VOA慢速英语:Meeting Highlights Economic 'Dynamism' of Southeast Asia

1. This year, the twenty-first World Economic Forum on East Asiais taking place in Thailand. Organizers hope to bring attention todevelopment in Southeast Asia.

take place vt. 发生;举行
例句：When will the basketball game take place?
篮球赛何时举行?

2. KLAUS SCHWAB: “When you look at the ASEAN region, you feelthat here you have a region which is full of dynamism, which haseconomic growth of over five percent and which becomes more and more a crucial factor in the world economic and world politicalcontext.”

be full of 充满
例句：Reality is full of surprises. 
现实生活中充满着出人意料的事。 

3.  But she also pointed to technological progress, democraticreforms and new centers of economic growth as signs of hope.

point to 表明，指出
例句：All this points to the same conclusion.
所有这些都说明了同样的结论。

4. Southeast Asian economies are expected to grow more than fivepercent this year.

be expected to 期待，预期
例句：The talks are expected to cover other topics. 
预计会谈将涉及其他的议题。 
more than 不只
Margaret needed support more than ever. 
例句：玛格丽特比以往更需要关心。 

5. PASCAL LAMY: "I would expect, given what's happening in otherparts of the world economy, (for) this region to be more affectedin two, three years to come than it has been so far."

so far 到目前为止
例句：It is merely a hypothesis; so far. 
到目前为止，这仅仅是一种假设。