【每日晨读金融时报】31July2025英语口语听力 附原文及实用单词短语_缩混

Black­stone lauds restored ‘con­fid­ence’Black­stone pres­id­ent Jonathan Gray said Don­ald Trump’s recent trade deals and sweep­ing tax cuts have fuelled a “res­tor­a­tion of con­fid­ence” in US fin­an­cial assets, just months after the pres­id­ent’s trade wars threatened to tip the world’s largest eco­nomy into reces­sion.Deals with Bri­tain, Japan and Indone­sia, as well as tax changes favour­able to cor­por­a­tions and wealthy indi­vidu­als, have removed investor uncer­tainty and added to excite­ment about oppor­tun­it­ies in arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence and digital infra­struc­ture spend­ing, Gray said.“There has been a res­tor­a­tion of con­fid­ence in terms of US assets and just the con­tin­ued growth in earn­ings of US com­pan­ies,” said Gray in an inter­view with the Fin­an­cial Times.“There’s more clar­ity on tar­iff nego­ti­ations, the strength in US equity mar­kets, and the fact that the ‘899’ mat­ter got resolved suc­cess­fully,” he added.Trump dropped a “revenge tax” on inter­na­tional investors in US assets, which had been con­tained in sec­tion 899 of the ini­tial ver­sion of his tax bill and sparked alarm on Wall Street.Gray expec­ted the renewed enthu­si­asm for US assets to fuel a broad cap­ital mar­kets recov­ery later this year, with ini­tial pub­lic offer­ing and cor­por­ate takeover activ­ity accel­er­at­ing sig­ni­fic­antly through the autumn.“We’re feel­ing pretty pos­it­ive about what’s going to hap­pen post-Labor Day [Septem­ber 1] due to the com­bin­a­tion of equity mar­kets recov­er­ing and debt mar­kets recov­er­ing as people feel more con­fid­ent about where the tar­iffs will ulti­mately settle,” he said.Black­stone is pre­par­ing to take a num­ber of its large port­fo­lio com­pan­ies pub­lic, and its lend­ing oper­a­tions have had a 50 per cent surge in demand this year from cli­ents look­ing to fin­ance takeovers, Gray added.1. laud词性：动词（正式用语）意思：称赞，赞扬同义词：praise, acclaim, commend常见搭配：be lauded for sth（因某事受到称赞）例句：The scientist was lauded for her groundbreaking research.这位科学家因其开创性的研究受到赞誉。2. tip sth into sth词性：短语动词意思：使……突然转向某种状态，导致……陷入某种局面（常用于不利的情况）语气：比喻性用法多见于经济、政治等语境中例句：Rising interest rates could tip the economy into recession.利率上升可能会使经济陷入衰退。3. add to词性：短语动词意思：增加；加重（某种情况或情绪）适用场景：常用于“增加担忧/压力/复杂性”等情境例句：The delays added to passengers’ frustration.延误加剧了乘客的焦虑。4. spark alarm词性：固定搭配意思：引发警觉、恐慌或担忧语气：多用于突发事件或风险情境例句：The report sparked alarm over the safety of the water supply.这份报告引发了人们对供水安全的担忧。5. surge in demand词性：名词短语意思：需求激增相关搭配：a surge in prices / cases / demand 等例句：There was a surge in demand for electric vehicles after the government subsidy was announced.政府公布补贴政策后，电动车的需求激增。