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1、【外刊赏读】《金融时报》，2015年7月8日本文陈述了智利受经济危机、政治丑闻影响之后，逐渐反弹的过程。文章引用丰富，论证充分。原文Chile’sreboundstuttersfollowingreformandscandalsI①Chile’seconomicrecoveryisfalteringasbusinessconfidenceisunderminedbyPresidentMichelleBachelet’sreformprogrammeandapoliticalcrisistriggeredbycorruptionscan
2、dals.II①Thegovernmentannouncedanabruptdownwardrevisionineconomicgrowthestimatesto2.5percentfor2015onMonday,havinginitiallypredicted3.6percentinthisyear’sbudget.②Growthof1.9percentin2014wasthelowestsincetheglobalfinancialcrisis.III①“Thegoodnewsisthatwearereactingasacount
3、ry,puttinggrowthbackatthecenteroftheagenda,”RodrigoValdes,thefinanceminister,said.IV①HearguedthatChile’seconomyhadturnedthecornerafterimplementingasignificantmacroeconomicadjustmenttoclearthewayforstrongergrowth.V①“Withoutgrowthitwillbeimpossibletoimplementthereformprog
4、ram,”saidMr.Valdes,whoseappointmentinacabinetreshuffleinMaywasseenasanattempttorestoreconfidenceintheworld’stopcopperproducerwhichhasbeenhitbyfallingcommodityprices.VI①Ms.Bachelet’sreformprogram,whichisaimedattacklinginequalitybyimprovingaccesstoqualityeducation,hassuff
5、eredasattentionhasbeendivertedbycorruptionscandals.VII①OneoftheprincipalvictimshasbeenMs.Bacheletherself,afterhersoncausedanuproarforallegedlyabusinghispositiontosecureabankloan.VIII①MrBachelet’spopularityhasalsobeenhitbydiscontentoverChile’ssluggisheconomy.VIV①Herappro
6、valratingsreachedanewlowof27percentinJuneaccordingtolocalpollsterAdimark,afterdecliningfrom54percentatthebeginningofhersecondpresidentialtermmorethanayearago.X①Mr.Valdesadmittedthatthescandalshadtakenatollontheeconomy,butplayeddownfearsthatChile’seconomicwoesmightinturn
7、holdbackMsBachelet’sambitiousreformagenda.XI①“Chilehasatraditionofbeingsensible.②Wewillbecapableoftakingthenecessarydecisionstoescapethisviciouscircle,inwhichpoliticscontaminateeconomics,andeconomicscontaminatepolitics,”hesaid.XII①Akeystepisimprovingrelationswiththebusi
8、nesssector,whichwasavocalcriticofabigriseincorporatetaxeslastyeartofundincreasedspendingoneducation.XIII①Busin
