【盲聽(tīng)情況】

第一張圖：主持人說(shuō)的聽(tīng)不太懂

第二、三張圖：有生詞，全聽(tīng)懂的句子只有一兩句

【知識(shí)點(diǎn)】

a person who reports news from a particular country or on a particular subject for a newspaper or a television or radio station記者

*視頻中是經(jīng)濟(jì)記者

the BBC's political correspondent

英國(guó)廣播公司的政治新聞?dòng)浾?/p>

a foreign/war/sports, etc. correspondent

駐外、戰(zhàn)地、體育等記者

our Delhi correspondent

我們駐德里的通訊員

衰退

recession

IMF

International Monetary Fund

國(guó)際貨幣基金組織

to diminish someone's energy and resistance (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.)

wear on

*結(jié)合原文，就是通貨膨脹影響了消費(fèi)者

You could see that the lecture was beginning to wear upon the audience. This kind of thing really wears on me.

~ sth

to make sth or easy to control

tame

*這里是指control the inflation

Lions can never be completely tamed.

獅子永遠(yuǎn)不能被完全馴化。

She made strenuous efforts to tame her anger.

她竭力壓制心頭怒火。

~ sth

to come safely through a difficult period or experience經(jīng)受住，平安地渡過(guò)（困難）

weather

*美國(guó)人平穩(wěn)渡過(guò)后面兩種危機(jī)

The company just managed to weather the recession.

這家公司勉強(qiáng)渡過(guò)了衰退期。

She refuses to resign, intending to weather the storm(= wait until the situation improves again) .

她拒絕辭職，想要經(jīng)受住這次風(fēng)暴的考驗(yàn)。

adv.to a very noticeable degree and often with surprising suddenness

dramatically

*指美國(guó)人并沒(méi)有突然地、大幅度地減開(kāi)支

(of prices, rates, etc.) to become lower or less :

pull back

Stock prices pulled back within minutes of the Fed's announcement, before resuming their rise.

We were down 3 per cent when we reported in July, but the rate pulled back to a 1.8 per cent fall since then.

forecast過(guò)去分詞

forcasted, forecast

one to be useful for sth

lend oneself or itself to something

This room doesn't lend itself to bright colors. John doesn't lend himself to casual conversation. I don't think that this gown lends itself to outdoor occasions.

a small number of=

a handful/fraction of

to remain strong or in a fairly good condition

is holding up