外刊经贸知识选读

Lesson6EconomicTroubleCloudNewMarket’sFuture1.terms•thesinglemarket•统一大市场•MaastrichtTreaty•马斯特里赫特条约•barrier-freemarket•无壁垒市场•free-tradezone•自由贸易区•referendum公民复决投票•merger兼并•budgetcuts预算削减•politicalandeconomicintegration政治经济一体化•deregulation放松管制•privatization私有化2.paraphraseofwords•bigbang:strongandpowerfuleffect;impact（不同凡响的效果）•sour:worsenbacklash:astrongadversereaction•beburstingto:beeagerto（迫不及待地…）•skid:slide;fall•gushabout:talkaboutwithexcessiveenthusiasm（滔滔不绝地谈论）•translateinto:transforminto•hangover:impendover;threaten3.SupplementaryWords4.Importantwordsandphrasesinthetext6.Businessinvestment,whichhadbeenflatforthefiveyearsprecedingthedecisionin1985tocreatethesinglemarket,soaredto7percentannualgrowthratefrom1985-90.7.Budgetcuts,deregulation,privatization5.SentenceTranslation1.Yetinitscurrentdourmood，Europerisksalmostoverlookingtherevolutionarystepforwardithastakenincreatingtheworld'slargestandwealthiestbarrier-freemarket—andonacontinentwhere，forcenturies，economicbattleshaveledtosomeofhistory'sbloodiestwars.ButperhapsthemajorreasonisthedarkeconomiccloudsnowhangingoverEurope.Oneofthecentraljustificationsforthesinglemarketwasitsabilitytocreategreaterprosperity，butitismakingitsdebutjustasEuropetraversesoneofitsroughesteconomicstormsinyears.然而在目前抑郁的情绪中，欧洲几乎冒险忽视了那种前进的革命性步伐，它曾以那种步伐创立了世界上最大的、最富有的自由市场——在一个大洲，那里几个世纪以来经济上的争斗已经导致了一些历史上最血腥的战争。另外，一些观察家说，如果无法通过推进欧洲一体化来加强大市场，那将导致破坏内部市场计划已经取得的成就。2.Thesinglemarketiscentraltothecommunity'sprogress，butitisbynomeanscertainthatitcouldstandalone，saysoneseniorECofficialhere，ifthepoliticalwilltocontinuemovingforwardfails，wecananticipatemorestrainsinthemarriagecontractthatultimatelywouldstrikeatwhatwe'veaccomplished.“大市场是共同体进步的中心，但是决不能肯定它能独立存在”，一位欧共体高级官员在这里说，“如果继续前进的政治意愿没有了，我们能预见到联姻协议中会出现更多的紧张因素，它们最终会打击我们已经取得的成绩。”