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"Autumn Statement 2013: predictions

Thu, 5 Dec 13

George Osborne will be delivering his Autumn Statement in the House of Commons. But can he convince business leaders he has got the right tactics to continue the economic recovery? Plans to be announced by Mr Osborne include bringing forward the date when the state pension age is raised from 65 to 68 and a fresh round of spending cuts for Whitehall departments. We also hear the latest official thoughts on the state of the economy. We have a team of experts including the boss of Ford¹ to give us their views on what we expect to hear today.

1 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。