广播电视英语短句 第 234 课：避免经济萧条-1

Two thousand nine may be remembered as the year the world avoided an economic depression. 2009 年也许可记为世界避免经济萧条之年。

In the United States, stock prices sank to their lowest levels in March. 美国股票指数在 3 月份下跌至最低点。

But stocks recovered strongly for the year. 但是，股票 2009 全年强劲反弹。

The S & P Five Hundred index gained over twenty percent--its largest increase in six years. SP500 指数上升 20% 以上，这是六年来的最大升幅。

As two thousand nine ended, the nation's biggest banks rushed to repay money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP. 2009 年结束之时，美国大银行争先恐后地偿还 TARP( 问题资产救助计划 ) 的资金。