冲击波英语专八系列：听力部分之新闻

VI 词汇在胸
新闻的内容虽然包罗万象，包括政治、经济、卫生、科技、体育、军事、人文等等，但新闻的常用词汇也是有限的。如果我们能熟记那些新闻中经常出现的常用词汇，对于提高新闻英语听力成绩肯定大有帮助。只有做到考前熟悉新闻词汇，才能做到考试成竹在胸。

下面是常用的新闻词汇集锦：

·政治类·
absolute monarchy 君主专制政体    abstention 弃权
allege 断言                                  ally 同盟国
analysis 分析                               annual 每年的
anti-corruption 反腐败                  apartheid 种族隔离
appropriate 适当的                       arms inspector 武器核查人员
asylum 避难                                at stake 利害攸关
atrocity 暴行                               autonomy 自治权
bare majority （选举投票）勉强过半数 bill 法案
breakthrough 突破                      bureaucracy 官僚主义
calibrate 校验                              campaign 运动
candidate 候选人                         caucus 预选会议
Chancellor 总理（德国）                cleansing 清洗
coalition government 联合政府       collision 冲突
commissioner 委员                       commitment 承诺
compel 迫使                                comply 服从
comprehensive 全面的                  concede 承认（竞选失败）
concession 让步                          condolence 吊唁
Conservative Party （英国）保守党 constitution 宪法
consulate 领事馆                         contender （某个职位的）争夺者
convention bounce 会后弹升         conviction 信念
coordinator 协调员                      corruption 腐败
crackdown 镇压                          Democratic Party （美国）民主党
designate 委任                           disarmament 裁军
disrupt 扰乱                              dissident 持不同政见者
divided government 分治的政府    due 预定的
electoral group 选举团                eligible 有资格的
embezzle 贪污                           envoy 特使
espionage 间谍                         ethnic 种族的
European Union (EU) 欧盟          exiled regime 流亡政府
expel 驱逐                                favorability rate 支持率
Federal Election Commission 联邦选举委员会federal government 联邦政府
Gaza Strip 加沙地带                   Group Eight (G8) 八国集团
hearing 听证会                          humanitarian 人道主义的
jeopardize 破坏                        Jerusalem 耶路撒冷
impeachment 弹劾                    incumbent 现任者
insufficient 不充分的                   intimidation 恐吓
legislative authority 立法权力        legislative election 立法选举
legislative veto （美国）国会否决制 logistical 后勤的
mandate 托管                            mission 使命
moderate 温和的                        mosque 清真寺
Muslim 穆斯林                           nomination 提名
nullification 无效                        inauguration address 就职演说
opinion polls 民意测验                opposition party 反对党
outrage 愤怒                            overturn 推翻
Palestine 巴勒斯坦                     parliament 议会
party in office 执政党                 party out of office 在野党
pension 养老金                         platform 政治纲领
pledge 承诺                              poll 投票
provisional government 临时政府 provoke 激起
pullout 撤军                              push polling 导向性民意调查
race riot 种族骚乱                      racial discrimination 种族歧视
radical group 激进组织                refugee 难民
regime 政体                              remains 遗体
repatriate 遣返回国                    Republican Party （美国）共和党
resignation 辞职                        resume 恢复
reverse 改变                             revive 复苏
rival 对手                                  run-off 决定性的
schedule 时间表                         sovereignty 主权
Taliban 塔利班                           territorial 领土的
terrorism 恐怖主义                     terrorist 恐怖主义分子
travesty 歪曲                            tribunal 法庭
trump 鼓吹                               turmoil 混乱
underline 强调                          unilateral 单边的
unrest 动乱                              vacuum 真空

·经济类·
aid 援助                                    allotment 拨款
allowance 补贴                           amortization 分期偿付
annuity 年金                              bailout 紧急融资
booming 激增的                         budget 财政预算
chronic 长期的                           consolidated debt 合并债务
the Consumer Price Index消费者价格指数 credibility 信誉
creditor 债权人                          currency 货币
default 拖债                              deficit 财政赤字
deflation 通货紧缩                      depressed 萧条的
depreciation 减价,贬值                devaluation (货币)贬值
dividend 股息            Dow Jones Industrial Average 道琼斯指数（30个主要工业公司股票价格的综合指数）
financial crisis 金融危机               financial system 金融体系
financier 金融家                         fiscal charges 财务税收
floating debt 流动债务                funded debt 固定债务
incentive 刺激                           inflation 通货膨胀
International Monetary Fund(IMF)国际货币基金组织
the laid-off 下岗工人                  macro-manage 宏观管理
mortgage 抵押                          monopoly 垄断
national income 国民收入            negotiate 谈判
NASDAQ 纳斯达克(National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations)（全美证券交易者协会自动化摘要）
net profit 净利润                       obligation 义务
output 产量                              par value 股面价格
payment 付款                           predict 预测 
profitability 利润率                     prosperity 繁荣                     
purchasing power 购买力            quotation 报价                     
rate of unemployment 失业率      ratification 正式批准               
recession 不景气                        rediscount 再贴现                 
reimbursement 偿还                   release 发行                         
retail 零售                                 runaway inflation 无法控制的通货膨胀
share 股份                                shareholder 股东                 
sell off 变现                               shopping mall 购物商场         
short term credit 短期信贷           speculation 投机                 
sponsor 赞助                             stalling 停滞的                     
stock 股票                                 stock exchange 股票市场     
stock exchange corporation 证券交易所    subscribe 申购                   
sustainable development 可持续发展  trade surplus 顺差               
Treasury 财政部                        triple 翻三番                       
overdue 过期的                         Wall Street 华尔街               
wholesale 批发                          yield 产量收益,收益率

·卫生类·
acupuncture 针灸                      ailment 疾病
anemia 贫血                             appendicitis 阑尾炎
arthritis 关节炎                         avian influenza 禽流感
brain death 脑死亡                    blood transfusion 输血
bronchitis 支气管炎                    cancer 癌
cholera 霍乱                              clinic 诊所
contagion 传染                          consciousness 知觉
concussion 震荡                        coma 昏迷
cross infection 交叉感染              diagnosis 诊断
diabetes 糖尿病                         diet 饮食
epidemic 流行病                         euthanasia 安乐死
H1N1 Influenza 甲型流感             hygiene 卫生
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 艾滋病病毒  incubation 潜伏
indigestion 消化不良                   influenza (flu) 流感
infectious disease 传染病            injury 损伤
isolation ward 隔离病房               life expectancy 寿命
malnutrition 营养不良                 mortality rate 死亡率
plastic surgery 整形手术             quarantine 隔离
relapse 复发                             sanatorium 疗养院
side effect 副作用                      symptom 症状
treatment 疗法                         tuberculosis 结核病
vaccinate 接种                          wholesome 合乎卫生的