【有关经济的英语段落】经济| 《经济学人》审核美国经济公司

第二次对经济学人的欣赏，这个月是关于经济的！

Feb 6th 2016 | Washington、DC | from the print edition

what(1)are America ' s consumers up to？when the plunging oil price made petrol(gasoline)cheap，economists expected them to head to the shops and spend more . but growth for casoling

由于美国经济、油价便宜，专家们认为消费会增加，但事实并非如此。

(1) be up to忙

(2) with sth partly to blame在某种程度上

now many analysts are claiming that consumers have saved the fuel-price windfall。(1) the reality，though，is morenuanced . Americans-though more cautious since the financial crisis-have spent most of the

消费仍在刺激经济增长

(1)the reality is more nuanced现实有微妙的差异，写理想和现实的时候可以用~

(2)消费驱动型经济，使用！

in 2014 consumers spent an average of $ 2，500，or 4.2% of their income after tax，on petrol . a year later(1)refilling the tax

(1)refill the tank油加满

(2)become a third cheaper几乎便宜三分之一

(3) windfall: an unexpected gain，piece of good fortune，or the like。

(4)chipin : when a number of people chipin，each person gives some money so that they can pay for something together .

consumers did put some of those gains in their(1)savings rate rose from 4.8% in 2014 to 5.2% in 2015 . in December it was 5.5% The hebut most of the 2 . 7% rise in real in comes was spent . in October the jp Morgan chase instant A think-tank attached to the bank，Compared the accober

(1)piggy-banks储蓄罐、银行账户

(2)gas-guzzling:an automobile that has low fuel efficiency，getting relatively few miles per gallon。高燃料消耗

(3)for every s

th done, sb did每XX的，人们会XX

That means they saved 11 cents—enough to (1)push up the savings rate,but not enough to undermine the （2）dictumthat cheap petrol boosts consumption. Overall GDP growth—which （3）clocked in at 2.4% for the year—has disappointed because of two other factors. The first is （4）sluggish investment, thanks to the（5） sickly oil indu second is the （6）strong dollar,which has dragged down exports. Consumption contributed 1.5 percentage points to growth in the final quarter of 2015; but investment and trade knocked off 0.9 percentage points. If consumers had not spent most of their savings from petrol, in other words, （7）growth would have been lower still.

GDP的增长原因

(1) push up the savings rate增加储蓄率的英文表达

(2)dictum:an authoritative pronouncement; judicial assertion

(3)clock in: to begin work, especially by punching a time clock,GDP增长2.4%

(4)sluggish investment投资疲软

(5)sickly oil industry工业发展不健康

(6)strong dollar美元走强

(7) growth would have been lower still.增长率仍然会下降

In general, Americans do save more than before the financial crisis. From 2005-07 the savings rate （1）hovered around 3%, which pushed debt to unsustainable heights.(2) Thanks in part to their (3)newfound prudence,Americans now have much healthier finances.(4)Household net worth(5) stands at 630% of income—（6）only just shy of its high point in 2007.But unlike then, household debt has been falling. Lower debt and lower interest rates have reduced households’ debt-service costs from 13% of income on the eve of the crisis to 10% of income today,（7） close to an all-time low.

（1）hover around:在附近盘旋

（2）thanks in part to部分归因于

（3）newfound prudence审慎理财

（4）household net worth家庭净值

（5）sth. stand at X of占比

（6）shy of its high point比峰值差一点

（7）close to an all-time low将近历史最低点

Consumers remain optimistic about the economy. The University of Michigan’s consumer-confidence index remained largely unchanged in January, despite the turmoil in financial markets. It helps that Americans （1）are not much exposed to shares: only 14% of household wealth is invested in the stockmarket and 45% of Americans do not own shares at all. Spending might fall if consumers are （2）spooked by （3）gloomy headlines from Wall Street, but the bigger threat is if （4）wages and job growth stallat the same time as the （5）one-off gain from cheaper oil dries up.

经济不容乐观的现状

（1）sb be not much exposed to 没有过度受X影响

（2）be spooked by：In become frightened or scared

（3）gloomy headlines：萧条的新闻头条

（4）sth stall 增长停滞不前

（5）gain dry up枯竭

As for the slight slowdown in consumption at the end of 2015, December was both the warmest and the wettest（1） on record.The warmth reduced spending on heating; the wet may have kept people indoors. Spending at restaurants fell by 1.7%, notes Paul Ashworth of Capital Economics, a consultancy. Now that the （2）heavens have closed, wallets should reopen.

（1）on record有记录以来

（2）天堂在这里指舒适的气候，结尾对仗，且表示人们应该消费了～