标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD 4 Track 58

 

Telephone Tutoring 

Final Diagnostic Analysis      CD 4 Track 58 

After a year, you're ready for the final analysis. If you're studying on your own, please contact toll-free [phone] or www.americanaccent.com for a referral to a qualified¹ telephone analyst. The diagnostic analysis is designed to evaluate your current speech patterns to let you know where your accent isstandard and nonstandard.

The Nasdaq composite index on Monday suffered its biggest loss in three weeks after a wave of selling slammed Internet and other tech shares in Asia and Europe overnight—suggesting many investors² are increasingly nervousabout tech shares' current heights. The Nasdaq index ended down 141.38 points, or 2.8%, at 4,907.24, though itrecovered from a morning sell-off that took it down as much as 209 points from Friday's record high. Biotechnology stocks were particularly hard hit. The broader market was also lower, though the Dow Jones industrial average managed to inch up 18.31 points to 9,947.13.

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1 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

2 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会