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🔥 Beijing Scraps GDP Target, a Bad Sign for World Reliant on China Growth
北京未設定GDP成長目標：對於仰賴中國的世界經濟，這是個不祥之兆

-scrap 取消、作廢，同discard
-reliant 有賴於、仰賴…的，搭配介系詞為 on

🧐 China broke with more than a quarter-century of tradition by not issuing an economic growth target for 2020, a stark acknowledgment of the challenges facing the world’s second-largest economy as it grapples with uncertainties around.

中國打破持續了近30年的傳統，沒有制定2020年的經濟成長目標，這明顯承認了這個全球第二大經濟體面臨的挑戰，眼下中國仍在努力應對新冠病毒大流行引發的不確定性。

-stark 荒涼的、嚴峻的、完全的、極端的、徹底的
✍常見用法： to be in stark contrast to sth 與某事形成鮮明對比
-acknowledgement 承認
-grapple with sth 努力應對、設法解決，意近struggle with

🚨The unusual move—it’s the first time a formal target has been omitted since the practice began in 1994—suggests Beijing’s leaders aren’t eager to unleash a large-scale stimulus after China’s sharpest contraction in four decades. It foreshadows more economic pain for a world that has become increasingly reliant on China as an engine of growth.
這是中國自1994年開始設定官方經濟成長目標以來，首次沒有提出一個數值目標。這一非同尋常的舉動表明，在中國經歷了40年來最嚴重的經濟萎縮之後，中國政府領導人並不急於推出大規模刺激措施。這預示著越發依賴中國作為成長引擎的全球經濟將面臨更多痛苦。

-omit 省略、刪除
-unleash 發動、展開
-stimulus 刺激（措施、因素），同 incentive
-foreshadow 預示

🔨China reported a 6.1% gain in gross domestic product last year—its slowest pace in nearly three decades, though within the targeted range of between 6.0% and 6.5%. The implicit acknowledgment of sharply slower growth for 2020 marks a climbdown for leader Xi Jinping during a year when he was set to proclaim the end of absolute poverty in the country and double the economy’s size from a decade earlier—political goals meant to burnish his standing ahead of next year’s centennial of the Chinese Communist Party’s founding.

去年中國國內生產總值（GDP）成長6.1%，為近30年來最低水平，但位於政府設定的成長6.0%-6.5%的目標區間內。對2020年經濟增速大幅放緩的含蓄承認，對中國國家主席習近平來說是一種退讓，他原本計畫宣佈中國在2020年消除絕對貧困，經濟規模較10年前成長一倍。這些政治目標的實現有助於在明年中國共產黨成立100週年之前提升他的地位。

gross domestic product (GDP) 國內生產總值
implicit 含蓄的、暗示的
climbdown 退讓、屈服、妥協
burnish 作動詞時有「將…擦亮」之意，同polish、brighten；作名詞時為「光亮、光澤」
centennial 一百週年

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Economists say the ____ urban jobless rate _____ many rural migrant workers who had flooded into the country’s biggest cities seeking employment but who have since returned to their home villages and thus aren’t counted in the official tally.
經濟學家稱，官方城鎮調查失業率未包括湧入中國大城市找工作而後來返鄉的大量農民工。

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B. private / including
C. non-profit / included
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今日的《多益片語》來介紹有關「渴望~」的片語。
anxious本身除了有"焦慮的"意思之外，還有"渴望的"意思。
基本上用法分三類：

1. be anxious "for" + N
= be longing for + N
= be eager for + N
= be yearning for + N
= has a yearning for + N

📖補充例句：
✏️Helen is eager for success.
海倫渴望成功。

✏️Richard has a yearning for a quiet life.
理查嚮往寧靜的生活。
(yearning作名詞用)

2. be anxious "to" + V
= be eager to + V
= be longing to + V
= has a yearning to + V

📖補充例句：
✏️Teresa was eager to visit my mom.
德瑞莎急於來拜訪我母親。

✏️She has been longing to go to Tokyo.
她一直都很想去東京。

3. be anxious "that" + 子句
= be eager that + 子句

📖補充例句：
✏️My parents were anxious that I go to college.
我父母非常期望我上大學。

【喬的回顧系列：與狗相關的諺語/片語】
各位同學來回顧一下與狗相關的字彙用法吧！

<與【狗、犬】相關之片語與諺語整理>
喬其實有個六歲的女兒了，她非常可愛。女兒非常乖巧動人，所以讓喬非常想整理今天的單元- 「與狗相關之諺語與片語」。其實喬的女兒是柴犬啦哈哈！希望各位同學一起來學習今天與汪星人相關的整理吧！

【片語(Phrase)】
☛dog pound = in jail or prison ; in trouble 坐牢; 陷入麻煩
☛dog house = in disfavor or trouble ; shamed 陷入麻煩; 感到羞恥
☛like a dog with two tails
[1] demonstrably and visible happy很明顯的開心
[2] proud 感到驕傲
☛attack dog politics [vicious, no-holds-barred political attack]
☛at bay 處於絕境; 走投無路; 背水一戰
☛bar dog = bartender 酒保
☛bird dog
[1] (V.) to follow closely 緊緊跟著
[2] (n.)
(1) a womanizer 好色的人
(2) 用雞肉做成的熱狗
(3) 一種核心運動
(4) a baseball scout
☛big dog (n.)
[1] 有權有勢的人
[a person or entity (such as corporation) of status and power]
[2] (天文學) Canis Major 星座
[3] (財金) [a big bill for services rendered]
☛beware of dog 財產受到保護的警示
[a warning that property has fierce protection]
☛bird dog minute 立刻; 立馬 [immediately]
☛fight like cats and dogs 無法遏止的爭鬥
[fighting from diametrically opposed views]
[a relentless, endless, and irresolvable batter or struggle]
☛raining cats and dogs 下起滂沱大雨
[When it rains like this, it’s really coming down.]
☛crooked as a dog’s hind leg 不誠實; 迂腐的; 邪惡的
[dishonest, corrupt, evil]
☛dog tired 十分疲憊 [extremely tired]
☛dog wagon 車上餐廳 [a diner or a restaurant on wheels]
☛lap dog 極度殷切地去照料某人的需求(特別是為了維持權勢或地位)
[one eager to take care of someone else’s needs- either stated or anticipated- especially in order to maintain a position of privilege or status]
☛sick as a dog 病得很嚴重 [really, really sick and unpleasantly so]
☛puppy dog 愚蠢的年輕人 [a silly, vain, inane, or especially juvenile young man]
☛dog eat dog world 充斥惡性競爭的世界
☛play cat and mouse 彼此閃避
☛throw sb to the dogs 使某人孤軍奮戰(讓他獨自一人面對某事)
☛have a dog’s chance of Ving 沒有機會做某事
☛cat got one’s tongue 沈默不語
☛let the cat out of the bag 機密被洩露
☛let the sleeping dogs lie 讓事情維持現狀就好

【諺語】
☛Every dog has its own day. 每個人都有出人頭地的一天
☛When the cat is away, the mice will play. 上位者不在的時候，在下位者就出來擾亂
☛A cat has nine lives. 命很大
☛Curiosity killed the cat. 太好奇會陷入險境或麻煩
☛You can’t teach an old dog new tricks 年老者無法教授他新事物
☛A cut dog has no pups. 不要剪卡片 [Don’t cut cards.]

＊亂入一個字彙 dogma (n.)，各位同學可以用「狗馬馬愛管閒事」去記誦，所以dogma的意思就是「教條、準則」，其形容詞”dogmatic = dogmatical” 為「教條的、獨斷的(過於遵守教條就會很獨斷)」