VOA慢速英语:Retirement Savings Rule 1: Reduce Investment Risk as the Day Nears

短语讲解：

1. The plan could be linked to the company’s stock or to a managed investment service.

link to与…连接; 联系
例句：Fingerprints linked the suspect to the crime.
指纹使嫌疑犯与犯罪联系起来。

2. But an employer plan should not be your only way to save for retirement.

save for为…积蓄〔储存〕…
例句：I'm saving for a new car.
我正为买新车而存钱。

3. There’s three stages of life there when we look at it.

look at看, 注视; 评判; 审视
例句：The difficulty can now be looked at in a different light.
现在可以用不同的角度来看这个困难。

4. By risks, Pete D’Arruda means investing in stocks and other financial instruments that can lose value quickly.

invest in在…上投资, 在…投入(时间、精力等)
例句：He invested his money in shares.
他把钱投资在股票上。

5. Instead, investors nearing retirement should seek more secure investments for their savings.

seek for寻求, 探求
例句：Other people seek the mountains for renewal of their inner lives.
另一些人到深山中去, 寻求新的精神生活。

6. That is the percentage of your retirement savings that should be fully protected from losing value.

protect from保护, 保卫
例句：An umbrella will protect you from the rain.
雨伞可以保护你不至于淋雨。

7. The reason why is when you’re in retirement it’s impossible to get the money back that you lost because you don’t have a salary coming in, so time is no longer on your side.

get back找回, 取回
例句：I haven't got back the book I lent him.
我还没有收回我借给他的那本书。
come in收(庄稼)；收入(钱)；收到(消息)；(消息、新闻、广播等)被收到
例句：News is just coming in of an air-crash over the Atlantic.
大西洋上空发生空难的消息刚刚被收到。
no longer不再, 已不, 不复, 再也不
例句：He was long a famous musician, but he plays no longer.
他成为有名的音乐家已很久了, 但他现在不演奏了。

8. The company’s Retirement Pulse Survey looks at how people of all ages prepare for the big event.

prepare for (使)为…作准备
例句：Every day they are talking about peace but actually preparing for war.
他们每天都在谈论和平, 但实际上却在准备战争。