113.economics ：经济学

　　The study of wealth and its creation, distribution, and consumption.

　　形容财富及其创造、分配和消费的科学。

　　Susan is majoring in economics at Harvard.

　　苏珊在哈佛攻读经济学专业。

　　114.economy ：经济

　　The organization of social and political institutions and business for production.

　　社会及政治机构的组织以及以生产经营为目的的企业组织。

　　National leaders must always worry about the state of the economy.

　　国家领导人必须一直为经济状况操心。

　　115.Fortune 500 ：《财富》500家公司

　　A list of the 500 largest American corporations published annually by “Fortune” magazine.

　　由《财富》杂志每年公布的全美国最大的500家公司。

　　Who are the top 10 companies on the Fortune 500 list?

　　在《财富》500家公司中，前10名是哪些?

　　116.franchise ：经销权，连锁店

　　A contract or license permitting a regional distributor to use the name and sell products of another company.

　　地区分销商得到其他公司的合同或许可证，有权使用其名称并销售其产品。

　　Clancy is opening a new McDonald’s franchise in London.

　　克兰西在伦敦开了一家麦当劳连锁店。

　　117.freeze ：冻结

　　The fixing of some economic factor, such as prices, employment, spending, etc.

　　停止一些经济因素的变动，如价格、就业、开支等。

　　The government caused a price freeze at the gas pumps.

　　政府冻结了汽油泵的价格。

　　118.full employment　：充分就业

　　An economic condition in which unemployment is deemed minimal and acceptable, usually under six percent.

　　失业率处于可接受的最小值，常常是6%以下的经济形势。

　　The condition of full employment is something that most countries rarely achieve.

　　充分就业是大多数国家很少取得的经济局面。

　　119.glamour stock　：热门股票

　　A stock in a new or rapidly developing industry that tends to rise quickly in price.

　　新兴且发展迅速的产业所发行的股票，有迅速升值的趋势。

　　John specializes in buying glamour stock, particular in media, and entertainment companies.

　　约翰专门购买由传媒、娱乐公司发行的热门股票。

　　120.glas ceiling ：性别障碍，玻璃天花板

　　A term used to describe an invisible barrier that prevents women from entering the ranks of senior-level management.

　　指阻止女性进入高级管理阶层的一种无形障碍。

　　Many women in the 90s are protesting the glass ceiling that bars them form upper management in large corporation.

　　90年代，许多妇女抗议阻止她们进入大公司高级管理阶层的性别障碍。

　　121.global economy ：全球经济

　　Worldwide trade, travel, competition, etc.

　　世界范围内的贸易、旅游、竞争等。

　　Companies in the 1990s are thinking globally in order to stay competitive in the new global economy.

　　为在新的全球经济中保持竞争力，90年代的公司都从全球的角度考虑问题。

　　122.GNP ：国民生产总值

　　An abbr. For “gross national product.” The total annual monetary value of all goods, services, and products sold on markets of national economy.

　　“gross national product” 的缩写词，指在国民经济市场上销售的所有商品、服务和产品的年度货币总值。

　　What was Japan’s GNP in 1987?

　　1987年日本的国民生产总值是多少?

　　123.golden parachute ：高额离职补贴

　　A substantial compensation given to top executives as a severance bonus when they are terminated from the positions in the event of a corporate merger or takeover.

　　在发生合并或兼并的情况下，公司高层行政领导离开其职位时所获得的丰厚补偿，作为高额离职补助金。

　　CEOs typically receive a golden parachute when their companies are seized in a hostile takeover.

　　公司被他方恶意接管时，通常情况下总裁们都会得到高额的离职补贴。

　　124.gray market ：灰色市场

　　A market in which scare goods such as computer chips are traded at above-market prices through irregular channels or by methods not illegal but usually not considered ethical.

　　以高于正常市场价格来销售稀缺商品如电脑芯片的市场。这种交易通常以非正常渠道进行，手段虽不犯法但也不被认为是合乎道德的。

　　Our company is losing a lot of money to similar products being sold on the gray market.

　　由于类似产品在灰色市场上销售，我们公司损失很大。

　　125.greenmail ：绿票欺诈

　　The purchase, usually in secret, of a large block of a company’s stock, thereby signaling a possible takeover attempt, and ultimately forcing the company to try to thwart the attempt by buying back its stock at a much higher price.

　　秘密购买一公司的大部分股票，以此暗示可能进行接管，最终迫使该公司为挫败对方的企图，不得不以高出很多的价格买回股份。

　　The ABC company found themselves a victim of greenmail when they realized they had bought back their stock at a much higher price.

　　当ABC公司以高得多的价格买回自己的股份时，发现本公司成了绿票欺诈的受害者。