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enti · 发表于 2018-9-14 09:58:36

This summer we are running week-long series focusing on a single subject. Here, in the first article on travel and tourism, we assess the sector’s overall state of health

It is the closest thing to an industry banker. In recent decades the global travel sector has grown, on average, one percentage point faster than GDP every year. In 2017 travel and tourism accounted for around a tenth of global GDP and employment. That is testament to its resilience. Blips, caused by terrorism or recession, tend to be quickly overcome. Even a destination hit by a significant terrorist incident can expect tourist levels to return to normal in about a year. The industry also has demographics on its side. While many sectors fret relentlessly about millennials, the ageing populations of Europe, America and China should boost travel firms; older people, with more money and spare time, are keen globetrotters. And in China they still have a huge potential market. Bernstein, a research house, reckons the Chinese will provide $400bn of extra tourism revenue by 2025—perhaps the largest opportunity of any segment of any industry.

banker 的释义:
1.  A person who manages or owns a bank or group of banks.
1.1  The person running the table, controlling play, or acting as dealer in some gambling or board games.
2.  (British) A supposedly certain bet.
2.1 A result forecast identically (while other forecasts differ) in several football-pool entries on one coupon.

这句话是什么意思呢

loveaffairs · 发表于 2018-9-14 11:16:23

很简单，就是银行从业者意思，因为一个行业的景气情况往往就是在这个行业从事银行信贷业务的人最关注的问题，谁都不想把贷款放出去之后因为行业不景气而形成太多坏帐。

顺便说一下自己的感想，这段时间在论坛答问，发现有很多朋友倾向于想太多。可能是因为语感没有突破而形成的一种瓶颈。我个人对楼主的建议是多练一些专业性没那么强难度没那么高的文章。不当之处请指正。

loveaffairs · 发表于 2018-9-14 11:16:24

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enti · 发表于 2018-9-14 12:23:18

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感谢 loveaffairs 大大

我困惑是因为有一个 'the nearest thing to something' : Used when something does not exist in a particular place or situation and you are referring to the thing that is most similar to it.
--- It was the nearest thing to a home that he had ever had.

然后觉得 the closest thing to industry banker 大概也是类似表达，所以就不晓得 banker 到底是啥意思了。

我也觉得这些文章都太超过我的阅读能力了。谢谢您的建议。

loveaffairs · 发表于 2018-9-14 23:46:09

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enti 发表于 2018-9-14 12:23
感谢 loveaffairs 大大

我困惑是因为有一个 'the nearest thing to something' : Used when something doe ...

Enti小弟(小妹)，没有批评你的意思哈，而且我感觉到的“想太多”远不只是你一个人的情况。目前看来，你撑起了这个版块的半边天呢！愚兄很欣赏你的好学和肯问，希望你发扬光大，我也愿意在时间允许和别人回答有可补充之处时，尝试解答你的问题。

虽然一早就隐约感觉到你的学习方法可以调校到更佳，但由于愚兄不了解你学习所处的阶段，所以不敢胡乱指点。但建议你多练专业性稍弱但语言品质可以更高的文本，应该是安全的。

还有一点就是词典的使用。过于依赖词典，不如不用词典。语言的学习，应该是实践先行，先尝试后验证，先猜测，再查词典确认。而且即使要生硬套用，这里也有个问题，banker应该不是something，二是somebody。

同时对有人总结的某些“规律”，也要善加鉴别、灵活掌握。比如，你在另一个帖子里提到的所谓“就近原则”，就不是一个可以生搬硬套的玩意儿。

enti · 发表于 2018-9-15 18:30:30

是, 真是感谢您。

我只是刚能看看新概念而已，然后心有点大就想看原版书。可是基础的单词，语法，句型句式都没有搞清楚，在这儿也问了好多愚蠢的问题。

比如 ‘that clause', 我只记得定语从句/同位语从句/it 形式，然后看到 “Here are some big ways that boosting the brain’s word bank can help throughout our lives" 就有点懵掉，不知道是啥。不过我后来搜到一个that-clause 的链接，它也不区分什么目的状语什么的，反正就是动词 + that / 形容词 + that / 名词 + that 就对了。

所以您说得非常对，我的学习方法太有问题了。

shirleyma7996 · 发表于 2018-9-17 14:23:48

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loveaffairs 发表于 2018-9-14 23:46
Enti小弟(小妹)，没有批评你的意思哈！事实上，目前看来，你撑起了这个版块的半边天呢！愚兄很欣赏你的好 ...

赞同老大的观点。
这是我第一次看到老大透漏身份

。论坛里真是藏龙卧虎，老大你悄悄告诉我，咱们论坛是不是还有些和你相仿的高人呢？都是什么级别的？

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