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智课网TOEFL备考资料亚洲市场周五大幅下跌一托福阅读机经背景 Asia continued to participate in the major global equity markets sell-off Friday. Fears of another drop into recession for the world economy spooked investors across the region. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei closed at its lowest level in five months, after falling nearly 3.75 of a percent in the latest session. 星期五，亚洲股市继续呈现全球主要股市下跌的状况。对世界经济或再次疲软的担忧引发了这一区域投资者的恐慌。日本日经指数在最新一轮衰退中下跌将近3.75%，创5个月来新低。 Stock prices also tumbled across the board from Mumbai to Hong Kong. Overall the major regional indexes are off about 10 percent from the peaks reached during May. 孟买和香港的股票也暴跌。整个亚洲区域的主要股票市场比5月份顶峰时下跌了共10%。 South Korea’s key KOSPI index dropped 3.7 percent to finish at its lowest mark in 20 months. 韩国综合指数下跌3.7%，以20个月来的最低价收盘。 Kim Ji-whan, head of research at Hana Daetoo Securities in Seoul notes the South Korean market is undervalued and the countrys economy is very strong compared to other advanced nations. 首尔韩亚-大宇证券研究的负责人金志焕指出，韩国市场的价值被低估了，与其他发达国家相比，韩国的经济仍然非常强劲。 But the problem is that most of the Korean big companies listed in the stock market are mostly export driven, said Kim. That means they are heavily dependent on demand from the global economy. And, also, there are worries that the U.S. dollar could get weaker. And that means the Korean Won will get stronger. Korean exporters will suffer. 金志焕说：“但是，问题是，上市的大多数韩国大公司是以出口贸易为主。这就意味着它们将受到全球经济需求的严重影响。而且，有担心认为美元会继续贬值，也就是说，韩元会继续升值，韩国出口商将因此受到冲击。” Foreign exchange markets were calmer than they were Thursday with anticipation of more intervention by Japan’s Finance Ministry. That kept the US dollar stabilized around 79 yen. 由于市场预期对日本政府会进一步干预市场，星期五的外汇交易市场相较于前一天来说相对平静。美元对日元汇率稳定在79日元附近。 With economic vital signs rapidly growing weaker on both sides of the Atlantic, market researcher Kim does not expect an immediate recovery for equities here in Asia. 随着大西洋两岸关键经济指标急速疲软，韩国市场研究员金志焕不期望亚洲股市会迅速恢复。 We have to wait, at least, one or two months, before we see any economic ind