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。
3、复述新闻。
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh.
这里是华盛顿NPR新闻，我是拉克什米·辛格。
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says the sharp government spending cuts _1_ take effect Friday will create a significant headwind for the economic recovery. Bernanke has delivered the Fed semi-annual report to the Senate Banking Committee. NPR's Craig Windham says Bernanke is defending the Fed's bond-buying program, which _2_ at keeping borrowing costs low.
美联储主席本·伯南克表示，将于周五生效的政府大幅减支计划将对经济复苏造成重大冲击。伯南克在参议院银行委员会就美联储半年度报告作证。据NPR新闻的克雷格·温德姆报道，伯南克为美联储的债券购买计划进行了辩护，该计划旨在保持低借贷成本。
The Fed is buying about 85 billion dollars in treasury and mortgage back securities a month. Bernanke says that has been good for the economy.
美联储每月购买约850亿美元的公债和抵押贷款支持债券。伯南克表示，这样的做法有利于经济发展。
"Notably, keeping longer term interest rate slow has helped spark recovery in the _3_ market and led to increase sales and production of automobiles and other durable goods."
“推低长期借款利率已对住房市场起到了显著的扶持作用，并增加了汽车和耐用品的销量和产量。”
Bernanke says while the Fed _4_ stimulate the economy, the upcoming across-the-board spending cuts known as the sequester would have the opposite effect, restraining growth. He says there’s a better way to bring down the deficit.
伯南克表示，虽然美联储努力刺激经济，但是即将到来的全面自动减支计划将对经济产生负面影响，制约经济发展。他说，有更好的方法削减赤字。
"I think an appropriate balance would be to introduce these cuts more _5_ and to compensate with larger and more sustained cuts in the longer run to address our long-run fiscal issues."
“我认为应采取适度平衡的方法，减支计划应逐步进行，在长期运行中进行大幅、持续的减支计划，以解决美国长期的财政问题。”
Craig Windham, NPR News, Washington.
NPR新闻，克雷格·温德姆华盛顿报道。
词汇解析：
1. bring down 降(价);把(某物，某人)抬下(楼、山);使(某物或某人)掉下[倒下];击败…
eg. hat pace would bring down the unemployment rate by less than half a percentage point over the course of a year.
这样的速度在一年的时间里只能将失业率降低不到半个百分点。
eg. Military historians may never know what brought down the jet.
军事史学家们可能永远也不会知道是什么击落了这架喷气式飞机。
eg. They were threatening to bring down the government by withdrawing from the ruling coalition...
他们威胁要退出执政联盟，让政府垮台。
2、compensate. 补偿，赔偿;抵消 vt. 补偿，赔偿;付报酬
eg:The damages are designed to compensate victims for their direct losses.
该赔偿金是用来补偿受害人的直接损失的。
eg:Senators say it is crucial that a mechanism is found to compensate for inflation.
参议员们说找到抵消通货膨胀的机制是至关重要的。
参考答案：
1、set to 2、is aimed 3、housing
4、is trying to 5、gradually
