名词表主题

　　When it comes to the slowing economy, Ellen Spero isnt biting hernails just yet. But the 47?year?old manicurist isnt cutting,filing or polishing as many nails as shed like to, either.Most of her clients spend $12 to $50 weekly, but last month two longtimecustomers suddenly stopped showing up. Spero blames the softening economy. Im a goodeconomic indicator, she says. I provide a service that people can do without when theyre concernedabout saving some dollars. So Spero is downscaling, shopping at middle-brow Dillards departmentstore near her suburban Cleveland home, instead of Neiman Marcus. I dont know ifother clients are going to abandon me, too, she says.

　　文中划线名词短语为考生提供了復现信息，即使没完全读懂，考生也能确定本段的主题是讲疲软的经济状况，每句话都没离开这个主题。

　　动词表变化

　　All of this caused a crisis of confidence. Americans stopped takingprosperity for granted. They began to believe that their way of doing businesswas failing, and that their incomes would therefore shortly begin to fall aswell. The mid 1980s brought one inquiry after another into the causes ofAmericas industrial decline. Their sometimes sensational findings werefilled with warnings about the growing competition from overseas.

　　动词是各种变化最明显的体现，它可以表明文中所述情况、作者态度以及情感的变化等。本段中出现的划线动词都体现了一个从好到坏的变化趋势，再结合文章话题，可以确定本段讲到了美国经济霸主地位的丧失给人们的信心带来的消极影响。

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