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1、Chapter2AChangedGlobalReality世界经济格局新变化Teachingobjectives:LearnsometechnicaltermsrelatedtobusinessEnlargevocabularyComprehendbusinessEnglishincontextSaythisfortheyoungcentury:weliveininterestingtimes.Notquite212yearsago,theworldeconomytippedintothemostseveredownturn

2、sincetheGreatDepressioninthe1930s.Worldtradeslowedsharply.Unemploymentlinesgrewlonger,especiallyintheoldindustrialeconomies.Financialinstitutionsthathadseemedassolidasgranitedisappearedasiftheywerenomoresubstantialthanabunchofflowersinthehandsofanold-stylemagician.

3、Tipinto掉进陷入Thisrecessioncouldeasilytipintoadepression.mostseveredownturn：最惨重的低迷状态Abunchofflowers一束花对于新世纪，我们得这样说：我们生活在一个有趣的时代。差不多两年半之前，世界经济陷入了20世纪30年代经济大萧条时期以来最惨重的低迷状态。世界贸易进程大幅放缓。失业队伍也越来越快，这在旧工业经济体系表现尤为突出。原来坚如磐石的金融机构也消失了，似乎还不如老套的魔术师变的花束看起来真实。Giventhatthescaleofthedo

4、wnturnwassoepochal,itshouldnotbesurprisingthatthenatureoftherecoverywouldlikewisebethestuffofhistory.Andithasbeen.AstheymaketheirwaytoDavosfortheannualmeetingoftheWorldEconomicForum(WEF)byhelicopter,bus,carortrain(whichistherightwaytodoit),themembersoftheglobalecon

5、omicandpoliticalelitewillfindthemselvescomingtotermswithsomethingtheyhaveneverknownbefore.Given–considering鉴于考虑到Epochal新纪元的;划时代的;有重大意义的epoch时代纪元EpochaldecisionsmadebyRooseveltandChurchill.罗斯福和邱吉尔做出的有重大意义的决定epochalstupidity.无与伦比的愚蠢Makeone’swayto前往某处Helookedaround,th

6、enmadehiswaytothelavatory.DAVOSDavos瑞士达沃斯是“世界经济论坛”theWorldEconomicForum(WEF)的主办地.Cometotermswith勉强接受妥协安于Ittookalongtimeforhimtocometotermswithhisdisability.Buyerscan’tcometotermswiththecar’sstyling,anditshighpriceprovedabitterpill.不得不接受的现实考虑到经济衰退幅度如此的跨时代，经济复苏进程会很慢也

7、是理所当然的，对此我们不应该感到吃惊。事实也正如我们所料，复苏进程确实很慢。全球经济政治精英乘直升飞机、大巴、小汽车或是火车前往达沃斯参加一年一度的世界经济论坛会议，此次会议上，全球经济政治精英会发现自己开始接受一些闻所未闻的事情。Thenewrealitycanbeexpressedlikethis.Formorethan200years,sincetheIndustrialRevolution,theworldhasseentwoeconomies.Onehasdominatedtechnologicalinnovati

8、onandtradeandamassedgreatwealth.Thesecond—muchofitpoliticallyunderthethumbofthefirst—hasremainedpoorandtechnologicallydependent.Thisdivideremains