夏说英语新闻晨读 第153期:世界经济下一轮通货膨胀拉开大幕

 本期内容：

An IMF briefing paper released in the run-up to this weekend’s G20 meeting said “forceful policy actions” would save the world economy from a “low-growth trap”. British manufacturing hit a 10-month high. Italy’s prime minister said he would cut taxes next year to boost growth. That will irk the European Commission, which has already allowed extra deficit¹ spending.

词汇讲解：
Briefing paper: 简报文件
Run-up：准备阶段
Irk：惹恼
Deficit：赤字

1 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。