市场恐慌程度回归正常水平 | 英语听力训练 | 金融(2)
缺词填空（错误率=14/64=21.86%）
- insulate
- tremers tremors
- witnessed
- engagers gauges
- trepidation
- derivitive derivatives
- Vix
- index
- gauge
- cast cusp
- expire
- hedged
- immediate
- version inversion
- futures
- volatility
- clarity
- hedge
- fears
- violence violent
- swings
- commodity
- waited awaited
- benchmark
- peak
- tech-heavy
- composite
- all-time
- high
- inversion
- reversed
- dipping
- expire
- un unease
- lurch
- dissipated
- credited
- positions
- declines
- derivatives
- panic panicky
- inversion
- dip
- toes
- volatile
- signaled signalled
- hedge
- tail
- created cratered
- rage
- tail
- hedge
- worrisome
- lifting
- uncertainty
- aggressively
- tampening tighten
- ad event
- horrizon horizon
- hedging
- specialist
- inflation
- employment
- shape
错误原因
- 单词拼写错误：tremor（中间是o，不是e），derivative（中间是a，不是i），horizon（只有一个r），signalled
- 陌生词汇：cusp，crater，inversion，lurch
- 词性错误：panic和panicky，violence和violent
- 发音接近的词汇：wait和await
学习笔记
词汇
- Vix index 期权波动率指数；恐慌指数
- Cboe's Vvix index 芝加哥期权交易所VVIX指数（衡量VIX指数本身的波动性）
- inversion of the Vix futures curve VIX期货曲线倒挂
- hedge against sth 对冲···风险 sb feel hedged in by sth 某人受到···的束缚
- pay up to hedge for future risk 支付更高费用以对冲未来风险 pay up （尤指不情愿地或延迟）偿付
- derivative trading desk 衍生品交易部门
- further out in the future 更遥远的未来 X years further on, X年过去了 sth don't go any further back than X 某物没有X年以前的 It might be a sign, much further down the road (= in the future), of a change in policy. 这可能是未来政策改变的一个迹象。 further to sth = following 关于某事物 nothing could be further from the truth 完全不是事实 nothing could be further from one's mind/thoughts 某人根本没这种想法/打算 sth must not go any further 某事不可外传
- sb have clarity of 具备清晰的思维或理解能力
- tail risk 尾部风险：指在巨灾事件发生后，直到合约到期日或损失发展期的期末，巨灾损失金额或证券化产品的结算价格还没有被精确确定的风险。”
- crater n.（物体坠落、爆炸等造成的）坑；火山口 vi. 突然而剧烈地坠落fall/失败fail the deal cratered 交易失败 cratering stock prices 股价暴跌
- lift interest rate v.加息 n. rate rise
- tighten policy 收紧政策
- worrisome//troublesome/upsetting/nagging/discomforting/discomposing/disturbing news 令人担心的新闻 【反义词：reassuring】 sb feel worrisome/perturbed 某人感到担心
- lay out plans for doing sth 阐明了做某事的计划
- remove uncertainty over sth 消除某事的不确定性
- tantrum （尤指孩子突然无理的）脾气发作
- tremor n.（尤指因生病、虚弱或生气而不能控制的）颤抖
- trepidation about sth n.惊恐、焦虑 =anxiety/dread/fear/fright/panic/terror/horror/scare
- panicky = panic-stricken adj. 突然感到担心或害怕
- lurch n./vi. 突然不稳地走 vt.挥霍（时间、金钱、精力）sb dissipate sth = sth go down the drain = sb fritter/piss sth away = doing sth would just be throwing = good money after bad 【名词：dissipation】
- tech-heavy 偏科技股的 top-heavy 头重脚轻的；（机构等）高层人员过多的
- Nasdaq composite 纳斯达克综合指数：一个偏科技股（tech-heavy）的股票指数
- 美国最受关注的三个股票指数：纳斯达克综合指数（Nasdaq Composite）、道琼斯工业平均指数（Dow Jones Industrial Average）、标普500指数（the S&P 500）
- invert vt.= reverse in position, order, or relationship inversion n. inverse adj./n. in inverse proportion to 成反比；the inverse relationship between A and B A和B之间的反比关系
- await vt. ①sb await sth = sb wait for sth ②sth await sb 某事将要发生在某人身上 long-awaited news/event/moment 期盼已久的消息/事件/时刻
- lurch n./vi. 突然不稳地走 lurch from crisis to crisis 危机不断 blunder n./vi. 踉踉跄跄地走；疏忽、犯错误
- close (out) positions 轧平头寸，平仓
- take profits on sth 从···中获利
- dip one's toes back into markets 重新进入市场 dip a/your toe in (the water) 涉足某一领域 dip into one's savings 动用某人的存款
- insulate ··· from/against ··· 使免除不愉快的经历；使免受不良影响
- gauge n./vt. 测量，判断 fear gauge 恐慌指标
- be on the cusp/brink/edge/threshold/verge/point of sth 处于即将发生变化的时刻
句型
- sth is no longer as worrisome ···不再那么令人担忧
- 从峰值下跌 X 个百分点：sth drop / fall (nearly / more than) X per cent from its peak / all-time high. sth dip (vi.) 减少
- credit A with B = B is credited to A = credit B to A 把B归功于A
- sb is no longer paying so much to insulate oneself from the kinds of tremors they have witnessed over the past month, with sth showing some of the extreme trepidation has passed. 某事显示，过去一个月出现的一些极端恐慌已经过去。某人不再花那么多钱来保护自己免受损失。
- It is a relatively unusual development given sb generally have less clarity of what will happen many months from now and as a result pay up to hedge for that future risks. 这是一种相对不寻常的现象，因为一般情况下某人对于几个月后会发生什么更不清楚，因而需要支付更高费用来对冲那种未来风险。
- The rage for sth has been growing. 某事物越来越流行。
- Whether ··· is a moot point/question. 某事能否···是一个尚有争议的问题。
- It's a toss-up. <口语>这事尚未定夺
