NPR边听边练319：明年美经济将快速扩张
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。
The International Monetary Fund _1_ the US economy will expand at a fast pace in next year. IMF managing director Christine Lagarde told the NBC Meet the Press today that positive economic data and some signs of compromising Congress are the driving factors.
国际货币基金组织预测明年美国经济将快速扩张。今天，国际货币基金组织总裁克里斯蒂娜·拉加德接受NBC电视台的《Meet the Press》采访时表示，预测的依据是积极的经济数据和国会释放出的妥协信号。
“Seeing a budget deal, _2_ tapering by the Fed, which is a sign of confidence in the real economy, should lead them to invest, to hire and _3_ more confident."
“我们看到预算协议通过，美联储缩减了债券计划，这是对实体经济有信心的信号，这会促进投资、雇佣，并带来更多的自信心。”
Lagarde also _4_ the US Federal Reserve's communication about its decision last week to start scale back its massive monetary stimulus.
同时，拉加德称赞了美国联邦储备局上周宣布将开始进行缩减大规模货币刺激计划。
The average US price of gasoline _5_ 2 cents a gallon in the past 2 weeks after a monthly increase, the latest Lambert Survey says the average price for a gallon at regular is now $3.26.
过去两周，美国汽油平均价格每加仑下降两美分，此前价格曾连续一个月持续上涨，最新公布的调查显示，目前每加仑汽油的平均价格为3.26美元。
词汇解析;
1、taper
vi. 逐渐减少;逐渐变弱
eg:Unlike other trees, it doesn't taper very much. It stays fat all the way up.
不像其他树，它不是越往上越细，而是自下往上一样粗。
2、scale back
按比例缩减，相应缩减;
eg. Despite current price advantage, UK manufacturers are still having to scale back production.
尽管目前在价格上占据优势，英国生产商还是不得不减少产量。
eg. Regulators are clamping down on these institutions, forcing them to raise capital and scale back lending.
监管部门也在向这些机构施压，要求他们筹资并削减贷款。
参考答案：
1、is predicting 2、seeing 3、to be
4、praised 5、has dipped
