FOX新闻：大部分美国家庭越来越富裕
燕山大学 刘立军 宋葳 编写
◇TRANSCRIPT
The average worth of households rising 16 percent last year from 2013 to over $97,000. This according to a survey released from the Federal Reserve. The figures echoing recent Census Bureau data showing that middle class incomes rose for around the first five years of the economic recovery that began in 2009.
But the Fed's survey shows the depth of the nation's wealth and income gaps with disparities existing along lines of income, race and ethnicity, and between cities and rural dwellers.
And even as Black and Hispanic families reported large financial gains, the median wealth for White families was still 10 times that for blacks and around eight times that for Latinos.
Higher-earning households reaping most of the gains, with one percent of richest families holding nearly 39 percent of the wealth in the country.
Hilarie Barsky, FOX News.
◇VOCABULARY
1. Federal Reserve（美国）联邦储备系统
2. reap v. to obtain sth., especially sth. good, as a direct result of sth. that you have done 取得（成果）；收获。例如：They are now reaping the rewards of all their hard work.现在，他们的全部辛劳都得到了回报。
◇QUESTIONS
Read the passage. Then listen to the news and fill in the blanks with the words you hear.
The average worth of （1）_______________________ rising 16 percent last year from 2013 to over $97,000. This according to a （2）_____________________ released from the Federal Reserve. The figures echoing recent Census Bureau data showing that middle class incomes rose for around the first five years of the （3）___________________________ that began in 2009.
But the Fed's survey shows the depth of the nation's wealth and income gaps with disparities existing along lines of （4）________________, （5）__________________ and （6）__________________, and between （7）____________________ and （8）__________________________.
And even as Black and Hispanic families reported large financial gains, the median wealth for White families was still 10 times that for （9）_______________________ and around eight times that for Latinos.
Higher-earning households reaping most of the gains, with one percent of （10）__________________ holding nearly 39 percent of the wealth in the country.
Hilarie Barsky, FOX News.
◇KEY
The average worth of （1）households rising 16 percent last year from 2013 to over $97,000. This according to a （2）survey released from the Federal Reserve. The figures echoing recent Census Bureau data showing that middle class incomes rose for around the first five years of the （3）economic recovery that began in 2009.
But the Fed's survey shows the depth of the nation's wealth and income gaps with disparities existing along lines of （4）income, （5）race and （6）ethnicity, and between （7）cities and （8）rural dwellers.
And even as Black and Hispanic families reported large financial gains, the median wealth for White families was still 10 times that for （9）blacks and around eight times that for Latinos.
Higher-earning households reaping most of the gains, with one percent of （10）richest families holding nearly 39 percent of the wealth in the country.
Hilarie Barsky, FOX News.