夏说英语新闻晨读 第420期:美国墨西哥达成贸易协定修改协议

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The United States and Mexico have reached an agreement to change parts of NAFTA, the trade deal that President Donald Trump¹ has derided³ for years as unfair. Trump announced the agreement from the Oval Office Monday. But the deal left open the question of whether Canada, the third country in NAFTA, would agree to the changes. Much of the business world has been worried about Trump's trade policies, and the stock market reacted positively⁴ to the news of a deal. The Dow closed nearly 260 points higher on Monday.

reach an agreement: 达成协议；达成共识
NAFTA: abbr. 北美自由贸易协定
North American Free Trade Agreement: 北美自由贸易协定
North American Free Trade Area: 北美自由贸易区
deride²: vt. 嘲弄
Oval Office: 美国总统办公室
oval: adj. 椭圆形的
leave open the question of: ……问题仍待解决
trade policies: 贸易政策
react: vi. 反应
The Dow: 道琼斯指数（道指）
Dow Jones Industrial Average: 道琼斯工业平均指数
close: vi. 收盘
closing price: 收盘价

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 deride   

v.嘲弄，愚弄

参考例句：

• Some critics deride the group as self - appointed food police.一些批评人士嘲讽这个组织为“自封的食品警察”。
• They deride his effort as childish.他们嘲笑他的努力，认为太孩子气。

3 derided   

v.取笑，嘲笑( deride的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• His views were derided as old-fashioned. 他的观点被当作旧思想受到嘲弄。
• Gazing up to the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity. 我抬头疑视着黑暗，感到自己是一个被虚荣心驱使和拨弄的可怜虫。 来自辞典例句

4 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。