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There's no question that the German economy has hit a difficult patch. 

The widest measure of economic activity, gross domestic product (GDP), declined in the third quarter of last year by 0.2% and failed to grow in the following three months. 

In terms of recession, as widely defined (two consecutive quarters of contraction), that is a very near miss indeed. 

That said, the jobs market in Germany is still in pretty decent health. The unemployment rate is one of the lowest in the world at 3.1%. 

▍语言点

hit a difficult patch /pætʃ/: 陷入困境

a wide measure of: 宏观的

· a micro measure of: 微观的

gross /ɡrəʊs, ɡroʊs/: adj. 总共的

domestic /dəˈmestɪk/: adj. 国内的

· domestic market: 国内市场

· domestic flight: 国内航班

· international /ˌɪntəˈnæʃnəl, ˌɪntərˈnæʃnəl/ : adj. 国际的

decline /dɪˈklaɪn/: vi. 下降 vt. 拒绝

· decrease /dɪˈkriːs/: vi. 减少

· shrink /ʃrɪŋk/: vi. 缩水

following /ˈfɒləʊɪŋ, ˈfɑːloʊɪŋ/: adj. 之后的 n. 下列事物

in terms of: 谈论到某话题；在…方面

recession /rɪˈseʃn/: n. 经济衰退

consecutive /kənˈsekjətɪv/: adj. 连续的

contraction /kənˈtrækʃn/: n. 紧缩

near miss: 差一点

that said: 即便如此

· given that: 考虑到

· even so: 即使如此

decent /ˈdiːsnt/: adj. 还不错的

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