外媒:中国开始减持美国国债

 　　The Wall Street Journal reports that central banks including China, Russia and Brazil are selling U.S. government bonds at the fastest pace on record.

　　It's also being reported that China's central bank has stepped up its selling of U.S. treasuries¹ in recent months following the weakening of the renminbi on August 11.

　　It is said that to contain the selloff, China's central bank has been buying yuan and selling dollars to prevent the yuan from weakening further.

　　外媒:中国开始减持美国国债

　　According to the report, it is estimated that China's central bank spent between 120 billion U.S. dollars and 130 billion U.S. dollars in August in an attempt to bolster² the yuan's value.

　　For more on this, CRI's Spencer Musick spoke³ with Cao Can, CRI's financial commentator⁴.

　　Questions:

　　1.What has prompted China's central bank to sell U.S. treasury⁵ bonds?

　　2.How will the selloff affect the yield of U.S. treasury bonds?

　　3.Latest stats show China's foreign exchange reserves fell to some 3.5 trillion U.S. dollars at the end of September, marking the fourth consecutive⁶ month of declines. Do you foresee further selloff of U.S treasury bonds for China in the near future or do you think China's foreign reserves will remain steady going forward?

1 treasuries   

n.（政府的）财政部( treasury的名词复数 )；国库，金库

参考例句：

• Yields on Treasuries, Bunds and gilts can remain at historically low levels. 美国国债、德国国债和英国国债的收益率仍然可以维持在历史低位。 来自互联网
• Treasuries and gold rose in response but the dollar fell sharply. 接着，国债和黄金的价格上涨，而美元价格则猛跌。 来自互联网

2 bolster   

n.枕垫；v.支持，鼓励

参考例句：

• The high interest rates helped to bolster up the economy.高利率使经济更稳健。
• He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 commentator   

n.注释者，解说者；实况广播评论员

参考例句：

• He is a good commentator because he can get across the game.他能简单地解说这场比赛，是个好的解说者。
• The commentator made a big mistake during the live broadcast.在直播节目中评论员犯了个大错误。

5 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

6 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。