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Unit 3 Economics deficit n. [英][’def?s?t]?[美][’d?f?s?t]? the difference between the amount of something that you have and the higher amount that you need赤字 shortfall in deficit 美国的国际收支平衡出现逆差。 The US balance of payments was in deficit.  on course to do sth likely to do sth 我们有可能打进锦标赛。 We are on course to qualify for the championship. no end in sight unlikely to end soon 罢工开始至今已六个月了，眼下还看不到结束的迹象。 Six months from the start of the strike there is still no end in sight. finance v. to provide money to pay for sth 为…提供资金 fund v. inflation n. a continuing increase in prices 物价上涨，通货膨胀 deflation 通过紧缩 depreciation (line 3, para. 1) [英][d?,pri:?i:’e???n]?[美][d?,pri?i’e??n]? decrease in the value of a currency relative to other currencies （货币）贬值 外汇贬值是有关国家经济不景气的结果。 Foreign currency depreciation is a result of economic depression in the country concerned.  knowledgeable adj. learned well-informed unsustainable adj. unable to continue 难以维持的 sustain v. to make sth continue maintain 她发现很难维持孩子们的兴趣。 She found it difficult to sustain the children’s interest. . 翻译 sustain sb : if food or drink sustain sb, it makes them able to live 维持…生命 他们给我的食物几乎都不够我活命。 They gave me barely enough food to sustain me. 战争期间，我们的食物仅够维持生活。 During the war, we had just enough food to sustain us. Bank for International Settlement 国际清算银行 surplus n. [英][’s?:pl?s]?[美][’s?pl?s, -’pl?s]? balance exess ratio n. [英][re?????]?[美][’re?o,’re?i’o]? proportion restore sth to make something return to its former state or condition 恢复 bring back revive fiscal restraint fiscal financial monetary restraint n. limit budget n. financial planning 财政预算  be a rarity n. to not happen or exist very often极为罕见 村里极少来客人。 Visitors were a rarity in the village. attribute (line 4, para. 2)sth to sb/sth [英][?tr?bju:t]?[美][?’tr?bjut]? v. regard something as being caused by 把…归因于;把…归咎于 心脏病死亡人数的下降通常归因于日常饮食的改善。 The fall i