读懂英语新闻（第18期）｜听新闻学英语｜词汇量暴涨｜英语读报｜美国新闻解读｜英语

Grocery (n.食品杂货店）bills are up,with increases in the costs（成本） of vegetables,beverages (n. 饮料) and baked goods(烘焙食品).

The new data means that the Federal Reserve (美联储)will probably announce another big rate increase next mouth.

Because of inflation(n.通货膨胀),Social Security Benefits(社会安全福利) will rise next year.

The typical(adj.典型的，此指一般情况下) retiree(n. 退休人员) will get an extra(adj.额外的) $140 per month.

上个月通货膨胀再次快速上升。杂货店账单上升，蔬菜、饮料和烘焙食品的成本增加。新数据意味着美联储可能会在下个月宣布再次大幅加息。由于通帐，明年的社会安全福利将上升。典型的退休人员每日将获得额外的140美元。

Britain's economic U-turn(n.大转变) highlighted(v.突出，强调) a fraught (adj.令人忧虑的)moment for world leaders in a shaky(adj.颤抖的，此指靠不住的)global economy.

After just a month on the job,the prime minister(首相),Liz Truss,fired(解雇) her finance minister(财政部长) for creating precisely the package of unfunded (adj.没有经费的)tax cuts,billion-dollar spending programs and deregulation (n.放松管制)that she had asked for,and backtracked(v.原路返回，此指出尔反尔) on her signature(adj.标志性的) economic policies.

Lawmakers(n.立法者，此指议员) are already talking about whether to oust(v.把...赶下台) Truss.More broadly(adv.广泛地),the debacle(n.溃败) shows that world leaders in Europe,the United States and elsewhere must balance helping the vulnerable(n.弱势群体) while also fighting inflation.Experts(n.专家) say it is crucial(adj.重要的) that governments work with,rather than against(prep.反对),their central banks .The British pound and government bond(n.债券) price fell further(adv.进一步) amid(prep.在...之中)the chaos( ˈkeɪɒs n.混乱).And U.S. stock markets skidded(v.打滑，滑落) into the weekend,giving up earlier gains(n.收益) and sliding(v.滑落) sharply(adv.大幅地) lower after further signs emerged(v.出现，浮现) that inflation was proving difficult to tame(v.驯服).

1. Elon Musk asked the U.S. to start paying for his company's Starlink internet service in Ukraine,a lifeline for the Ukrainian military(ˈmɪləteri n.军队).
2. Rupert Murdoch Explore(v.探索)s Reuniting(v.再组合) His Media Empire(n.帝国) by Recombining(v.重组) Fox and News Corp.The move(n.举动) would bring assets(n.资产) such as Fox News and The Wall Street Journal back under one roof(n.屋顶).nearly a decade after they split(v.分裂).
3. NASA(美国国家航空航天局) said its mission last month to alter(v.改变) an asteroid(ˈæstərɔɪd n.小行星)'s orbit(n.轨道) was a success.The technique(n.技术) could someday protect Earth.