托福阅读机经背—欧债协议达成 疑云挥之不去.docxVIP

智课网TOEFL备考资料 托福阅读机经背景—欧债协议达成 疑云挥之不去   Markets rose sharply on news of European leaders reaching an agreement vital to solve the regions huge debt crisis. The deal is aimed at preventing the crisis spreading to larger eurozone economies like Italy, but analysts say more detail is needed if the crisis is to be contained.  Two years of crisis in the eurozone came down to this Brussels summit.  欧元区两年来的危机全都摆到了这次峰会的桌面上。  Europe’s leaders met through the night. After 11 hours of talks - with many journalists sleeping in the press room - German Chancellor Angela Merkel was among the leaders to emerge hailing a breakthrough.  欧洲领导人挑灯夜战，开了11个小时的会，他们的重任是挽救欧元。  “I am aware, and everybody was aware that the whole world was looking at this meeting,” she said. “That we can show the world how we can guard ourselves from this deep economic crisis. And I think that tonight we Europeans have taken the right measures.”  德国总理默克尔说：“我意识到，每个人都意识到，全世界都在注视着这次会议。我们能够向世界显示，我们可以保护自身不受这场深重的经济危机的打击。我认为，今夜我们欧洲人采取了正确的措施。”  Global markets agreed. Share indices across Europe, Asia and the United States all showed early gains Thursday.  全球市场都和她的看法一致。欧洲、亚洲和美国各地的股市星期四早晨皆呈上扬趋势。  But the optimism may be short-lived, says Tobias Blattner, European economist at Daiwa Capital Markets.  不过，大和资本市场公司的托比阿斯·布拉特纳说，这种乐观或许维持不了多久。  “Now the question is obviously, ‘How long will it last?’ And I think this is where we are skeptical and we think it will be a very short-lived episode simply because the summit yesterday left too many questions open, said Blattner.  他说：“现在的问题很明显：它会持续多久?我们对此持怀疑观点，我们认为好景不长，原因很简单，昨天的峰会留下了太多没有解答的问题。”  Eurozone leaders agreed a three-pronged approach.  欧洲领导人同意采取三管齐下的策略。  Banks will be recapitalized with 100 billion euros. Greece’s debtors will be asked to write-off half of the debts, and the European bailout fund will be ‘leveraged up’ to about a trillion euros to