高中英语外刊阅读60篇（2022第二期）

第一篇 英国商界精英的乐观情绪创历史新高，他们希望英国人在摆脱疫情封锁后开始一场开销数十亿 英镑的夏季消费狂潮。本文节选自：The Guardian（2021.04.12） Optimism among UK business leaders hits record high On the day that non-essential shops and other businesses in England reopened for the first time since January, three separate studies suggest that the bounceback in the economy could be broader and faster than previously expected. Small, medium and larger FTSE companies all reported improved sentiment, with only exporters – affected by Brexit as well as coronavirus – suffering a downturn in fortunes. Greater optimism has been spurred by expectations that consumers will unleash a spending spree in the summer. The study by the Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) has predicted that savers will unlock more than a quarter of £192bn in lockdown rainy-day funds this year, adding £50bn to consumer spending. About £314m is expected to be spent in the newly reopened hospitality sector in this week alone, it said, while figures from the Post Office showed that Britons withdrew £590m in cash in March, the high‐ est monthly figure since September. Deloitte ’ s survey of bosses at some of the UK ’ s biggest public companies found that the potential spending boom was helping to fuel record levels of optimism among chief financial officers in charge of companies ’ purse strings. Respondents said they now expected a “strong recovery in profits over the next 12 months, with profit expectations back to the previous high seen in mid-2014 at the top of the eco‐ nomic cycle” . Forecasts for hiring and investment at the firms, which account for about 22% of the value of London-listed companies, are at their highest levels in nearly six years, it said. The accounting company 英国商界精英对市场乐观情绪空前高涨1 第一篇 1 英语外刊阅读 BDO backed the assessment, saying its jobs market tracker had reached a three-month high. 三项独立的研究表明，英格兰非生活必需品商店和其他商店在自一月以来首次重新开张的这一 天，经济反弹可能比之前预计的范围更广，速度更快。小型、中型和大型富时指数成分股公司对市场 的情绪都有所改善，只有受英国脱欧和新冠病毒影响的出口商的财富出现缩水。 消费者预计将在夏季掀起一股消费热潮，这也激发了各