商务英语报刊阅读 Unit 14The crazy reason we might be facing a huge crisis in Greece again.ppt

商务英语报刊阅读（第三版）?Business English Newspaper Reading(3rd Edition) 主编：曹丽燕 对外经济贸易大学出版社 Unit14 The crazy reason we might be facing a huge crisis in Greece again Words and Expressions： farce: n.笑剧 bailout: n.紧急救助 iteration: n.重复 toute: v.吹捧 incentive: n.动机 drachmas: n.古希腊的银币名 underwhelming: adj.未给人留下深刻印象的 squabble: v.发生口角 austerity: n.紧缩 bust: n.破产 fiction: n.谎言 hike: n. 提高，上升 regressive: adj.后退的 Words and Expressions： imprimatur: n.认可 rock-bottom: adj.最低的 revolt: v.反抗 lay bare: 公开 denounce: v.谴责 shoot for: 争取，努力 fudge: 谎言 Notes: 1.International Monetary Fund:IMF国际货币基金组织 2.European Commission：欧洲委员会 3.euro zone: 欧元区 4.Athens：雅典 1.That would bring back the fear that it wasnt going to stay in the euro zone, and, consequently, the incentive for people to pull all of their euros out of the countrys banks before they could get turned into drachmas that wouldnt be worth anywhere near as much. 这会带来希腊可能离开欧元区的恐慌。最终，将刺激人们在欧元贬值成一文不值的希腊硬币之前把他们所有的钱从国家的银行里取出来。 2.So the upshot is that Greece is siding with the people who want it to cut more, but never want to cut its debt. 所以最终的结果是希腊政府和本国人民站在一起，主张更大程度地削减开支，但并不力争如何偿还债务。 Sentence Study Ⅰ. Reading Comprehension： 1.What’s the author’s attitudes towards the debt crisis in Greece? A. sympathetic B. encouraging C. Indifferent D. cynical 2. What is the meaning of “Getting its debt write down”? A. mitigate its debt B. eliminate its debt C. keep a record of the debt D. announce the debt to the public D A Ⅰ. Reading Comprehension： 3.What’s Germany’s proposal to settle the debt crisis in Greece? A. not writing down Greeces debt B. keeping the surplus Greece is supposed to engineer as large as possible C. keeping any cuts from harming the most vulnerable. D. all of the above 4.What is true according to the text? A. Greece and IMF are allies. B. IMF thinks Greeces proposed tax hikes go too far, and its pension cuts dont go far enough. C. Greece is likely to maintain a surplus of 3.5% of GDP for decades.　 D. Greece