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California Shows Possible Future for US

Recession 
影集《白宮風雲》的一段對話：

Larry : If the economy is heading into a recession... 一旦經濟開始哀退...
Josh : No, no, no. We don't ever use that word around here. 不！不！不！我們不用這個字
Ed : What word? Recession? 哪個字？經濟哀退嗎？
Josh : No! 閉嘴
Will : If we say it, we give it credence.  非提不可時,我們都用代號。
Larry : What should we call it then?  那要怎麼說？
Josh : I don't care. Call it a boat show or a beer garden or a bagel.  隨便。叫 "船展" 或者是 "啤酒花園" 或是 "貝果" 也可以。
Larry : So if it is a bagel, the Fed thinks it's gonna be a mild bagel.  那...如果是貝果的話，聯準會認為它是個溫和的貝果。

 

Put the brake & stoke

Falling home prices and Wall Street turmoil have put the brakes on consumer spending and stoked unemployment. 持續下跌的房價及華爾街風暴抑制了消費者支出，並且增長了失業率。

這裡的brake和stoke有點對仗的意味。
Brake 原指煞車，作為動車有抑制或約束之意，例句：

How brake inflation? 我們該如何抑制通貨膨脹？

Stoke 則原指添加燃料增加火勢的動作，在這裡有雪上加霜的意思。

Deficit

Ongoing budget troubles resulted in a $15 billion deficit the year in California. 持續的預算困難造成了加州今年150億的赤字。

Deficit 意指不足額或赤字，如外貿逆差在英語的用法為：a foregin trade deficit. 

recession : a difficult time when there is less trade, business activity etc in a country than usual
mild : 溫和的；仁慈的；沈靜的
stoke : to add more coal or wood to a fire
turmoil : 騷擾；騷動；煽動
inflation : a continuing increase in prices, or the rate at which prices increase (通貨膨脹)
ongoing : continuing, or continuing to develop
budget : to carefully plan and control how much money you spend and what you will buy with it
deficit : the difference between the amount of something that you have and the higher amount that you need 

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