广播电视英语短句 第 59 课：经济低迷-2

By then, the Dow was about ninety percent below its high reached in September of nineteen twenty-nine. 而那时，道琼斯指数低于1931年9月最高点的90%左右。

The Dow hit its all-time high in October of last year. 去年十月道琼斯指数达到新高.

Since last year the Dow has lost about forty percent of its value -- even more for the Standard & Poor's index of five hundred stocks. 去年道琼斯指数下跌40%左右时，而500强股票之一的标准普尔指数下跌更多。

Like the Depression, the current crisis also involves falling property values. 和大萧条一样，当前的经济危机还涉及到了财产价值下降的问题。

American housing prices fell by almost seventeen percent in the twelve months that ended in September. 美国房价在12月内几乎下降了17%，今年九月才结束。