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Passage 11 生词 Investment投资 Investor投资者 Be incapable of doing sth 不能够做某事、无法做某事 Currency 货币 Slow 下滑---rise增长 Weight 高点 the Federal Reserve 美联储 jointly intervene to do sth 联手干预某事 prop up支持 the European currency= the euro欧元 looking sickly 显得疲软 theories 说法 the European Central Bank= the ECB欧洲中央银行 the euro-area economies欧元区经济 are immune to sth对..免疫 fighting inflation克服通货膨胀 supporting growth支持经济增长 plausible explanation合理的解释 in and uncertain global economic climate在全球经济不稳定的情况下 has resumed its traditional role as a safe-heaven currency重新获得了安全货币的传统角色 reckon that认为 is undervalued被低估 a rebound 反弹 optimistic乐观的 predicting a rate预测汇率 二、长难句解析 1. International investors seem incapable of ending their love affair with the dollar. 国际投资者们似乎无法舍弃他们对美元的偏爱。 America’s economy has slowed sharply this year, yet its currency has risen to a 15-year high in trade-weighted terms. 本年度，美国的经济已急剧下滑，然而，美元却增长到了15年来的高点。 Against the euro, the dollar touched $0.88—8% higher than in early January and close to the level at which the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve jointly intervened to prop up the European currency last September. 美元兑换欧元的比率达到0.88美元兑换1欧元，比一月初高出8%，接近去年九月欧洲中央银行和美联储联合干预以支持欧元时的水平。 Why is the euro looking sickly? 为什么欧元显得如此疲软呢？ There are plenty of theories. 对此有许多说法。 One is that the markets do not trust the ECB: the euro-area economies are not immune to America’s downturn, 其中之一是市场不相信欧洲中央银行：欧元区经济并非不受美国经济衰退的影响 yet the central bank still seems more concerned with fighting inflation than with supporting growth; 但是中央银行更关注的似乎仍然是克服通货膨胀，而不是支持经济增长； another more plausible explanation is that, in and uncertain global economic climate, the dollar has resumed its traditional role as a safe-heaven currency. 另一似乎更合理的解释是，在全球经济不稳定的情况下，美元重新获得了安全货币的传统角色。 Most economists reckon that the euro is undervalued and expected a rebound over the next year. 大多数经济学家认为，欧元的价值被低估了，他们认为欧元明年会反弹。 One of the most optimistic is Goldman Sachs, which is predicting a rate of $1.22 in 12 months. 高曼.萨克斯是其中最乐观的估计者之一------他估计在1