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英语课

Broadcast: Jan 25 2003


 


At a session reviewing prospects 1 for the U.S. economy, Secretary Evans sounded a note of optimism. "Inflation being low really does give you a lot of room to continue to pursue pro-growth policies to keep interest rates down, which allows consumers, [and] allows businesses, to deal with their debt load," he said. "Also, it allows you to pursue pro-growth 2)fiscal policies."


Secretary Evans dismissed concerns by some analysts 2 at the Forum 3 that the U.S. economy would find it difficult to sustain a war against Iraq. "We have a very resilient, flexible economy. A $10 3)trillion economy. And so, when you put that in the context of a war - again let me put great emphasis on the fact that our goal is to solve this issue peacefully and avoid war - but still, if you want to take that step, I've seen estimates of war costs of $40 billion to $50 billion. But, still, in the context of a $10 trillion economy, I expect our economy to continue to move ahead," he said. "I expect it to be resilient and flexible, and be able to deal with the impact of a war."


Some analysts say, war with Iraq could cause the U.S. economy to contract by 1.2 percent for several quarters, even if oil prices are high for only a few weeks. Officials from the oil cartel, OPEC, say a new Gulf 4 conflict could edge the world toward an oil crisis.


Secretary Evans acknowledged that oil surplus capacity, which has dropped considerably 5 compared with the 1980s and 1990s, is low - three-to-four million barrels a day above consumption of 80-million barrels a day. He said available, affordable 6 energy supplies were key to long-term economic growth.


Dale Gavlak, VOA news, Davos.


1)     World Economic Forum 世界经济论坛


2)     fiscal[5fiskEl]adj. 财政的, 国库的


3)     trillion[5triljEn]num. 万亿


 


 



n.希望,前途(恒为复数)
  • There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
  • They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
n.论坛,讨论会
  • They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
  • The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
adv.极大地;相当大地;在很大程度上
  • The economic situation has changed considerably.经济形势已发生了相当大的变化。
  • The gap has narrowed considerably.分歧大大缩小了。
adj.支付得起的,不太昂贵的
  • The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
  • There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。
学英语单词
19-Norandrostanes
a little princess
abnormal segregation
administration fee
Almudebar
at sb.'s expense
autogenous tumbling mill
bump you
Castanopsis oblonga
certionate
channel hopper
chiff-chaffs
chiverel
coastal upwelling boundary layer
condensation of gaseous metal
copy-papers
Corybantian
cost of renovation
couthest
cylinder lock
declaratory theory
decline to
den (density)
dental laboratory
despoiler
disad
echo-locating
electrodeless plating
enlargement
ERMI
ethernet access method
executricks
fhlmcs
fiddle about with
flamethrowers
focal point of working
forced-caving system
Gimhaebol
Gleditsia melanacantha
golgi complexes
harp-seal
hatedness
have a rough tongue
heterosynaptic facilitation
hexycoumarin
high level instrumentation
hyperprolinemias
initial preferred schedule
interventional therapy
khaginas
learnabilities
local species
log hauling railroad car
low-energy accelerator
Margate
Markov semi-group
maternal and child hygiene
Meiogyne kwangtungensis
Mesolithic
milliunits
Modification or termination of Contract
mound seismic reflection configuration
negative earthed D.C.two-wire system
non-sporeforming
pachylaelaps squamosus
paraaortic bodies
paster tab
post-partum
purrers
quadrupedalism
racomitrium canescens
reactance function
remittent temperature
renewal capital of fixed assets
reproductive capacity
ring head bow
rotating electrical machine
royal progresses
sandalford
sardinella albella
semiconductor laser range finder
semifrozen
shed a tear
sinapine acid sulfate
single-ended open-jawed spanner
slow flag
soil permeability
spear pyrites
splat-quenching method
stasibasiphobia
sub quality product
subout crop
superrealities
the grove s of Academe
tick marks
Toumbi
trilemmas
Tumbes, Dep.de
UHMWPE
vest-pocket receiver
wireless application protocol
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