BUSINESS ENGLISH

A : The European debt crisis is affecting the global economy.

B : Yeah, it’s also affecting the US economy.

A : Yeah, it’s even taking down some of Asia’s biggest airlines and some of its tech and mining companies.

B : Profits are falling. It’s not very strange that companies’ manpower needs are dropping.

A : 歐債危機正影響全球景氣。

B : 是呀，還連累到美國經濟。

A : 甚至連亞洲最重要的航運、科技和採礦業，也都被拖垮。

B : 企業營收縮減，難怪廠商用人需求都下降了。