英语新闻一起读5

不知道大家关不关心新闻，最近欧洲希腊那边还是挺热闹的。今天还是经济类新闻， 学几个必会经济类文章常见单词。

题目 Eurozone deflation gathers pace in January

(Eurozone 合成词 欧元区 deflation 经济紧缩 gather pace 加快脚步 加快进程）

Deflation across the 19 countries that use the Eurozone currency is gathering pace.

(currency:货币 hard currency硬通货；强势货币。 别装了，不懂什么叫硬通货就 自己快去百度）

In January, prices in the Eurozone were 0.6% down on their levels a year ago.（翻译的专业一点儿，比去年同期水平……）

A large contributor to falling prices is the cost of energy, with oil prices down almost 60% on the middle of last year,

（contributor 来自 contribute 多指造成 (不良后果 )因素。作文句型 A large contributor to…is…用于分析原因。）

Energy prices plunged 8.9% in January.

(plunge：下降；急降；突降：Share prices plunged as a result of the gloomy economic forecast.因为经济展望暗淡，因而股票价格大跌。)

If food and energy are stripped out of the calculations, Eurozone prices were still rising at an inflation rate of 0.5%, down from 0.7% the month before.

(strip A out of B:B中不包括 A,把 A从 B中除去 ★inflation≠deflation=通货膨胀)