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第302期：主餐一道：泛听练习
以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。
一、泛听建议：
1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。
2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。
Janet Yellen has officially taken over the reins of the Federal Reserve. Yellen sworn in today to replace _1_ Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke after being confirmed by the Senate last month. The 67-year-old Yellen becomes the first woman _2_ the Federal Reserve in the body's 100-year history.
珍妮特·耶伦正式接管美联储。今天，耶伦宣誓就职，代替离任的美联储主席本·伯南克，上个月，耶伦的提名获得了参议院的确认。现年67岁的耶伦成为美联储100年历史上首位女掌门。
After one of the worst Januaries in recent history, Wall Street _3_ to start in February an equally ugly mood. The Dow fell more than 300 points today - more than 2% - after a number of reports seemed to indicate signs of slower global growth. Jack Ablin is with BMO Private Bank.
在经历了近年来最糟糕的一月之后，华尔街似乎以同样差劲的情况开启了二月份。今天，道琼斯工业平均指数下跌超过300点，降幅近2%，而此前一些报告表明全球经济增长有放缓趋势。BMO私人银行的杰克·阿布林表示。
"We've gotten disappointing numbers here at home, and we're getting _4_ numbers from many of our trading partners, most notably China. So I think there's a growing sense that the economy isn't moving along as well as we had originally thought."
“国内的一些指数令人非常失望，而我们的贸易伙伴发布的数据同样令人失望，尤其中国的情况最为糟糕。所以我认为会有更多人感到经济并没有像我们认为的那样发展。”
Today's selloff moves the market at least closer to a technical correction, which is a 10% drop. Already the Standard & Poor's 500 index is halfway there, while the Dow was down more than 7% for the year.
今天的股市暴跌使市场接近技术性调整，即大盘下跌10%。标准普尔500指数已经下跌了5%，而今年以来道琼斯工业平均指数的下跌幅度已超过7%。
On Wall Street, the Dow _5_ 326 points today to close at 15,372; the NASDAQ Composite was down 106 points.
今天的华尔街数据，道琼斯工业平均指数下降326点，报收15,372点；纳斯达克综合指数下降106点。
You're listening to NPR News in Washington.
您正在收听华盛顿NPR新闻。
词汇解析：
1. swear in
使宣誓就职；
eg. Soon after the New Year, the new Congress will come to Washington to be sworn in.
新年后不久，新一届国会议员就将前往华盛顿宣誓就职。
eg. On October 1st, John was sworn in as Treasury Secretary.
10月1日约翰宣誓就任财政部长。
2、selloff.
卖清存货；清除存货（廉价出售）
eg:Accordingly, some observers say there are signs the euro selloff is only just getting started.
因此有些观察人士认为，有迹象表明欧元的抛售只是刚刚开始。
