CRI听力:IMF Economists Call for Greater Effort to Rebalance China's Economy

词汇讲解：

1. phase n. 阶段, 时期
例句：It was a very important phase of history.
它是一个非常重要的历史阶段。

2. downturn n. (价格或活动)开始下降
例句：The building industry is experiencing a severe downturn in its workload.
建筑业正经历工程量的严重滑坡。

3. sluggish adj. 呆滞的;萧条的
例句：By contrast, both the American and Russian economic growth rates have become more sluggish. 
相比之下，美国苏联经济增长速度却慢得多。 

4. pose vt. 造成,引起
例句：The increase in student numbers poses many problems for the schools.
学生人数增加给学校造成许多问题。

5. consumption n. 消费; 消耗量;消费量
例句：There's too great a consumption of alcohol in Britain.
在英国酒的消耗量太大了。

6. medium n. 媒介, 手段, 方法, 工具
例句：This is an effective medium.
这是一种有效手段。

7. forecast vt. & n. 预言, 预报
例句：She forecast that he would fail.
她预测他会失败。

8. reduction n. 减少, 缩小; 减少的量, 降价
例句：The reduction in white blood cell counts lowers resistance to disease.
白细胞总数的减少, 会降低对疾病的抵抗力。

9. secure vt. 使安全
例句：He will secure that there will be no difficulty.
他将保证不再出现任何困难。

10. household adj. 家庭的, 家用的
例句：He is doing household chores.
他正在做家务。

11. narrow v. (使)变窄
例句：The gap has narrowed considerably.
分歧大大缩小了。