万花筒 2009-09-27&09-29 经济回暖的五大迹象

Reports of this week revealed  mixed messages about the housing industry and fewer people are filing for unemployment. But if you really wanna a sign that the economy is making a comeback, it all starts with the jeans. Join me live is MSNBC’s financial analyst¹ Vera Gibbons. Good morning,  you know，it's the woman jeans.
And I did it too, a jean skirt.

It is a theme thing.

Anyway, I know you have this listed force,um, when you see the first anecdotal sign is an uptick in jean sales.

Jean denim², which we all have on, right? I mean that's a cheap indulgence, it's an easy way to mix the wardrobe. It's one of the first things people buy when the economy is rebounding³, when people are feeling more confident. It's really through the shining star of the fashion industry, I mean the overall clothing sales are down pretty much across the board, denim sales are actually up about four percent, it's an eight-billion-dollar industry. We're spending more on jeans, we like our jeans. And it's a positive sign indicates that we are feeling better about the economy.

That's good, bright ties as well?
Yeah, I mean when you're down, you wear the medium stuff, the neutral stuff, we all know that feeling, right? When you're feeling optimistic, happier, more confident, you go for the bright stuff, the orange, the fuchsia. And ties, man's ties specifically, are leading indicator⁴ shows us they're feeling more optimistic, feeling more cheerful about things, and they’re buying one, right?
How does fewer first dates plan to this?

This is a sort of funny one right? A bad economy actually is very good for the match.com of the world. And a good economy is not so good. If you look at the numbers of match.com fourth quarter of 2008 has one of its best times ever, the economy is in the toilet. They had a similar surge after 9/11, and when the Dow hit a five-year low in November, match had its second busiest weekend of the year. So the theory is people like a commissary, misery⁵ maybe loves company.
Hum.All right, maybe that is OK. Advance holiday book sales?

This is something… this is a good sign as well. Because you know how it's been, company haven't been having their parties, but we are seeing an uptick in party plannings, in the seasonal⁶ parties. That's a good sign, party planners are actually booking on through 2011, 2012. And we're seeing an uptick in catering⁷, I mean catering was the bad word last year, it was really bad. But on Wall Street, there's gonna be particularly seen a little bit uptick, and that's considered a positive sign for sure.

Hey, conversely to the dates, you've got more Americans leaving their spouses⁸?
Right, that would be another indicator that things are actually freaking out as well, because people have been stuck in their marriages. They can't do anything, because they don’t have any money. And home values have taken such a huge hit. So, when you really start to see more people breaking up, that would really be a sign that things are actually improving here, as well as starting to have more babies, more cosmetic⁹ surgeries, eating less comfort food, and taking less anti-anxiety pills, I mean we spent 350 million dollars on Xanax last year, a lot.
That's it, you know this is just the interesting survey all around. I wonder who got the going...you know, who needs these economists¹⁰ when you can look around and see anecdotally what's happening around you, right? Well, have you told us all about. Vera Gibbons, thanks so much.

Thank you.
 

1 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

2 denim   

n.斜纹棉布；斜纹棉布裤，牛仔裤

参考例句：

• She wore pale blue denim shorts and a white denim work shirt.她穿着一条淡蓝色的斜纹粗棉布短裤，一件白粗布工作服上衣。
• Dennis was dressed in denim jeans.丹尼斯穿了一条牛仔裤。

3 rebounding   

蹦跳运动

参考例句：

• The strength of negative temperature concrete is tested with supersonic-rebounding method. 本文将超声回弹综合法用于负温混凝土强度检测。
• The fundamental of basketball includes shooting, passing and catching, rebounding, etc. 篮球运动中最基本的东西包括投篮，传接球，篮板球等。

4 indicator   

n.指标；指示物，指示者；指示器

参考例句：

• Gold prices are often seen as an indicator of inflation.黃金价格常常被看作是通货膨胀的指标。
• His left-hand indicator is flashing.他左手边的转向灯正在闪亮。

5 misery   

n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦

参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

6 seasonal   

adj.季节的，季节性的

参考例句：

• The town relies on the seasonal tourist industry for jobs.这个城镇依靠季节性旅游业提供就业机会。
• The hors d'oeuvre is seasonal vegetables.餐前小吃是应时蔬菜。

7 catering   

n. 给养

参考例句：

• Most of our work now involves catering for weddings. 我们现在的工作多半是承办婚宴。
• Who did the catering for your son's wedding? 你儿子的婚宴是由谁承办的？

8 spouses   

n.配偶，夫或妻( spouse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Jobs are available for spouses on campus and in the community. 校园里和社区里有配偶可做的工作。 来自辞典例句
• An astonishing number of spouses-most particularly in the upper-income brackets-have no close notion of their husbands'paychecks. 相当大一部分妇女——特别在高收入阶层——并不很了解他们丈夫的薪金。 来自辞典例句

9 cosmetic   

n.化妆品；adj.化妆用的；装门面的；装饰性的

参考例句：

• These changes are purely cosmetic.这些改变纯粹是装饰门面。
• Laughter is the best cosmetic,so grin and wear it!微笑是最好的化妆品，所以请尽情微笑吧！

10 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》