VOA慢速英语:A Look Back at Economic News of 2012

1. Average home prices are no longer falling.

no longer 不再
例句：She is no longer a child.
她是小孩子了。

2. In contrast, cooperation and creativity to deliver fiscal clarity, in particular, a plan for resolving the nation’s longer-term budgetary issues without harming the recovery could help make the New Year a very good one for the American economy.”

in contrast 相反
例句：In contrast, business climate can be created quickly!
相反，企业气候可以很快就创造出来！
in particular 尤其， 特别
例句：I like meat in general, and mutton in particular.
总的来说我喜欢吃肉，特别是羊肉。

3. “There’s an old saying that if we get the sniffles, the rest of the world gets a cold and so if we end up going to a recession as well, I think everybody is going to suffer.”

end up （以…）结束
例句：I don't know how this will end up.
我不知道这件事将会如何收场。