英语新闻听写 美股市动荡不定 投资者纷纷撤资

February was a difficult month for stock traders.

二月份对股票交易者来说非常艰难。

The benchmark S&P 500 suffered through its first 10% correction in years.

基准标普500近年来首次跌幅达10%。

That made the rest of February an uphill slog for the index.

对该指数来说，二月份余下的时间简直是举步维艰。

It finished down 3.9% in its worst month since January 2016.

它收盘时下跌了3.9%，这是自2016年一月份以来最糟糕的月份。

Behind the scenes, investors¹ were fleeing the scene of the wreckage².

在幕后，投资者纷纷逃离“股灾”现场。

According to data compiled by UBS,

瑞银集团整理的数据表明，

they pulled a record $42 billion out of exchange-traded funds and mutual³ funds during the first three weeks of February.

在二月份的前三周里，他们从交易所交易基金和共同基金中抽出了创记录的420亿美元。

1 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

2 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

3 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。