时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2017年1月


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AZUZ: Every winter, there's an international meeting in Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum 1. It's an organization that includes politicians, businesspeople, scholars, sometimes actors, basically movers and shakers. They aimed to improve the world by addressing issues like poverty, conflict and the global economy. But the event has also been criticized as an elitist meeting that does more talking than actual problem-solving.


Either way, the meeting that's going on right now is looking at the uncertainty 2 of the year ahead, like an investor 3 or a skier 4 might look at risk and then try to minimize it.


JOHN DEFTERIOS, CNNMONEY EMERGING MARKETS EDITOR: 2016 was a year of surprises. The word here in Davos is that 2017 could present similar challenges.


So, what are some of the risks facing the global business community? Something that could take a nice outing and turn it into an injury, steady growth into a global recession?


As the political and business elites 5 gather here in Davos, 2017 could shape up to be a year of extreme risks, and here are the biggest:U.S. going off the path and into the trees where there's less visibility.


All eyes, if you will, will be on President Trump 6. Will he blaze his own trail when it comes to trade? U.S. involvement within the NATO alliance, and how about the U.S., for example, in the Middle East?


How about Chinese moguls? Economic relations with Beijing are always a little bit bumpy 7. How tough will the moguls get this year?


Europe potentially going off a cliff.


One major obstacle here in Davos is the widening gap between the rich and the poor, and the resentment 8 that's creating within the European Union.


There are major elections this year. France, Germany and the Netherlands, and the results could push Europe over the political cliff.


So, I've chosen the ultimate route, slow and steady, hard work but less risky 9, with the ultimate goal of avoiding disaster in 2017.



1 forum
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。
2 uncertainty
n.易变,靠不住,不确知,不确定的事物
  • Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
  • After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后,压力开始产生影响了。
3 investor
n.投资者,投资人
  • My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
  • The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。
4 skier
n.滑雪运动员
  • She is a skier who is unafraid of danger.她是一名敢于冒险的滑雪者。
  • The skier skimmed across the snow.滑雪者飞快地滑过雪地。
5 elites
精华( elite的名词复数 ); 精锐; 上层集团; (统称)掌权人物
  • The elites are by their nature a factor contributing to underdevelopment. 这些上层人物天生是助长欠发达的因素。
  • Elites always detest gifted and nimble outsiders. 社会名流对天赋聪明、多才多艺的局外人一向嫌恶。
6 trump
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
7 bumpy
adj.颠簸不平的,崎岖的
  • I think we've a bumpy road ahead of us.我觉得我们将要面临一段困难时期。
  • The wide paved road degenerated into a narrow bumpy track.铺好的宽阔道路渐渐变窄,成了一条崎岖不平的小径。
8 resentment
n.怨愤,忿恨
  • All her feelings of resentment just came pouring out.她一股脑儿倾吐出所有的怨恨。
  • She cherished a deep resentment under the rose towards her employer.她暗中对她的雇主怀恨在心。
9 risky
adj.有风险的,冒险的
  • It may be risky but we will chance it anyhow.这可能有危险,但我们无论如何要冒一冒险。
  • He is well aware how risky this investment is.他心里对这项投资的风险十分清楚。
学英语单词
4-Nnitro-o-toluidine
allotment notice
alternate long and two short dashes line
antarctic continents
antenna iron tower
antrumectomy
apprisers
architectural presentation
axiom field
blasting log
burnt over land
bushing centre
buy to let
Caradocian
catatonic
cave-mouths
chlorosuccinimide
Chu Kiang
chunters
clavipes
cleared spectrum
Crazy Gang
dam axis
dansgaard-oeschger
data access method
DCMIA
decolorized sponge
dolorose
dxcc
Elaeagnus obtusa
electron-beam tube
endurance expectation
eurytolerance
extensible linking language
external benefit
Ferroglobus
fibre web compensation device
Fitto
forwarding country
genus Corynebacterium
green box
hartebeests
Harwell
high pressure intake
holder of a title
holscipe
homing control
hoppin
ifsps
instruction diagnostics
interval halving
ion etching
Ironville
Jōnen-dake
kangaroo-rat
knewlen
L segregates
Laurier
liberalization of market
longing
lophosteon
Mexican pocket mouse
normal electron tunneling
occidental
ole transaction identifier
on one's guard
Open As
Paradombeya sinensis
parasitic melanoderma
polybenzimidazole fiber
polyorganoelementosiloxane
pregnantness
prophecies
rectilinear wire
reel cutter
refractoscope
rope stopper
Sanriku
screen read
signalling appliance
slakeable
SN-6911
Spirillum tyrogenum
sporange
stacking fault array
stranded ignition wire
supervisorship
suspensionof publication
tantalum absorber
total field intensity
Trichosanthes kirilowii
twin htach vessel
two-way contact
unpunctualness
urnst
valve core
vesicoperineal
vibrational structure
wall-walk
zerosurface