高三英语培优外刊阅读学案：降息话题.docxVIP

高三英语培优外刊阅读 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 外刊精选｜10年来首次：美国为何突然降息？ 本周，全球金融界都在静候美联储是否降息的消息，一旦启动，将成为美国十年来首次降息。降息通常是各国经济放缓时刺激市场的大招，然而当前美国经济走势良好，因此外界对此次降息背后可能的政治原因议论不断。为何美联储降息影响这么大？它会对全球经济产生怎样的影响？ End of an Era: Fed to Cut Rates for First Time in a Decade In a move to keep the economy on its upward swing, the US Federal Reserve is widely predicted to cut interest rates this week. For the first time in over a decade, so say insiders, the cost of borrowing money is set to fall. If the move does materialise, it will reverse the trend of gradual rate increases that has been in place ever since the Great Recession, during which the Fed slashed rates to near zero in order to rescue the economy. The Fed’s anticipated decision will come as good news to President Trump, who was critical of the Fed’s 2018 rate hike. But it is the precaution against the harmful effects of global economic slowdown, instead of politics, that will likely drive a move from Fed, which works independently of the White House. Concerns are already being voiced among economists, with some warning that low rates at this point in the business cycle could create bubbles and store up trouble for the future. 【词汇过关】 请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。 1.zeitgeist ____________________________ 2.inflation____________________________ 3.era [???r?] n. ____________________________ 4.decade [?deke?d] n. ____________________________ 5.swing [sw??] n. ____________________________ 6.insider [?n?sa?d?(r)]n. ____________________________ 7.fall [f??l] vi. ____________________________ 8.materialise [m??t??ri?la?z] vi. ____________________________ 9.slash [sl??] vt. ____________________________ 10.anticipate [?n?t?s?pe?t]vt.____________________________ 11.critical [?kr?t?k?l] adj. ____________________________ 12.hike [ha?k] n. ____________________________ 13.precaution [pr??k????n] ____________________________ 14.harmful [?hɑ?(r)mf?l]adj. ____________________________ 15.slowdown [?sl??da?n]n. ____________________________ 16.drive