【自制*听力材料重复】（跟艾伦一起学英语）1.17期

【盲听情况】

第一张图：主持人说的听不太懂

第二、三张图：有生词，全听懂的句子只有一两句

【知识点】

a person who reports news from a particular country or on a particular subject for a newspaper or a television or radio station记者

*视频中是经济记者

the BBC's political correspondent

英国广播公司的政治新闻记者

a foreign/war/sports, etc. correspondent

驻外、战地、体育等记者

our Delhi correspondent

我们驻德里的通讯员

衰退

recession

IMF

International Monetary Fund

国际货币基金组织

to diminish someone's energy and resistance (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.)

wear on

*结合原文，就是通货膨胀影响了消费者

You could see that the lecture was beginning to wear upon the audience. This kind of thing really wears on me.

~ sth

to make sth or easy to control

tame

*这里是指control the inflation

Lions can never be completely tamed.

狮子永远不能被完全驯化。

She made strenuous efforts to tame her anger.

她竭力压制心头怒火。

~ sth

to come safely through a difficult period or experience经受住，平安地渡过（困难）

weather

*美国人平稳渡过后面两种危机

The company just managed to weather the recession.

这家公司勉强渡过了衰退期。

She refuses to resign, intending to weather the storm(= wait until the situation improves again) .

她拒绝辞职，想要经受住这次风暴的考验。

adv.to a very noticeable degree and often with surprising suddenness

dramatically

*指美国人并没有突然地、大幅度地减开支

(of prices, rates, etc.) to become lower or less :

pull back

Stock prices pulled back within minutes of the Fed's announcement, before resuming their rise.

We were down 3 per cent when we reported in July, but the rate pulled back to a 1.8 per cent fall since then.

forecast过去分词

forcasted, forecast

one to be useful for sth

lend oneself or itself to something

This room doesn't lend itself to bright colors. John doesn't lend himself to casual conversation. I don't think that this gown lends itself to outdoor occasions.

a small number of=

a handful/fraction of

to remain strong or in a fairly good condition

is holding up