VOA慢速英语:IMF Lowers Its Outlook for World Economy

短语讲解：

1. When you think about as far as global demand, that seems to be softening, and of course with Europe in the position that it's been in, it's just protracted slowness to a point of nearly negative growth across the whole zone.

think about 考虑…
例句：This is a question to think about.
这是我们应该考虑的问题。

2. If, for example, growth in BRICs was to go down by two percent relative to what we predict, then the effect on the U.S., for example, would be half a percent. So it matters.

for example 比如
例句：For example, board games and games consoles understood?
比如说下棋、打游戏机之类的懂了吧？

3. "Along the way, you may have quite a bit of volatility, but on that, the bottom line remains the same, which is - it's good news for the world."

be good for 值得，有效；利于
例句：So it'll be good for you to go.
你去那走走有好处.