World recession 世界經濟衰退
A:Now people are talking about world recession, which started more than a year ago. Can you give us your personalassessmentof the situation of the global economy?
B:As you know, we are in a very special time. This is a very hard time for many countries' economics, both developed and developing. I think the current economic situation could be described as synchronized slowdown of major economies.
A:What is the direct impact of the terrorist attack upon your country's economy?
B:Once the US economy is in troubledue to the terrorist attack, the impact could be quickly felt in the rest of the world.
A: What challenges is your country's economy facing at the moment?
B: We do face a lot of challenges because there is still much uncertainty about the world economy. It's very important for us to strike a proper balance between investment infixed assetsandhousehold consumption.
重點注釋：
1.recession 經濟衰退
2. assessment 評估，評價
3. fixed assets 固定資產
4. household consumption 住房消費
5. “due to the terrorist attack”是“由于恐怖襲擊”的意思。”due to”意思是“由于……”,例如：Due to the storm, the baseball game was interrupted. 由于驟雨，那場棒球賽中止了。

漢語譯文：
A: 現在人們都在談論一年前開始的世界經濟衰退。對于全球經濟你能給我些個人評價嗎？
B: 正如你所知道的，我們處在一個特殊時期。這是許多發達國家和發展中國家經濟的艱難時期。我認為現在經濟形勢是經濟大國同步減緩放慢。
A: 恐怖襲擊對貴國經濟的直接影響是什么？
B: 由于受到恐怖襲擊，美國經濟處于困境中，它的影響很快會蔓延到世界其他各國。
A: 此刻貴國經濟面對的挑戰是什么？
B: 我們有很多挑戰，因為對世界經濟來說還有不確定性。對我們而言在固定資產投資和住房消費方面達到適度平衡是很重要的。