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tik] 民主黨 ? Republican [ri?p?blik?n] 共和黨 ? House of Representative 眾議院 ? Senate參議院 ? Congress [?k??gres] 國會,議會 ? recession [ri‘se??n] , (經(jīng)濟)不景氣 Ex. A: Listen to the news and plete the summary. The news is about ____________________________ a plan to aid the US economy. ? Ex B. Listen again and decide whether the following sentences are true or false. ? 1. T. (Last Friday, President Bush called for an economic growth package—a plan to give a quick shot of energy to the slowing American economy.) ? . (Now, the administration has an agreement with Democratic and Republican leaders in the House of Representatives.) ? 3. F. (The deal wich is reached Thursday is one hundred fifty billion dollars.) ? 4. T. (Now, the administration has an agreement with Democratic and Republican leaders in the House of Representatives.) ? 5. F. (He said the plan would lead to higher consumer spending and increased business investment this year. ) ? 6. T. (The measures must be approved by the House of Representatives) ? News Item 3 ? Focus: World economy ? Notes: ? mortgage [?m?:gid?] , 抵押 , 抵押貸款 ? The subprime mortgage crisis ( 次貸危機 ) is the reason for this financial crisis in the US. Banks lent loans to peole who were not capable of repaying their loans. Based on these loans a lot of plex financial products were created and sold to a lot of people. When the US real estate market took a beating, house prices started ing down. This resulted in a high number of defaults on subprime mortgage loans. This triggered a sequence of events which resulted in losses in billions to whoever was involved in this confusion. Ex. A: Listen to the news and plete the summary. The news is about _______________________________________________ world economic growth that is predicted to slow in 2022. Ex. B: Listen to the news again and plete the following sentences. 1. The estimated growth of the world economy in 2022 was at ___________________________. 2. According to the International Moary Fund’s estimation, the growth in 2022 is at _____________________________. 3. In 2022, the price of a barrel of oil ________. 4. On the second day of 2022, the oil price reached _________ per ba