英闻天下——127 Developing Countries Urged to Safeguard Growth-英语课

时间：2019-02-14 作者：英语课 分类：英闻天下

英语课

　　In its newly-released Global Economic Prospects 2 report, the World Bank acknowledged that the world economy remains 3 fragile four years after the onset 4 of the global financial crisis.

　　Here is World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim.

　　"What we see is the economic recovery remains fragile and uncertain, clouding the prospect 1 for rapid improvement and a return to more robust 5 economic growth. And the outlook is weak and in both high-income and developing country economies."

　　The World Bank estimates that global GDP grew 2.3 percent in 2012, 0.3 percent drop from its previous forecast last June. It projects the growth at 2.4 percent this year, before gradually strengthening to 3.1 percent in 2014.

　　The report attributes more than half of the global growth in 2012 to developing economies which achieved an estimated growth of 5.1 percent last year. The Bank says, strong domestic demand and growing South-South economic linkages 6 have underpinned 7 developing country resilience to the ongoing 8 crisis. The Bank also projects the growth of developing economies at 5.5 percent this year before it rises to 5.7 percent in 2014.

　　However, the weakness in high-income countries is dampening developing-country growth.

　　World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim says, despite promising 9 and sometimes even courageous 10 measures taken in Europe, there are issues remain in the Euro zone. And the United States is trying to deal with its debt and fiscal 11 crisis.

　　"The risks from this situation are substantial, especially for developing countries that have remained remarkably 12 resilient thus far. But we can't wait for a return to growth in the high-income countries, so we have to continue to support developing countries in making investments in infrastructure 13, in health, in education. This will set the stage for the stronger growth that we know that they can achieve in the future."

　　The World Bank urges developing countries to ensure their fiscal and monetary 14 policies robust and responsive to domestic conditions instead of trying to anticipate every fluctuation 15 in developed countries.

　　Last year developing countries recorded among their slowest economic growth rates of the past decade, partly due to the Euro zone debt crisis. International capital flows to developing countries fell 30 percent in the second quarter of last year.

　　The World Bank also points out that the hope of a U-shaped recovery of the global economy is changing to a W-shape, meaning it will take longer time to recover.

　　For CRI, this is Xiaohong, reporting from Washington.

1 prospect

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

2 prospects

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。

3 remains

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

4 onset

n.进攻，袭击，开始，突然开始

The drug must be taken from the onset of the infection.这种药必须在感染的最初期就开始服用。
Our troops withstood the onset of the enemy.我们的部队抵挡住了敌人的进攻。

5 robust

adj.强壮的，强健的，粗野的，需要体力的，浓的

She is too tall and robust.她个子太高，身体太壮。
China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道，中国希望保持经济强势增长，以减少贫困和失业状况。

6 linkages

n.连接( linkage的名词复数 )；结合；联系；联动装置

Only the thermosetting resins provide a strong cohesive forces; this is due to molecular cross linkages. 只有热固性树脂具有巨大的凝聚力，这是由于分子交错链所造成的。来自辞典例句
The linkages between the stable units must be as near as possible of equal stability. 稳定链节之间的键必须有尽可能接近的稳定性。来自辞典例句

7 underpinned

v.用砖石结构等从下面支撑（墙等）( underpin的过去式和过去分词 )；加固（墙等）的基础；为（论据、主张等）打下基础；加强