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。

　　Wall Street _1_ for what could be a rocky September. Danielle Karson reports that investors will be keeping a close eye on Congress.

　　华尔街正在为艰难的九月形势做准备。据丹妮尔·卡森报道，投资者会继续关注国会的动态。

　　Investors have a lot to worry about this month--Congress in particular. Lawmakers need to pass _2_ bill to avoid a government shutdown. Then there is the US hitting its _3_ limit next month. If Congress doesn't raise the limit, the US could default on its debt. Lawrence Creatura, portfolio manager for Federated Investors, says the Syrian conflict is a wild card.

　　投资者对这个月有很多担心，尤其很担心国会的决策。议员需要通过一项开支法案以避免政府关门。之后美国将在下个月触及债务上限。如果国会不提高上限，美国可能会面临债务违约。联合投资公司的投资组合经理劳伦斯·克雷亚图拉表示叙利亚冲突是个未知因素。

　　"Investors in general just hate uncertainty, and nobody knows exactly what is going to happen, _4_ it more difficult for investors to price assets."

　　“一般来说，投资者都讨厌不确定性，没有人确切知道会发生什么，这使投资者很难制定资产价格。”

　　The turmoil in Syria is already making investors jittery. It's pushed up energy stock prices and driven up the cost of crude oil. For NPR News, I'm Danielle Karson.

　　叙利亚的混乱局势已经让投资者感到非常不安。这会使能源股票价格上升，提高原油的成本。NPR新闻，劳伦斯·克雷亚图拉报道。

　　NAACP President Ben Jealous will resign at the end of the year. He told NPR he wants to pursuit _5_ and spend more time with his family. Jealous is credited with _5_ the organization's finances and donor base over the past five years and for improving its outreach.

　　全美有色人种协进会主席本·杰勒斯将在今年年底辞职。他接受NPR新闻的采访时表示，他希望过教师生活，有更多的时间可以陪伴家人。过去五年来，杰勒斯在改善协会的财务状况、捐赠基础以及促进推广方面做出了贡献。

　　This is NPR.

　　这里是NPR新闻。

　　词汇解析：

　　1. keep an eye on sth.

　　留意；密切注意；

　　eg. I'm sure you will appreciate that we must keep a careful eye on all our running costs.

　　我们必须密切关注所有的运营成本，这一点我想您肯定会赞同。

　　eg. I went for a run there, keeping an eye on the children the whole time.

　　我去那里跑步，期间一直留意着孩子们。

　　2. wild card

　　未知数；未知因素；

　　eg. The wild card in the picture is Eastern Europe.

　　整个局势中的变数是东欧。

　　eg. A: The advertisement is still a wild card.

　　这个广告的成功与否还是个未知数。

　　3. be credited with

　　把……归功于；认为……有某种成就；

　　eg. The 74-year-old mayor is credited with helping make Los Angeles the financial capital of the West Coast.

　　洛杉矶成为西海岸的金融中心，那位74岁的市长功不可没。

　　eg. The relics are credited with miraculous powers.

　　这些早期遗物被认为具有神奇的力量。

　　参考答案：

　　1、is bracing 2、spending 3、borrowing

　　4、making 5、teaching