【每日晨读金融时报】7Aug2025 英语口语听力 附原文及实用单词短语

The Fed­eral Reserve held rates steady yes­ter­day des­pite pres­sure from Don­ald Trump and signs of a cool­ing eco­nomy. Two Fed gov­ernors voted against the US cent­ral bank’s rate-set­ting decision for the first time since 1993, as it held bor­row­ing costs at 4.25 to 4.5 per cent.The Fed decision came hours after second-quarter GDP data poin­ted to a slow­down, even as it beat eco­nom­ists’ expect­a­tions and bounced back from a first-quarter con­trac­tion.In its policy state­ment, the cent­ral bank said it opted to hold rates, cit­ing a “solid” labour mar­ket and “some­what elev­ated” infla­tion. While the votes against the decision by Chris­topher Waller and Michelle Bow­man were the biggest dis­sent on rates by Fed gov­ernors for over three dec­ades, two mem­bers of the broader Fed­eral Open Mar­ket Com­mit­tee opposed the major­ity in a vote in 2019.Fed chair Jay Pow­ell acknow­ledged there had been a “mod­er­a­tion in growth” in the first half of the year. “Focus­ing on the first half of the year helps smooth through the volat­il­ity in the quarterly fig­ures related to the unusual swings in net exports,” said Pow­ell at a press con­fer­ence. “The mod­er­a­tion in growth largely reflects a slow­down in con­sumer spend­ing.”1.despite pressure from意思：尽管来自……的压力用法：用于表达某人或组织在面对外部压力时仍坚持某种立场或行动。例句：Despite pressure from shareholders, the company refused to change its strategy.尽管面临股东的压力，公司仍拒绝改变战略。2.bounce back from意思：从……中恢复过来；东山再起用法：常用于描述从失败、疾病、打击中恢复，重新振作。例句：She bounced back from the injury and won the race.她从伤病中恢复过来，并赢得了比赛。3.opt to意思：选择去做……用法：表示有多个选项时主动作出的选择。例句：Many employees opted to work from home.许多员工选择在家办公。4.dissent意思：（名词或动词）不同意；异议用法：常用于政治、法律、会议等正式语境，表示对主流观点或决策的不赞同。例句（动词）：Two judges dissented from the majority opinion.两位法官对多数意见表示异议。例句（名词）：There was no room for dissent in the authoritarian regime.在这个专制政权中没有异议的空间。