Business Weekend

Techs trucked【交易】higher, the blue chips did falter(1), bonds plunged(2) oil on the downside, closing at about 28 in New York. Semiconductors【半导体】 were fat but defensive, such as drugs and tobaccos【烟草】, which are often sought as safe havens in times of economic uncertainty(3) , suffered at the expense of the high tech buying spree(4). Yahoo the Internet media heavyweight【重量级人物】reported a small first quarter profit that was quite a bit weaker than a year ago, saying it’ll lop 12 % of its work force【劳动力】as Yahoo struggles with declining advertising revenues(5).

Yahoo closing down 16 cents to 15.86. Motorola the No. 2 mobile phone maker forecasting(6) a second quarter loss a few cents more than the first quarter signaling(7) the slowdown in the tech sector may not be over. EMC the most active stock on the big board fell 2.19 to 32.21 saying it expects to miss earnings by about 10%. Dow Jones Industrial down 89 points to close at 10.013, the Nasdaq composite up 47, the S&P 500 down 2. For Business Week, I’m Gary Nunn, ABC News.


听音瓶颈词汇

1. falter[]v.蹒跚；动摇
2. plunge []v.暴跌
3. uncertainty []n.不稳定性
4. spree []n.狂购
5. revenue []n.收入
6. forecast [] v.预测
7. signal [] v.暗示；发出信号

听音高级短语

blue chip 蓝筹股；绩优股
at the expense of 在损害…的情况下； 以…为代价
lop 砍，删剪
big board 纽约证券交易所；纽约证券交易所行情牌

听音超级句型

…will lay off 12 % of its work force as Yahoo struggles with…
由于雅虎面临…难关…准备削减12 %的员工。

财经周末

科技股上涨，蓝筹股下跌，石油证券也陷入下滑状态，纽约收市时每桶仅28美圆。半导体利润丰厚但非常保守，就像药品和烟草，在经济不稳定时被人们当作安全股一样，但也被科技股的热购拖累。因特网行业举足轻重的雅虎报道第一季度利润微小，比去年略为下降，表示将裁员12%以应付广告收益下降的难关。

雅虎收市每股由16美分下降到15.86美分。第二大移动电话生产商摩托罗拉预计第二季股价将比第一季下跌几美分，暗示科技股仍未走出低谷。股市最活跃的EMC股跌2.19到32.21，表示预计收益将减少10%左右。道琼斯工业指数下跌89点报收10.013点，纳斯达克综合指数升47点,S&P500跌2点。这里是ABC新闻财经周末，我是加里•南。