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　　词汇解释

　　1.austerity n. 紧缩;朴素;苦行;严厉

　　War was followed by many years of austerity.

　　紧随战争的是多年的经济紧缩。

　　2.recoup vt. 收回;恢复;偿还;扣除 vi. 获得补偿;请求扣除

　　They are trying to recoup themselves for their losses.

　　他们正在设法挽回他们的损失。

　　3.repercussion n. 反响;弹回;反射;浮动诊胎法

　　It was an effort which was to have painful repercussions.

　　那是一个将产生沉痛后果的尝试。

　　4.vigilant adj. 警惕的;警醒的;注意的;警戒的

　　He warned the public to be vigilant and report anything suspicious.

　　他告诫公众要保持警惕，报告任何可疑情况。

　　5.buffering n. 缓冲作用;缓冲记忆装置;减震 v. 用缓冲液处理;减轻;缓解(buffer的ing形式)

　　Keep savings as a buffer against unexpected cash needs.

　　备有存款来作为急需现金时的缓冲。

　　6.disillusioned adj. 醒悟的;幻想破灭的;不抱幻想的 v. 使幻想破灭(disillusion的过去分词);唤醒

　　I've become very disillusioned with politics.

　　我变得对政治非常失望。

　　7.phrenologist n. 颅相学者;骨相学家

　　Queen Victoria had her own personal phrenologist.

　　维多利亚女王有她自己的御用骨相学家。

　　8.aboriginal adj. 土著的;原始的 n. 土著居民;土生生物

　　He remained fascinated by the Aboriginals' tales.

　　他一直对澳大利亚土著人的故事很着迷。

　　内容解析

　　1.If as expected, Greece fails to make the 1.6billion-euro payment to the IMF, it would beconsidered in arrears, which starts a lengthyprocess of recouping moneys owed.

　　in arrears 拖欠;拖延

　　Thousands of its customers are in arrears with loans and mortgage payments.

　　有数千客户拖欠其贷款和抵押贷款还款。

　　Unemployment benefit is paid fortnightly in arrears.

　　失业救济金延后两个星期支付。

　　2.On top of that, Greece must make a payment of 3.5 billion euros to the EuropeanCentral Bank in three weeks.

　　On top of that 除此之外

　　He lost his job and on top of that his wife left him.

　　他失业了，不仅如此，他妻子也离开了他。

　　On top of that the company will help anyone who wants to follow an outside course.

　　此外，谁要去外面进修，公司也愿意帮助。

　　3.The decision to walk away from negotiations means that ordinary Greeks now facelimits in how much money they can withdraw from ATMs

　　walk away from 离开;轻易地胜过;从...旁边走开

　　The red horse walks away from the white one.

　　红马比白马跑得快。

　　You should have learned to walk away from things that don't concern you.

　　你早就应该学会不去多管闲事。