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2020考研英语时事阅读:美国消费者正在支撑全球经济?

American consumers are increasingly propping up the global economy, an enduring source of strength that is helping keep the United States out of recession and drawing a sharp contrast with the rest of the world. But as a number of signs point to a possible downturn in the United States, economists are growing more skeptical that consumers will continue to open up their wallets as freely. A failure to do so could hasten the arrival of the first U.S. recession in a decade.

Low unemployment, rising wages and easy credit have given consumers the confidence and ability to spend in recent months. That has proved crucial as spending [by U.S. businesses] has declined, U.S. manufacturing has fallen into a funk, and the economies of many other large countries, including Germany, have begun to shrink.

The strength of the consumer has convinced many business leaders that the U.S. economy won't go into recession anytime soon, and it is the basis for optimism at the White House that it will remain strong into the 2020 election.

文本选自：The Washington Post(华盛顿邮报)

 

【单词】

prop

英 [prɒp] 美 [prɑːp]

n. 支柱;支撑物;支持者;后盾;道具

v. 支撑

skeptical

英 [ˈskeptɪkl] 美 [ˈskeptɪkl]

adj. 怀疑地;心存疑惑地;将信将疑地

hasten

英 [ˈheɪsn] 美 [ˈheɪsn]

v. 急忙进行;赶紧说(或做);促进;使加快;赶往(某地)

shrink

英 [ʃrɪŋk] 美 [ʃrɪŋk]

v. (使)缩水，收缩，缩小，皱缩;(使)缩小，减少;退缩;畏缩

n. 精神病学家;心理学家

【参考译文】

美国消费者正日益提振全球经济，这是一种持久的力量源泉，帮助美国走出衰退，并与世界其他地区形成鲜明对比。但是，随着许多迹象显示美国经济可能出现下滑，经济学家越来越怀疑消费者是否会继续像以前那样自由地掏腰包。如果不这样做，可能会加速美国10年来首次经济衰退的到来。

近几个月来，低失业率、工资上涨和宽松信贷给了消费者信心和消费能力。事实证明，这一点至关重要，因为美国企业支出已经下降，美国制造业陷入恐慌，包括德国在内的许多其他大国的经济开始萎缩。

消费者的强势让许多商界领袖相信，美国经济不会很快陷入衰退，这也是白宫乐观的基础，即美国经济在2020年大选中将保持强劲。

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