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。

　　Janet Yellen was by the Senate today _1_ the first woman to head the Federal Reserve. As NPR's Johnny Stick explains Yellen gained bipartisan support.

　　今天，珍妮特·耶伦的提名获得参议院的确认，成为美联储第一位女性主席。据NPR新闻的约翰尼·斯提克报道，耶伦得到了两党议员的支持。

　　The vote to confirm Yellen was 56 to 26 with eleven Republicans _2_ all the Democrats present to support her. Weather-related problems caused a number of members to miss the vote. Yellen _3_ to be sworn in on February 1st, the day after Ben Bernanke complete his second term as Fed chairman. As head of the Fed, Yellen will be one of the world's most powerful policymakers. But she faces significant challenges. They include winding down the Fed's unprecedented stimulus program without _4_ the economy or destabilizing the financial system. How fast to wind down the stimulus is a matter of contention on the Fed's policymaking committee that Yellen will have to manage. Johnny Stick, NPR News, Washington.

　　确认耶伦提名的投票以56票赞成、26票反对获得通过，耶伦获得了民主党全部议员及11名共和党议员的支持。天气问题使得一些议员未参加投票。耶伦预计将于2月1日上任，而前一天本·伯南克将结束他担任美联储主席的第二任期。作为美联储主席，耶伦将成为世界上最有权势的政策决策者之一。但是她面临着许多重大挑战。这些挑战包括在不损害经济、不打破金融系统平衡的条件下逐步减少美联储的刺激计划。以多快的速度缩减刺激计划是美联储决策委员会争论的焦点，而耶伦必须要解决这个问题。NPR新闻，约翰尼·斯提克华盛顿报道。

　　词汇解析：

　　1. wind down

　　逐渐减小（工作规模）；使逐步停止；使逐渐关闭；

　　eg. School activities start winding down about two weeks before the end of term.

　　学期结束前两周左右，学校的各种活动逐步减少了。

　　eg. The convention was winding down.

　　会议接近了尾声。

　　eg. The bank was forced to make writedowns in its real estate investments and wind down its mortgage business.

　　该行被迫对其房地产投资进行减记，并收紧其抵押贷款业务。

　　参考答案：

　　1、to be 2、joining

　　3、is expected 4、 hurting