G20官员同意刺激经济增长

 　　Senior economic officials from the world's 20 largest economies say they have agreed to a slate¹ of measures to spur economic growth as they concluded a meeting in Australia.

　　The G-20 finance ministers and central bankers say they are close to reaching their goal of boosting world GDP by more than 2 trillion US dollars over the next five years.

　　Australian Treasurer² Joe Hockey says they have agreed to more than 900 policy initiatives to meet the goal they set in February during a gathering³ in Sydney.

　　"As of today, we are 90 percent of the way to reaching our 2 percent goal for additional global growth. We have now agreed to progress a multi-year global infrastructure⁴ initiative. This initiative consists of an integrated set of actions to increase quality infrastructure investment right across the G20 and beyond."

　　G20官员同意刺激经济增长

　　Meanwhile, IMF chief Christine Lagarde says the G-20 would need to concentrate on labour market measures and infrastructure in order to reach its 2 percent growth goal by 2018.

　　In July, the IMF downgraded its economic forecast for the world economy to 3.4 percent this year, due to weaker growth in the US, Russia and developing economies.

　　The two-day meeting in Cairns is a prelude⁵ to the G-20 Leaders' summit In Brisbane in mid-November.

1 slate   

n.板岩，石板，石片，石板色，候选人名单；adj.暗蓝灰色的，含板岩的；vt.用石板覆盖，痛打，提名，预订

参考例句：

• The nominating committee laid its slate before the board.提名委员会把候选人名单提交全体委员会讨论。
• What kind of job uses stained wood and slate? 什么工作会接触木头污浊和石板呢？

2 treasurer   

n.司库，财务主管

参考例句：

• Mr. Smith was succeeded by Mrs.Jones as treasurer.琼斯夫人继史密斯先生任会计。
• The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's financial records.财务主管由于试图窜改公司财政帐目而被拘留。

3 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

4 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

5 prelude   

n.序言，前兆，序曲

参考例句：

• The prelude to the musical composition is very long.这首乐曲的序曲很长。
• The German invasion of Poland was a prelude to World War II.德国入侵波兰是第二次世界大战的序幕。