday. There was some consensus6 at the margins7, but no coordinated plan to unstick the troubled financial markets.
From Washington, Nancy Marshall Genzer has more.
NANCY MARSHALL GENZER: About the best thing you could say about the weekend meetings is there was no public squabbling. It was easy to agree to do nothing. Economist8 Mark Weisbrot, of the Center for Economic Policy Research, says that's a problem.
MARK WEISBROT: When, you know, everyone stands up at a football game and you stand up by yourself you can see, but if everyone stands up, then nobody can see, and so there's times when you need a coordinated decision.
The financial players came out of their huddle9 over the weekend and promptly10 ran off the field. They decided11 they would each just look after their own economies. The G-7 did say it didn't want to see the dollar slide any more, but the G-7 team is missing some crucial players, China and India. Economist Moyara Ruehsen, of the Monterey Institute of International Studies, says that limits the G-7's impact.
MOYARA RUEHSEN: What we have is a conversation only between finance ministers and central bankers from western Europe, North America and Japan.
But Fred Bergsten, of the Peterson Institute for international economics, says it's not clear the world would take action, even if China and India were included. That's because many countries feel the US is to blame for its own problems. The US economy sneezed, and nobody even said gesundheit.
FRED BERGSTEN: When the US sneeze does not lead to pneumonia12 or even a cold abroad, it really demonstrates a decoupling, through the great expansion of trade among countries outside the United States.
Bergsten says the world hasn't been this decoupled from the US economy since World War II.
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1 monetary pEkxb     
adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的
参考例句：
  • The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
  • Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
2 coordinated 72452d15f78aec5878c1559a1fbb5383     
adj.协调的
参考例句：
  • 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
3 earnings rrWxJ     
n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得
参考例句：
  • That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
  • Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。
4 mutual eFOxC     
adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的
参考例句：
  • We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
  • Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。
5 wigs 53e7a1f0d49258e236f1a412f2313400     
n.假发，法官帽( wig的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • They say that wigs will be coming in again this year. 据说今年又要流行戴假发了。 来自辞典例句
  • Frank, we needed more wigs than we thought, and we have to do some advertising. 弗兰克，因为我们需要更多的假发，而且我们还要做点广告。 来自电影对白
6 consensus epMzA     
n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识
参考例句：
  • Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
  • What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？
7 margins 18cef75be8bf936fbf6be827537c8585     
边( margin的名词复数 )； 利润； 页边空白； 差数
参考例句：
  • They have always had to make do with relatively small profit margins. 他们不得不经常设法应付较少的利润额。
  • To create more space between the navigation items, add left and right margins to the links. 在每个项目间留更多的空隙，加左或者右的margins来定义链接。
8 economist AuhzVs     
n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人
参考例句：
  • He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
  • He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。
9 huddle s5UyT     
vi.挤作一团；蜷缩；vt.聚集；n.挤在一起的人
参考例句：
  • They like living in a huddle.他们喜欢杂居在一起。
  • The cold wind made the boy huddle inside his coat.寒风使这个男孩卷缩在他的外衣里。
10 promptly LRMxm     
adv.及时地，敏捷地
参考例句：
  • He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
  • She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。
11 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
12 pneumonia s2HzQ     
n.肺炎
参考例句：
  • Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。
  • Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。