VOA常速英语

military 军事的 coup政变

例句：The March 2012 military coup cut business in half almost immediately. 2012年3月份的军事政变使得生意一下子减少了近一半。

pull out 走了，离开了

例句：The investors pulled out. 投资者都走了。

looking up / get better好转

例句：Things are looking up./ Things are getting better.

keep the tension down. 使紧张局面缓和。

句子：

contraction 收缩，紧缩，害病，缩写式

The economy had been on a slow but steady ascent since 1990s. It declined for the first time in 2012——a contraction of 1.2 percent.  自20世纪90年代，经济就缓慢并稳步的增长，2012年出现首次的下滑，放缓了了1.2%。

That wasn't as bad as it could have been. The gold and cotton sectors in the south were relatively untouched. But tourism took a major hit.

本来可以更糟的。南部的金和棉花行业相对未受到影响。但旅游业遭受重创。

gross domestic product 国内生产总值（GDP）

chronic长期的

例句：The occupation of the North hurt trade and agriculture, heightening chronic food shortage. 北部被占领使得贸易和农业受损，导致长期食物短缺。

influx流入，汇集

tackle 处理

pervasive普遍存在的

corruption腐败

例句：the economist said the influx of foreign aid will help. And the goverment must tackle the pervasive corruption. 经济学家说外国援助的流入能起到作用， 政府必须解决普遍存在的腐败问题。

embezzl 盗用，挪用

例句：

the goverment agents embezzling the state resources. 政府人员侵吞国有资源。

all day long 每天。

large-scale大规模的

hang on 坚持下去

shelve 架子，衣架

merchant 商人

rebellion叛乱

scarce稀少

例句：Work is scarce for the 300,000 young people who hit the job market every year. 每年有30万年轻人进入就业市场，但岗位稀少。