VOA常速英语2022 美股大跌，加剧了人们对经济的担忧（在线收听）

U.S. stock indexes closed sharply lower on Thursday in a broad sell-off as recession fears grew following moves by central banks around the globe to stamp out rising inflation after the Federal Reserve's largest rate hike since 1994.

美国股市周四收盘时大幅下跌，市场普遍抛售，因为在美联储自1994年以来最大规模的加息后，全球央行采取行动遏制不断上升的通胀，加剧了人们对经济衰退的担忧。

The benchmark S&P 500 suffered its sixth decline in seven sessions.

标普500指数遭遇七个交易日以来的第六次下跌。

French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi visited Kyiv on Thursday in a show of support to Ukraine amid its battle to fend off Russia's invasion.

周四，法国总统马克龙、德国总理肖尔茨和意大利总理德拉吉访问基辅，以表示对乌克兰抵御俄罗斯入侵的支持。

They met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

他们会见了乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基。

Macron said, "It's an important moment.

马克龙说：“这是一个重要的时刻。

It's a message of unity we're sending to the Ukrainians."

这是我们向乌克兰传递的团结的信息。

The trip comes as the European Commission considers whether to recommend Ukraine be granted candidate status for European Union membership.

与此同时，欧盟委员会正在考虑是否建议乌克兰获得欧盟成员国候选地位。

Sri Lanka's fuel stocks will last for about five more days, its power and energy minister said Thursday, as the island nation awaits official confirmation from the Indian government for a new $500 million credit line for fuel.

斯里兰卡电力和能源部部长周四说，斯里兰卡的燃料库存还可以坚持大约五天。目前，这个岛国正在等待印度政府正式确认新的5亿美元燃料信贷额度。

The country of 22 million people is caught in its worst financial crisis in seven decades after its foreign exchange reserves dwindled to record lows, with dollars running out to pay for essential imports including food, medicine and fuel.

这个拥有2200万人口的国家陷入了70年来最严重的金融危机，此前该国外汇储备降至创纪录低点，美元耗尽，无法支付食品、药品和燃料等必要进口商品。

And the U.N. on Thursday denounced the murder in the Amazon of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira as environmental activists blamed Brazil's government.

联合国周四谴责了英国记者多姆·菲利普斯和本土专家布鲁诺·佩雷拉在亚马逊被谋杀的事件，环保人士指责巴西政府。

Marissa Melton, VOA News.

美国之音新闻，来自玛丽莎·梅尔顿的报道。