英语小短文经济篇.docx

英语小短文经济篇

第一篇：英语小短文经济篇英语小短文1经济篇TheUSCommerceDepartmen（t商务部）reportsinitsfirstestimateofeconomicperformancefortheJanuarytoMarchquarter,thattheUSeconomycontractedatabiggerthanforecastedannualrate—6.1percent.Thisisthesecondthreemonthperiodinwhichtheeconomyshrankatamorethansixpercentannualrate.Therateofdeclinewasmorethanfinancialmarketshadexpected.Butdespitethat,stockpricesrallied（恢复）Wednesdayasanalystsfoundpositiveelementstotheotherwisegrim（糟糕的）report.Theseincludedaslightincreaseinconsumerspendingandareplenishment（补充）ofbusinessinventories.TheInternationalMonetaryFund（国际货币基金组织）lastweekforecastthattheUSeconomywouldcontractby2.8percentthisyear,afterexpandingbyaboutonepercentlastyear.TheUSrecession,whichbeganinDecember2007,isthemostseveresincetheSecondWorldWar.背景导读美国商务部2009年4月29日表示，美国第一季度GDP季度调整后年降6.1%，经济学家预期值为下降4.6%。美国第一季度经济下滑几乎没有改善，企业削减开支和库存，表明衰退并未如预期那样放缓。IndicationsthatunemploymentcontinuestoriseisgrimnewsforleadersheadingtotheG-20summit（20国集团峰会）intheUnitedStatesnextweek.TheParis-basedOrganizationforEconomicCooperationandDevelopment（经济合作与发展组织）reportsunemploymentreacheditshighestlevelamongindustrializednationsof8.5percentinJuly.OECDunemploymentpisionchiefStephanScarpettasaysthenumberofjoblessamongtheOECD’s30membercountriesisexpectedtoclimbevenhighernextyear,tonearly10percent.Thattranslatesinto57millionpeopleoutofwork.TheUnitedStates,SpainandIrelandareamongthosecountrieswiththefastestrisingunemployment.Allthreewereaffectedbythecollapseofhighhousingprices.Thedamagespreadtoothersectorsoftheeconomy.Scarpettasaysyoungpeopleareamongthehardesthit.InSpain,forexample,morethanoneinthreeyoungworkersareunemployed.背景导读经济合作与发展组织2009年9月份报告说，工业化国家的失业率仍在增加，而且有可能在明年达到近10%的历史最高水平，尽管不断有报道说，很多工业化国家正在走出几十年来最严重的经济危机。各国政府虽然扩大和延长了失业补贴的发放，并且提供了更多的就业咨询和培训，但是这些措施并没有缓解失业人口的增加。第二篇：英语小短文HelenKellerwasagreatwomaninUSA.Whenshewasababy,shegotverysick.Afterafewweeks,thedoctorsaid,“Althoughsheisbetternow,shecan'tseeorhear.”Hearparen-tswereverysad.Astimepassed,thingsgotevenworse.Shecouldhearnothing.Shecoulds