美联社新闻一分钟 AP 美联储预计明年加息3次

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

Negotiations¹ between president Joe Biden and holdout Sen. Joe Manchin over democrats³' $2 trillion social and environment bill are said to be going poorly.

据说，美国总统乔·拜登和拒不让步的参议员乔·曼钦就民主党近2万亿美元的社会和环境法案进行的谈判进展不顺利。

A person familiar with the talks says the West Virginia democrat² wants to drop the legislation's extension of an Expanded Child Tax Credit.

一位熟悉谈判情况的人士称，这位西弗吉尼亚州民主党人希望放弃对扩大儿童税收抵免的延长。

Manchin tells reporters that assertions he opposes the Child Tax Credit are "a lot of bad rumors⁴".

曼钦告诉记者，他反对儿童税收抵免的主张是“很多不好的谣言”。

President Joe Biden walked past debris⁵ piled shoulder-high, furniture torn to pieces and homes without roofs and walls during a visit to a Kentucky town rendered unrecognizable by tornadoes⁶ that brought death and destruction to the region over the weekend.

美国总统乔·拜登在访问肯塔基州的一个小镇时，走过了堆得齐肩高的废墟，被撕成碎片的家具和没有屋顶和墙壁的房屋。上周末，龙卷风给该地区造成了死亡与破坏，这个城镇已经面目全非。

More than 30 tornadoes tore through Kentucky and seven other states, killing⁷ at least 88 people.

30多场龙卷风席卷了肯塔基州和其他七个州，造成至少88人死亡。

The Federal Reserve will quicken the pace at which it's pulling back its support for the post-pandemic U.S. economy as inflation surges, and it expects to raise interest rates three times next year.

随着通胀飙升，美联储将加快撤回对疫情后美国经济支持的步伐，并预计明年将加息三次。

In an abrupt⁸ policy shift, the fed announced that it will shrink its monthly bond purchases at twice the pace it previously⁹ announced, likely ending them in March.

在突然的政策转变中，美联储宣布将缩减每月购买债券的规模，缩减速度是之前宣布的两倍，如果照这一速度进行下去，美联储可能会在3月结束购买债券。

A huge exhibition dedicated¹⁰ to the artist Albrecht Durer has opened in St Petersburg.

为艺术家阿尔布雷希特·杜勒举办的大型展览在圣彼得堡开幕。

More than 400 engravings are on display to mark 550 years since his birth.

为了纪念他诞辰550周年，展出了400多幅版画。

1 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

2 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

3 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 rumors   

n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

6 tornadoes   

n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 来自互联网
• Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。 来自互联网

7 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

8 abrupt   

adj.突然的，意外的；唐突的，鲁莽的

参考例句：

• The river takes an abrupt bend to the west.这河突然向西转弯。
• His abrupt reply hurt our feelings.他粗鲁的回答伤了我们的感情。

9 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

10 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。