VOA常速英语:US Stocks Recover After Plunging on Bernanke Speech

短语讲解：

1. Instead, Bernanke leaned on Congress to do more to restore the nation's economic health.

lean on依赖…
例句：They always lean on us when they're in trouble.
他们有麻烦时总是依赖我们。

2. "Wall Street almost always gets ahead of itself," said Reinhart.

get ahead of胜过,超过
例句：Many tried to get ahead of him, but none succeeded.
许多人想超过他，但没人办得到。

3. If you want to know the most selfish person on earth, it's an investor - because every conversation has to end with 'What does it mean for me?

end with以…结束
例句：We started with soup, and fruit to end with.
我们开始时喝汤，最后吃水果。

4. German market analyst Robert Halver said the U.S. needs a large-scale program similar to one initiated in 1948 that helped to rebuild Europe's war-ravaged economies.

similar to与…相似
例句：Your views are similar to his.
你的观点与他的相似。

5. Of course, much will depend on the Fed's assessment of the U.S. economy at its next meeting in September.

depend on随…而定; 取决于
例句：Whether the game will be played depends on the weather.
比赛是否举行要看天气而定。

6. Given the political climate in Washington, New York financial expert Jon Henes is not holding his breath.

hold one's breath屏住气
例句：We all held our breath till the bomb burst.
我们屏住呼吸直到炸弹爆炸。

7. "I'm not optimistic that will happen, not going into an election year," said Henes.

go into进入(某种状态)
例句：He went into a rage when he learned about it.
他听到这事后勃然大怒。