《閱讀一篇Bloomberg（彭博社）財金新聞，累積31個TOEIC金色證照（860-990分）詞彙閱讀實力》

TOEIC（多益）藍色證照（730-855分）考生，平時可以自主性閱讀歐美知名媒體財經報導。

每日閱讀一篇（中）高階英文原文，是累積TOEIC金色證照（860-990分）詞彙量及增進閱讀實力的不二法門。

例如：以下新聞內容擷取於今日Bloomberg（彭博社）新聞網站。

It’s been quite a journey for the US economy over the past several years, from pandemic supply chain  upheaval to the Federal Reserve’s hyper-focused battle against inflation. Consumers have kept spending, and the job market has proven perpetually robust, with predictions of recession regularly falling flat. Now, the central bank’s aggressive interest rate-hike campaign is bearing fruit as the red-hot labor landscape begins to cool, with employers slowing hiring in October and the unemployment rate rising slightly to a still low 3.9%. Employees do remain in a position of power, securing record-breaking wage hikes and contract wins, not the least of which was the victory notched by striking United Auto Workers against the Big Three automakers.

（美國經濟在過去幾年裡經歷了一個相當漫長的旅程，從全球流行病的供應鏈劇變到美國聯邦儲備銀行對通貨膨脹的超級關注。消費者持續消費，就業市場一直表現強勁，預測經濟衰退的預測經常落空。現在，中央銀行積極的加息行動正在取得成果，因為火熱的勞動市場開始降溫，十月份雇主招聘減緩，失業率略微上升至仍然較低的3.9%。員工仍處於有權力的地位，獲得破紀錄的工資漲幅和合同勝利，其中之一是聯合汽車工人對抗三大汽車製造廠商所取得的勝利。）

【詞彙註解】

① journey   n.旅程

② pandemic    n.全球流行病

③ supply chain    n.供應鏈

④ upheaval      n.動盪；劇變

⑤ Federal Reserve Bank     n. phr.美國聯邦準備銀行，美國的中央銀行體系

   reserve   v.儲備，保留，預約

⑥ hyper-focused     adj.超級關注的

⑦ battle      n.戰鬥；戰役

⑧ inflation      n.通貨膨脹

⑨ consumer      n.消費者

⑩ perpetually     adv.一直不斷重複地；永無休止地

⑪ robust        adj.強勁的

⑫ recession      n.經濟衰退

⑬ regularly      adv.經常地

(14) fall flat       v. phr.達不到預想效果；徹底失敗

(15) aggressive     adj.積極的

(16) interest rate-hike      n.phr.增加利息

(17) campaign     n.（社會）運動，（政商或軍事）專門活動

(18) bear fruit      v. phr.有成果，獲得成功

(19) red-hot     adj.火熱的

(20) landscape    n.（陸上的）風景，景色

(21) employer      n.雇主

unemployment rate      n. phr.失業率

(22) slightly     adv.輕微地；稍微地

(23) employee      n.員工

(24) position      n.地位，身分；形勢，境況；立場，態度

(25) secure      v.弄到，獲得；替……弄到

(26) record-breaking     adj.破紀錄的；創紀錄的

(27) wage hike     n.工資漲幅

(28) contract      n.契約，合同

(29) not the least of which   並非最不重要的，其中最重要之一

(30) notch      v.贏得

(31) strike against       v.罷工對抗

當你閱讀完今日Bloomberg（彭博社）對美國經濟強勢復甦的報導後，再練習以下九題TOEIC詞彙題目，就更能加深以上31個財經生字的印象。

【TOEIC詞彙練習題】

1.Whether your _____ will be extended or terminated is based on performance appraisals.  

(A) wage (B) contract  (C)  strike (D) recession

2.After a three-month search, the Department of Information Technology has finally found a competent candidate for the senior engineer ________. (A)  wage (B)  landscape (C) employee  (D) position

3.The intern wishes to modify the terms of his ________ contract before signing it.

(A) employment  (B) employee (C) employer (D) unemployment

4.The chief of each department was required to coordinate their efforts to promote the new advertising __________. (A) battle (B) recession (C) campaign (D) inflation

5.The convenience store often changes its product varieties to cater to the different demands of _______.

(A) chains (B) consumers (C) pandemics (D) battles

6.If you want to _____ a room in advance, you can make a call to the receptionist.

(A) focus  (B) reserve  (C)  supply  (D) notch

7.While our stock of eggs is now sold out, we expect to receive a new _______ tomorrow.

(A)  recession (B)  strike (C) upheaval (D) supply

8.As commuting by bus is very tedious, I always bring along a book for entertainment throughout my ______.

(A) upheaval (B)  chain (C) strike  (D) journey

9.The itinerary for today’s trip was ________ altered to reflect the new weather forecast.

(A) robustly (B) perpetually (C) slightly (D) robustly

1.你的契約是否被延長或終止取決於業績考核。

2.經過三個月的搜尋，IT部門終於找到一位稱職的求職者擔任資深工程師的職位。

3.實習生希望在簽約前能修改雇用契約的條款。

4.每個部門的主管被要求同心協力宣傳這次的廣告活動。

5.便利商店經常改變商品種類以符合消費者不同的需求。

6如果妳想提前預約一間房，妳可以打電話給櫃檯人員。

7.雖然我們雞蛋的庫存已銷售一空，我們期待明天有一批新的進貨。

8.因為搭公車通勤很無聊，我總是隨身攜帶一本書在旅途中解悶。

9.今日的行程被稍微地修改已反映最新的天氣預測。

標準答案1.(B) 2.(D) 3.(A) 4.(C) 5.(B)  6.(B)  7.(D)   8.(D)  9.(C)

英文原文出處及連結

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-11-04/bloomberg-weekend-reading-us-labor-market-may-have-hit-a-turning-point?cmpid=BBD110423_WKND&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=231104&utm_campaign=weekendreading