英语财经报刊选读supplementary.doc

Unit 1 Background Materials G20 members 20国集团或者廿国集团，由八国集团（美国、日本、德国、英国、意大利、加拿大、俄罗斯）和十一个重要新兴工业国家（中国、阿根廷、澳大利亚、巴西、印度、印度尼西亚、 墨西哥、 沙特阿拉伯、南非、韩国和土耳其）以及欧盟组成。按照惯例，国际货币基金组织与世界银行列席该组织的会议。廿国集团的GDP总量约占世界的85%，人口约为40亿。中国经济网专门开设了“G20财经要闻精萃”专栏[1]，每日报道G20各国财经要闻。… 为中心、导向；…主导的 take on a new prominence 承担新的地位，更重要 bail out: 帮助摆脱困境， 救助 mortgage market:抵押信贷市场 on ad hoc basis:临时、即兴的 rotating council presidency:欧盟理事会轮值主席国 Text B The Pittsburgh Summit economic cycle: recession, depression, recovery, boom fiscal policy 财政政策； monetary policy; financial policy; aggressive policy; passive policy; regulation and supervision: 监管 opaque OTC derivative market:缺乏透明度的场外衍生市场 race to the top: 力争上游 phase out: 逐步取消 fossil fuel subsidy:化石燃料补贴 future market: 期货市场 deliver on: 兑现 take stock of: 评估，评价 greenhouse gas emission: 温室气体排放 oversee and regulate: 监督和规范 Text C Financial reform and the G20: a hard clime reign: dominate shore up: support, save set the stage for a pow-wow: prepare for the meeting expansionary policy: 扩张性政策 tight policy 紧缩政策 rein in :限制、控制 buffer: 缓冲存货 pay disclosure:薪酬披露 a host of: a lot of a handful of: a small quantity of 9. collateralized debt obligation: 抵押化债务债券 10. governance reform: 治理结构改革 11. cross-border institution:跨境机构 12.Tier-1 capital ratio: 一级资本率 Unit 2 American Sub-prime Mortgage Crisis Text A Debt and Denial live within one’s means : 量入为出 live beyond one’s means: 入不敷出 run up debts to….借债 make sense: 有意义，有道理，讲得通 budget deficit: 预算赤字 adjusted for: 调整 debt financing: 债务融资 home equity:房屋净值 spending money:零用钱 borrowing binge: 疯狂借款 trade deficit:贸易赤字 soft landing: 软着陆 snap up :抢购 bubble zone: 泡沫区 economic fundamentals:经济基本面 illusory wealth: 虚幻财富 drop off: 减少 rude awakening: 猛然惊醒 hedge fund: 对冲基金 Text B 1.meet payments: 满足支付，付款 fall behind: 拖欠 pay off: 偿还 conventional mortgage:传统按揭方式 squeeze out of: 挤压出 be stuck with: be burdened with per capita income: 人均收入 economic gap: 经济差距 spillover effect: 溢出效应 tax base: 税基 in reverse: 相反地 gutting: 破坏，供应紧张 deindust