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According to Reuters, the top markets on Wall Street lost about 1-percent to open the new week.
据路透社报道，华尔街的主要股市在新的一周里下跌了大约1%REv,67d4dfA。
By the afternoon on May 6th, the Dow Jones was trading down by a quarter of a percent, while the Nasdaq and the S&P lost about half a percent each.
截至5月6号下午，道琼斯下跌0.25%，而纳斯达克和标普分别下跌大约0.5%_m]WZpx2=%ZyLe+o#K。
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost about 66-points, falling to 26,438.
道琼斯工业指数下跌了大约66点，降至26438点A6^za_Me6@P#V_。

The Nasdaq Composite dropped 40-points, while the S&P 500 shed 13-points.
纳斯达克综合指数下降了40点，而标准普尔500指数下跌了13点xR1^T=PytgMmFv*|&。
On the day, Boeing and Apple declined out 1.5-percent each due to weaker demand in China.
当天，由于中国需求疲软，波音和苹果分别下降了1.5%@m4U)hZR*IsZj~wkL6fh。

词语解释

1.shed v. 去除；摆脱；使落下；使掉下；掉落（货物）

例句：He had maintained a rigid diet, shedding some twenty pounds.
他严格地坚持节食，减了差不多20磅Jy7&+CT)pMSLPsA。

2.decline v. 减少；下降；衰弱；衰退

例句：The number of tourists to the resort declined by 10% last year.
去年到这个胜地旅游的人数减少了10%99VRBA[h*b#+r1x[yEW。