中性点（neutral point）
中性线（neutral conductor）
保护中性线（PEN线，protective and neutral conductor）
风险中性（Risk neutral）
术语翻译：Neutral packing（）
Text 3
When and how much Those are the questions on the lips of investors, bondholders, and other Federal Reserve watchers. The Fed kept interest rates on hold at its Mar. 19 meeting. But the accompanying statement, in which the Fed abandoned its view that economic weakness was the greatest risk in the outlook, makes it clear that policymakers are thinking about the timing of rate hikes in order to bring monetary policy back to a neutral stance.
Even so, there are other factors that argue for some rise in short-term rates——perhaps as early as June, as Wall Street expects. While the Fed’s words lessen the chances of a rate hike at the May meeting, they do not set the criteria for a possible hike at the June 25-26 meeting.
The latest data seem to come down on the "evenly mixed" scenario. Businesses are backing off from last year’s feverish pace of stock-cutting, but domestic demand is holding up. Factories are busier in response to rising orders. In particular, the makers of tech equipment are boosting output at a rapid clip. At the same time, the wider trade gap in January suggests that some of the inventory swing is benefiting foreign producers. Keep in mind that a bigger trade gap subtracts from economic growth, but a rise in U. S. imports is necessary to give rise to a global rebound. That will eventually boost exports as well and help to better align monetary policy around the world.
The Fed’s decision to shift to a neutral stance was probably made easier by the latest good news on industrial production. Output at factories, utilities, and mines increased 0. 40% in February on top of a 0.2% January gain, which was first reported as a 0.1% loss. Manufacturing output rose 0.3% in each month, the best showing since mid-2000.
Surprisingly, the long-ailing tech sector is leading the charge. Tech production is growing at a double-digit annual rate in the first quarter, vs. almost no gain in the rest of manufacturing. But even that small rise in nontech manufacturing is a vast improvement from the steep declines of the previous six quarters. Just as tech is fueling the rebound in U.S. factory activity, tech imports are leading the import rise. Incoming shipments of tech goods jumped 14.6% in January, suggesting stronger capital spending.
As demand picks up, the Fed will want to remove itself from the equation of economic pluses and minuses. Step One was the shift in its view of the outlook. Step Two will be a series of rate hikes that will bring policy more in line with sustainable economic growth.
The purpose of the author in writing this passage is to urge the Fed（）
A:to incline to a tighter policy. B:to put investment in tech-sector. C:to consider possible rate hikes. D:to abandon a neutral stance.
Text 2
When and how much Those are the questions on the lips of investors, bondholders, and other Federal Reserve watchers. The Fed kept interest rates on hold at its Mar. 19th meeting. But the accompanying statement, in which the Fed abandoned its view that economic weakness was the greatest risk in the outlook, makes it clear that policymakers are thinking about the timing of rate hikes in order to bring monetary policy back to a neutral stance.
Even so, there are other factors that argue for some rise in short-term rates--perhaps as early as June, as Wall Street expects. While the Fed’s words lessen the chances of a rate hike at the May meeting, they do not set the criteria for a possible hike at the June 25-26 meeting.
The latest data seems to come down on the "evenly mixed" scenario. Businesses are backing off from last year’s feverish pace of stock-cutting, but domestic demand is holding up. Factories are busier in response to rising Orders. In particular, the makers of tech equipment are boosting output at a rapid clip. At the same time, the wider trade gap in January suggests that some of the inventory swing is benefiting foreign producers. Keep in mind that a bigger trade gap subtracts from economic growth, but a rise in U. S. imports is necessary to give rise to a global rebound. That will eventually boost exports as well and help to better align monetary policy around the world.
The Fed’s decision to shift to a neutral stance was probably made easier by the latest good news on industrial production. Output at factories, utilities, and mines increased 0. 4% in February on top of a 0.2% January gain, which was first reported as a 0.l% loss. Manufacturing output rose 0.3% in each month, the best showing since mid-2000.
Surprisingly, the long-ailing tech sector is leading the charge. Tech production is growing at a double-digit annual rate in the first quarter, vs. almost no gain in the rest of manufacturing. But even that small rise in nontecb manufacturing is a vast improvement from the steep declines of the previous six quarters. Just as tech is fueling the rebound in U. S. factory activity, tech imports are leading the import rise. Incoming shipments of tech goods jumped 14.6% in January, suggesting stronger capital spending.
As demand picks up, the Fed will want to remove itself from the equation of economic pluses and minuses. Step One was the shift in its view of the outlook. Step Two will be a series of rate hikes that will bring policy more in line with sustainable economic growth.
The purpose of the author in writing this passage is to urge the Fed（）
A:to incline to a tighter policy. B:to put investment in tech-sector. C:to consider possible rate hikes. D:to abandon a neutral stance.
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?People seldom feel neutral about poetry(诗). Those who love it sometimes
give the impression that it is an adequate substitute for food, shelter, and
lobe. It isn’t words, no matter how satisfying, are never an equivalent for life
itself and its human experiences. Those who dislike poetry on principle
sometimes claim, on the other hand, that poetry is only works and good for
nothing. That’s not true either. It is easy to become frustrated by words-in
poetry or in life-but when words represent and recreate genuine human feelings,
as they often do in poetry, they can be very important. Poetry is, in fact, more
than just words. It is an experience of words, and those who know how to read
poetry can easily extend their experience of life, their sense of what other
people are like, their awareness of themselves, and their range of human
feelings.
? ?One reason poetry can be so important is that it is so
closely concerned with feelings, poetry is often full of ideas, too, and
sometimes poems can be powerful experiences of the mind, but most poems are
primarily about how people feel rather than how people think. Poems provide, in
fact, a language for feeling, and one of poetry’s most insistent merits involves
its at tempt to express the inexpressible. How can anyone, for example, put into
words what it means to be in love or what it feels like to lose someone one
cares about? Poetry tries, and it often captures exactly the shade of emotion
that feels just right to a reader. No single poem can be said to express all the
things that love or death feels like, or means, but one of the joys of
experiencing poetry occurs when we read a poem and want to say," Yes, that is
just what it is like; I know exactly what that line means but I’ve never been
able to express it so well." Poetry can be the voice of our feelings even when
our minds are speechless with grief or joy. |
"People seldom feel neutral about poetry"(in Para. 1) in this context means that ______.
A:few people think that poetry is neutral B:people always differ in their views about poetry C:people rarely take a biased opinion about poetry D:people generally think of poetry as extremely important or totally useless
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