Merkel: Eurozone Often Failed to Keep Economic Promises-英语课

时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：英语新闻

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Merkel: Eurozone Often Failed to Keep Economic Promises

German Chancellor 1 Angela Merkel says that too often countries in Europe's euro currency bloc 2 have failed to keep their promises for economic reforms, leading to worries that their debts will not be repaid.

She said at an industrial conference in Berlin on Tuesday that Europe needs to consider how it can regain 3 the world's confidence.
"There is a lack of confidence on financial markets that some eurozone states can pay back their debts in the long term. The world wonders how competitive eurozone countries are," said Merkel. "We in Europe need to ask ourselves how we can regain lost trust. Too often, promises have been made in Europe, which in the end were not kept.''
As she spoke 4, there were new signs of economic turmoil 5 in the 17-nation eurozone.
The Standard & Poor's financial ratings service predicted the bloc's economy would contract eight-tenths of one percent this year, slightly worse than it projected two months ago.
Short-term borrowing costs for debt-ridden Spain surged amid concerns that Madrid might be forced to secure an international bailout, just as Greece, Ireland and Portugal already have.
And in Greece, unions representing government workers, teachers, lawyers and other professions called for a national strike Wednesday to protest the government's latest austerity budget measures.
Some European leaders have called for tighter banking 6 control throughout the eurozone as one way to gain control over the continent's finances. Merkel said she supports stronger banking supervision 7 and recapitalization of troubled banks, but only if she has the right to intervene when there are problems.
"One cannot talk about the direct recapitalization of banks in other countries without requisite 8 intervention 9 possibilities. That means step-by-step [reforms] and in the right order and not rushed," said Merkel.'

1 chancellor

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

2 bloc

n.集团；联盟

A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。

3 regain

vt.重新获得，收复，恢复

He is making a bid to regain his World No.1 ranking.他正为重登世界排名第一位而努力。
The government is desperate to regain credibility with the public.政府急于重新获取公众的信任。

4 spoke

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说