The Economist March 21st 2020
The world this week Business
不及物動詞
slump
plough ahead with a huge restructuring at the bank
伴隨著銀行巨大改組的情況下，奮力前進
動賓結構
bolster short-term liquidity
支撐短期流動性
shed all the gains it made last year
失去了去年所獲得的所有收穫
free up loans to businesses
為企業放開貸款政策
limit the fallout from the crisis
限制危機所帶來的影響
pump unlimited amounts of money into the economy
給經濟注入無限的金錢
cause the lira to slide
使得里拉（意大利和土耳其的貨幣單位）下跌
continue to tumble
持續暴跌
cash in their holdings
將持有物（諸如股票債券等）兌現
household essentials and medical supplies
儲藏生活必需品和醫療用品
take a heavy toll
造成重大損失
slap a fine on Apple
給蘋果開了一張罰單
connive with…to do sth.
串通某人做某事
churn out hydroalcoholic gel
大量生產含酒精的凝膠
被動語態
is/are battered by
受…的打擊
系表結構
is/are in free fall
自由落體
be close to collapse
瀕臨崩潰
名詞詞組
簡單結構
a baptism of fire
重大的考驗，戰火的洗禮
steep plunges
劇烈的下跌
an automatic circuit breaker
自動的熔斷
hand sanitizer
洗手液
複雜結構
an extra factor weighing on panicky markets
加重恐慌市場的又一因素
a double whammy of reduced demand and a price
需求與價格同時降低
a haven in stressed markets
低迷市場裡的避險場所
textiles themed in English-romantic style
以英式浪漫風格為主題的紡織品
介賓結構（作狀語）
on an interim basis
臨時的
Sentences
注意研讀加黑部分
- Stock markets were in free fall; trading was halted again on the New York Stock Exchange after steep plunges triggered an automatic “circuit breaker”. The S&P had its worst day since 1987,falling by 12%.
- China’s central bank lowered the amount of cash holdings that banks are required to keep in reserve , a measure intended to free up loans to business.仿寫：An increasing number of young people reveals a heavy reliance on mobile phones, a troubling phenomenon concerning the public.
- Industrial output in China shrank by 13.5% in January and February compared with the same two months in 2019, the biggest drop on record.
- Andrew Bailey took over as governor of the Bank of England, a baptism of fire as the central bank reacts to the covid-19 and continues its preparations for Britain’s withdrawal from the EU’s financial provisions by the end of the year.
- Apple said the decision, the biggest antitrust penalty imposed on a single company in France, ignored 30 years of legal precedent. The firm plans to appeal.
- Sites that made Dior and Givenchy scents are now churning out hydroalcoholic gel.
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