赖世雄英语新闻听力通 第46期:政府"放水",股票大涨

 (Bloomberg)The TWSE Index rose 218.49, or 4.4 percent,to 5209.97.

（彭博信息）台湾加权股价指数上升了218.49点，共上升了4.4%,达到5209.97点。

Speculation¹ is that the govern-ment is buying shares.

根据推测，这是因为政府在买进股份。

This led to the TWSE Index's biggest gain in four months.

此举导致台湾加权股价指数达到四个月来的最高点。

The Finance Minister's comments yesterday may have played an important role.

财政部长昨天发表的评论可能是(造成股价大涨的)重要原因。

He said stocks were cheap.

他说股票很便宜。

1 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。