113.economics ：經濟學

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

　　形容財富及其創造、分配和消費的科學。

　　Susan is majoring in economics at Harvard.

　　蘇珊在哈佛攻讀經濟學專業。

　　114.economy ：經濟

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

　　社會及政治機構的組織以及以生產經營為目的的企業組織。

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

　　國家領導人必須一直為經濟狀況操心。

　　115.Fortune 500 ：《財富》500家公司

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

　　由《財富》雜志每年公布的全美國最大的500家公司。

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

　　在《財富》500家公司中，前10名是哪些?

　　116.franchise ：經銷權，連鎖店

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

　　地區分銷商得到其他公司的合同或許可證，有權使用其名稱并銷售其產品。

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

　　克蘭西在倫敦開了一家麥當勞連鎖店。

　　117.freeze ：凍結

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

　　停止一些經濟因素的變動，如價格、就業、開支等。

　　The government caused a price freeze at the gas pumps.

　　政府凍結了汽油泵的價格。

　　118.full employment　：充分就業

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

　　失業率處于可接受的最小值，常常是6%以下的經濟形勢。

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

　　充分就業是大多數國家很少取得的經濟局面。

　　119.glamour stock　：熱門股票

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

　　新興且發展迅速的產業所發行的股票，有迅速升值的趨勢。

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

　　約翰專門購買由傳媒、娛樂公司發行的熱門股票。

　　120.glas ceiling ：性別障礙，玻璃天花板

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

　　指阻止女性進入高級管理階層的一種無形障礙。

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

　　90年代，許多婦女抗議阻止她們進入大公司高級管理階層的性別障礙。

　　121.global economy ：全球經濟

　　Worldwide trade, travel, competition, etc.

　　世界范圍內的貿易、旅游、競爭等。

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

　　為在新的全球經濟中保持競爭力，90年代的公司都從全球的角度考慮問題。

　　122.GNP ：國民生產總值

　　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” 的縮寫詞，指在國民經濟市場上銷售的所有商品、服務和產品的年度貨幣總值。

　　What was Japan’s GNP in 1987?

　　1987年日本的國民生產總值是多少?

　　123.golden parachute ：高額離職補貼

　　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.

　　在發生合并或兼并的情況下，公司高層行政領導離開其職位時所獲得的豐厚補償，作為高額離職補助金。

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

　　公司被他方惡意接管時，通常情況下總裁們都會得到高額的離職補貼。

　　124.gray market ：灰色市場

　　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.

　　以高于正常市場價格來銷售稀缺商品如電腦芯片的市場。這種交易通常以非正常渠道進行，手段雖不犯法但也不被認為是合乎道德的。

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

　　由于類似產品在灰色市場上銷售，我們公司損失很大。

　　125.greenmail ：綠票欺詐

　　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.

　　秘密購買一公司的大部分股票，以此暗示可能進行接管，最終迫使該公司為挫敗對方的企圖，不得不以高出很多的價格買回股份。

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

　　當ABC公司以高得多的價格買回自己的股份時，發現本公司成了綠票欺詐的受害者。