【额外成就感】：

The young man interpreted her answer as a refusal.

(这个年轻人把她的回答解释为拒绝。)

Good speaker should interpret his point clearly.

（优秀的讲演者应该清晰地阐明自己的观点。）

Both sides have signaled their willingness to start negotiations.

（双方都表示愿意开始谈判。）

The policeman signaled the traffic to move forward slowly.

（警察示意车辆慢速行驶。）

[2] Sorry, folks: it looks like a recession.

[2] 对不起，同胞们，经济眼下看起来就像是衰退。

[3] Let's state all the usual caveats『警告；告戒』. We can't know for certain. Economic prognostication『预兆；预示』 is a routinely humbling『谦卑的；恭顺的』 exercise. And for now, theU.S.economy seems strong. In September, unemployment was 4.6 percent (up only slightly from 4.5 percent in August), and President Clinton boasted that the jobless rate『失业率』 has been below 5 percent for 15 months, the best performance in 28 years. Meanwhile, the Census Bureau『人口普查局』reported that median household income rose almost 2 percent in 1997 to $37,005 and that the number of people below the government's poverty line『贫困线』fell by almost 1 million. But beyond these sparkling『激励的；鼓舞的』reports, the economy is edging toward a slump『衰落；衰退』.

[3] 让我们来说说所有通常的警告吧。我们无法确切地知道是否要衰退，因为经济方面的预兆通常是由良好的发展势头开始的。是美国经济眼下看来还是很强劲的。9月份，美国的失业率为4.6％（略高于8月份的4.5％）。克林顿总统吹嘘说，失业率15个月以来一直在5％以下，是28年来最好的。与此同时，人口普查局在一份报告中说，1997年中产阶级家庭的收入增长了近2％，达到了人均37005美元；在政府规定的贫困线以下生活的人口已下降了近100万人。但是，除了这些积极的报道之外，经济正在逐步走向衰退。

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