英语新闻精读练习20220420

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IMF cuts 2022 global growth forecast to 3.6 percent amid Russia-Ukraine conflict 受俄乌冲突影响，国际货币基金组织将2022年全球经济增长预期下调至3.6%

英语原文: 

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday slashed global growth forecast for 2022 to 3.6 percent amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, 0.8 percentage points lower than the January projection, according to its newly released World Economic Outlook report. The Ukraine crisis unfolds while the global economy is "on a mending path" but has not yet fully recovered from the pandemic, the report said, noting that global economic prospects have worsened "significantly" since the forecast in January.

生词:

IMF -- international monetary fund 国际货币基金组织

slash  v. 削减，大大降低

amid  prep. 在……过程中，在……中；

projection  n. 估算，预测；投射，投影；

World Economic Outlook  (WEO)  《世界经济展望》

crisis  n. 危机，紧要关头；

unfold  v. 打开，展开；呈现，逐渐明朗；发生，发展

mending  v. 修补（mend 的现在分词）；修理; (关系) 在改善; (形势) 在好转

recover v. 恢复

pandemic n. （全国或全球性）流行病；大流行病

prospects  n. （发生好事情的）可能性，机会；成功的机会；前景，前途；预期;

译文对照:

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday slashed global growth forecast for 2022 to 3.6 percent amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, 0.8 percentage points lower than the January projection, according to its newly released World Economic Outlook report.

根据国际货币基金组织周二最新发布的《世界经济展望报告》，由于俄罗斯和乌克兰冲突，该组织将2022年全球经济增长预期下调至3.6%，较1月份的预测下调0.8个百分点。

The Ukraine crisis unfolds while the global economy is "on a mending path" but has not yet fully recovered from the pandemic, the report said, noting that global economic prospects have worsened "significantly" since the forecast in January.

报告称，乌克兰危机爆发之际，全球经济“正处于修复路上”，但尚未从新冠大流行中完全恢复。报告还指出，全球经济预期自1月份的预测以来“显著”恶化。

文章原文来自新华网（Xinhua）, 这里只是截取了文章的一部分进行精读、学习. 

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