CRI听力:Economist: Consumption Key for Chinese Economy in 2012

短语讲解：

1. In contrast to what the plan was last year, with inflation the main focus, economic indicators are now leading many policy-advisers to suggest the first quarter of this year should be focused on stimulating growth.

in contrast to相比之下
例句：In contrast to her sister, she is very tall.
与姐姐相比, 她个子很高。
focus on对(某事或做某事)予以注意; 集中于
例句：Today we're going to focus on the question of homeless people.
今天, 我们主要讨论无家可归者的问题。

2. However, thanks to tighter fiscal and monetary policies, the inflation rate is now hovering at a much more manageable 4-percent, with November's CPI coming in at 4.2.

thanks to幸亏, 多亏, 由于
例句：Thanks to your help, we were successful.
由于你的帮助, 我们得以成功。
come in涨(潮)
例句：The children got ashore before the tide came in.
涨潮前, 孩子们就上岸了。

3. The Chinese economy should be prepared to fend off the negative impact of the sluggish world economy and explore new growth engines.

fend off挡开;避开
例句：The politician fended off the question.
那位政治家避开了这个问题。

4. Through the second half of this past year, a number of tax incentives have been brought in to try to help small and medium businesses survive the tightened lending brought on by government controls to try to keep inflation in check.

bring in赚(钱), 挣(钱)
例句：The boys are bringing in good wages every week.
这些男孩每周的工资不低。
keep in check抑制,约束,制止,牵制
例句：We should keep inflation in check.
我们应该使通货膨胀受到抑制。

5. But with the property market here in China now slowing down, Yuan Gangming is suggesting that government spending on social programs, such as medicare and low-income housing would go a long way to diversifying the economy and keeping it healthy.

slow down (使)生产缓慢, (使)变得迟钝
例句：Business slows down in summer.
夏季生意清淡。
spend on把…花在…
例句：He doesn't spend much time on his homework.
他花在作业上的时间不多。