NPR邊聽(tīng)邊練196:美新房銷售量創(chuàng)新高

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一、泛聽(tīng)建議：

1、完整聽(tīng)一遍，掌握大意。

2、繼續(xù)聽(tīng)，特別注意關(guān)鍵信息。遇到相似的詞，寫(xiě)下來(lái)。

3、復(fù)述新聞。

In other news, the government’s _1_ data for the month of May show new homes _2_ at their fastest pace in five years.NPR's Yuki Noguchi reports the Department of Housing and Urban Development says that's a much faster rate than last year.

來(lái)看其他新聞，政府公布的五月最新數(shù)據(jù)顯示，新房銷售量出現(xiàn)五年來(lái)的最高漲幅。據(jù)NPR新聞的野口由紀(jì)報(bào)道，美國(guó)住房和城市發(fā)展部表示，漲幅遠(yuǎn)高于去年。

New homes are selling at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 476,000. The last time they _3_ at that pace was in July of 2008. Demand for new homes is up 2% from April and up to 29% from the same period last year. Year over year the data show median home prices are up about 10%. This is consistent with other economic readings on housing, which show demand is up,supply is down, and that prices _4_ annually by double digits. Economists say higher demand _5_ in part by rising interest rates as consumers try to log in while rates are still close to historic lows. Yuki Noguchi, NPR News, Washington.

新房銷售量經(jīng)季節(jié)調(diào)整按年率計(jì)算為47.6萬(wàn)套。上次銷售量達(dá)到這個(gè)水平還要追溯到2008年7月份。新房需求量較4月份上升2%，較去年同期上漲29%。數(shù)據(jù)顯示，中間房?jī)r(jià)比去年同期上漲了約10%。這項(xiàng)數(shù)據(jù)與房市的其他數(shù)據(jù)相符，需求量上升，供應(yīng)量下降，價(jià)格與去年相比漲幅達(dá)到兩位數(shù)。經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家表示，高需求在某種程度上由不斷上升的利率推動(dòng)，消費(fèi)者試圖在利率仍接近于歷史最低水平時(shí)購(gòu)入房屋。NPR新聞，野口由紀(jì)華盛頓報(bào)道。

US stocks continue to trade higher with the Dow Jones Industrial average up 115 points at 14,772; NASDAQ up 24 at 3,344; S&P 500 up 15 points.

美國(guó)股市持續(xù)走高，道瓊斯工業(yè)平均指數(shù)上升115點(diǎn)，報(bào)14,772點(diǎn);納斯達(dá)克指數(shù)上升24點(diǎn)，報(bào)3,344點(diǎn);標(biāo)準(zhǔn)普爾500指數(shù)上升15點(diǎn)。

This is NPR News.

這里是NPR新聞。

詞匯解析：

1、seasonally adjusted 季節(jié)調(diào)整

2、annual rate年率;年利率

3、be consistent with 與...一致(同近義詞tie in with, fit in with)

eg:Seeing this change is a huge step in the right direction to be consistent with that value.

這個(gè)變化將是向著正確方向邁出的巨大一步，與我說(shuō)的價(jià)值觀是一致的。

參考答案：

1、latest 2、selling 3、were selling

4、are rising 5、is driven