各位讀者好：
指涉股市下跌的用字很多，記者會使用fall, dive, dip, drop, plunge, plummet, tumble, topple, collapse, lose, lose ground, depreciate 等。
在走勢圖中，以開盤點價格為基準，其上的部位稱為positive territory，其下的部份則是negative territory。
woe的用法也很生動，financial woe就是財務困難，traffic woe就是交通阻塞之意。
Market Report – Stocks Tumble on Inflation Woes
市場報導：股市因憂慮通膨而下跌
【新聞關鍵字】
1. tumble:崩跌
2. woe：苦惱、憂慮
3. stark warning: 明顯的警告
4. prompt:促使
5. credit squeeze: 信用緊縮
6. contain:圍堵、遏制
7. refiner：煉製者
Anchor: Asia stocks tumbled on Tuesday with a pile of bad news on inflation and credit woes sweeping across the region.
在一連串橫掃亞洲的通膨與信用危機的利空消息中，週二亞洲股票慘跌。
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei fell 1.1 percent after starting the session in positive territory.
在開盤時上揚之後，日經指數下跌1.1個百分點。
A stark warning on containing inflation by the head of the U.S. Federal Reserve prompted investors to price in rate hikes ahead. And a profit warning by U.S. bank Lehman Brothers also reminded many that the global credit squeeze has yet to be contained.
美國聯準會主席抑制通膨的警告，促使投資者認為未來利率會提高。由美國雷曼兄弟銀行的獲利警告，也提醒許多人全球信用緊縮尚未被遏制。
Financial shares were among the worst performers with major banks such as HSBC losing ground.
由於主要銀行像是匯豐下跌，金融股跌幅最大。
In China oil plays also fell sharply. Asia’s largest refiner Sinopec fell on reports that Beijing was unlikely to remove price controls on refined oil products, despite the soaring cost of crude.
在中國石油股也巨幅下跌，亞洲最大的煉油公司中石油下跌，因為北京不可能移除對煉油產品的價格管制，雖然原油成本一直上揚。
In Taiwan, tech stocks took a hit with major computer plays such as Acer losing steam.
在台灣，隨著電腦大廠如宏基下跌，科技股受創。
Investors worry that the combination of rising oil prices and inflation will slow demand from the United States.
投資者擔心，不斷攀升的油價與通膨的結合，將會遲緩美國的需求。
Even major exporters such as Honda lost ground in the overall negative session.
在整體上都是下跌的情勢下，甚至大出口商像是鈴木的股價也都滑落。
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