NPR英语听力2021年10月合辑（文本＋翻译）：20211002NPRNEWS.doc

FromNPRNewsinWashington,ImLakshmiSingh.

Investorsarebolsteredbythelatestupbeateconomicnews.InstituteforSupplyManagement?ˉsindexonmanufacturingroseto51.5inSeptemberendingathree-month-longcontractionoverthesummer.AtlastcheckDOWwasup119pointsat13,555,NASDAQgainingsixat3125andtheSP500upeightpointsat1449.

TheU.S.joblessrateremainshighthough,andFederalReservechairmanBenBernankesayshedoesntforeseetheeconomygrowingfastenoughtomakeabigdifference.

Theeconomyisgrowing[atatrendless].You?ˉrejustnotgoingtoseemuchprogressontheemployment.Sotherealquestionisnotthereissomethingwrongwiththelabormarket.Idontthinkthereisanything,inparticular,[long-run/longwrong]withthelabormarket.Ithinkthequestioniswhyisnttheeconomygrowingfaster.

ButBernankesayshedoesntthinktheU.S.isheadedforanotherrecession.

TwodaysbeforehisfirstdebatewithPresidentObama,RepublicanformerGovernorMittRomneyiscallingforanewstrategytowardtheMiddleEast.NPR?ˉsAriShapiroreportsRomneyisusingaWallStreetJournalop-edtocontinuehisforeignpolicyattacksonthepresident.

ThecolumnextendsMittRomney?ˉscritiquethat,quote,?°ourcountryseemstobeatthemercyofeventsratherthanshapingthem.HetalksabouttheattacksinLibyathatkilledaU.S.ambassador,aboutIranspursuitofnuclearweaponsandabouttheUSrelationshipwithIsrael.RomneyarguesthatPresidentObamaislettingU.S.globalleadershipwane.WhilethecolumncallsforanewMiddleEaststrategy,Romneydoesntofferspecificpolicydetails.ThisWallStreetJournalpiececomesdaysbeforeacrucialdebatethatwillfocusondomesticnotforeignpolicy.TheRomneycampaignhasbeentalkingmoreaboutforeignpolicyinrecentweeks.TheyseeitasagrowingObamaAdministrationweaknesssincetheWhiteHouseadmittedtheattacksinLibyawereanactofterrorismbyp