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There's no question that the German economy has hit a difficult patch.
The widest measure of economic activity, gross domestic product (GDP), declined in the third quarter of last year by 0.2% and failed to grow in the following three months.
In terms of recession, as widely defined (two consecutive quarters of contraction), that is a very near miss indeed.
That said, the jobs market in Germany is still in pretty decent health. The unemployment rate is one of the lowest in the world at 3.1%.
▍语言点
hit a difficult patch /pætʃ/: 陷入困境
a wide measure of: 宏观的
· a micro measure of: 微观的
gross /ɡrəʊs, ɡroʊs/: adj. 总共的
domestic /dəˈmestɪk/: adj. 国内的
· domestic market: 国内市场
· domestic flight: 国内航班
· international /ˌɪntəˈnæʃnəl, ˌɪntərˈnæʃnəl/ : adj. 国际的
decline /dɪˈklaɪn/: vi. 下降 vt. 拒绝
· decrease /dɪˈkriːs/: vi. 减少
· shrink /ʃrɪŋk/: vi. 缩水
following /ˈfɒləʊɪŋ, ˈfɑːloʊɪŋ/: adj. 之后的 n. 下列事物
in terms of: 谈论到某话题；在…方面
recession /rɪˈseʃn/: n. 经济衰退
consecutive /kənˈsekjətɪv/: adj. 连续的
contraction /kənˈtrækʃn/: n. 紧缩
near miss: 差一点
that said: 即便如此
· given that: 考虑到
· even so: 即使如此
decent /ˈdiːsnt/: adj. 还不错的
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