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Pfizer announced price increases for around 10% of its drugs, starting in the new year.
辉瑞制药公司宣布，从明年起，将对约10%的药品提价。

In July it had pledged to postpone price rises in response to Donald Trump's rebuke of the pharmaceutical industry for alleged price-gouging.
今年7月，作为对特朗普(Donald Trump)指责制药业涉嫌价格欺诈的回应，该公司曾承诺暂缓涨价。

A drug-pricing plan that the president introduced in May remains largely unaccomplished.
总统于5月份提出的一项药品定价计划大部分仍未落实。

A sovereign-wealth fund in Abu Dhabi launched a lawsuit against Goldman Sachs for losses it incurred linked to the 1MDB scandal in Malaysia.
阿布扎比的一家主权财富基金对高盛(Goldman Sachs)提起诉讼，指控对方在马来西亚1MDB丑闻中令其遭受损失。

America's Justice Department recently laid charges against two former employees of the bank.
美国司法部最近起诉了高盛银行的两名前雇员。

Goldman insists it knew nothing about their activities, but has acknowledged that it may face severe penalties.
高盛坚称，对两人的活动毫不知情，但承认可能将面临严厉处罚。

American regulators fined Société Générale more than $1.3bn for facilitating dollar transactions with several countries between 2003 and 2013 in violation of sanctions.
美国监管部门对法国兴业银行(Societe Generale)处以逾13亿美元的罚款，理由是该行在2003年至2013年间违反制裁规定，为几个国家的美元交易提供便利。

It is the second-largest penalty to be levied on a bank for breaching American sanctions, behind the $8.9bn imposed on bnp Paribas, another French bank, in 2015.
这是对违反美国制裁的金融机构开出的第二大罚单，仅次于2015年对另一家法国银行巴黎银行(bnp Paribas)开出的89亿美元罚单。

Following a nine-hour meeting of its board, the Reserve Bank of India reached a compromise with the government
印度央行(Reserve Bank of India)董事会召开了9个小时的会议，会后与印度政府达成了妥协，

and said it was willing to review both its transfer of surpluses to the public coffers and the rules that restrict lending at distressed state-controlled banks.
并表示愿意重新审视将盈余转移到国库的做法，以及限制对陷入困境的国有银行放贷的规定。

This came after a month of politicking in which the government, facing an election next year, had put pressure on the central bank to intervene in the economy.
在此前一个月的政治活动中，印度政府面临明年大选，其向央行施加压力要求干预经济。

Stockmarkets had another choppy week as the broad sell-off in technology shares gathered steam, pushing the nasdaq and s&p 500 indices closer to their lowest points of the year.
随着科技股的集体抛售，股票市场又经历了动荡的一周，推动纳斯达克和标准普尔500指数逼近今年的最低点。

Apple's market value has fallen dramatically since early August, when it broke the $1trn mark for the first time. It is now worth around $840bn.
自8月初首次突破1万亿美元大关以来，苹果市值已大幅下跌。现今它的价值约为8400亿美元。

Cryptocurrencies also took a hammering, fuelled by speculation that regulators are preparing to clamp down on the digital-currency market.
加密货币也遭受了波及，因为有猜测称，监管部门准备打压数字货币市场。

Bitcoin shed 10% in a day. It is now 80% below the peak of $19,800 it hit last December.
比特币一天内下跌了10%。目前较去年12月触及的高点1.98万美元下跌了80%。

Britain's best-paid chief executive just got richer.
英国薪酬最高的CEO变得更富有了。

Denise Coates, who turned her family's betting firm in her home town of Stoke-on-Trent into Bet365, a private online gambling giant,
丹尼斯·科茨(Denise Coates)将位于家乡特伦特河畔斯托克的博彩公司转型为私人在线博彩巨头Bet365。

is thought to have received 265 million pounds ($352m) in total annual compensation, last year according to the firm's accounts.
根据该公司的账目，科茨去年获得了总计2.65亿英镑(合3.52亿美元)的年薪。

That amounts to around 40% of the entire budget for Stoke city council.
这相当于斯托克市议会全部预算的40%左右。

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1.in response to 回应

The meeting was called in response to a request from Venezuela.
应委内瑞拉的要求召开了这次会议DadQZC3C8T16。

2.in total 总计

I was with my husband for eight years in total.
我和丈夫在一起的时间总共有8年hK&I+ZbdwYA。

3.took a hammering 遭到打击

Our team took a terrible hammering.
我们队一败涂地xAxKqS4B&ThoWTw。

4.in violation of 违反

The government has acted in violation of its agreement.
政府的行为违反了它的协议UBG_3tA|9L0FqJ。

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重点单词		查看全部解释
restrict	[ri'strikt]	想一想再看 vt. 限制，约束
intervene	[.intə'vi:n]	想一想再看 vi. 干涉，干预，插入，介入，调停，阻挠	联想记忆 X 单词intervene 联想记忆： inter中间，vene来到－来到中间－干涉
transfer	[træns'fə:]	想一想再看 n. 迁移，移动，换车 v. 转移，调转，调任	联想记忆 X 单词transfer 联想记忆： trans交换+fer带来，拿来→交换带走→转送，转移
response	[ri'spɔns]	想一想再看 n. 回答，响应，反应，答复 n. [宗	联想记忆 X 单词response 联想记忆： re回+spond承诺→承诺回去;respond的名词→回答；答应
announced	[ə'naunst]	想一想再看宣布的
compromise	['kɔmprəmaiz]	想一想再看 n. 妥协，折衷，折衷案 vt. 妥协处理，危	联想记忆 X 单词compromise 联想记忆： com共同，promise发誓：停战妥协就是两个国家共同发誓不打仗的产物。
pressure	['preʃə]	想一想再看 n. 压力，压强，压迫 v. 施压	联想记忆 X 单词pressure 联想记忆： press挤压+ure→压力
penalty	['penəlti]	想一想再看 n. 处罚，惩罚	联想记忆 X 单词penalty 联想记忆： pench＝pend挂，ant蚂蚁－把蚂蚁挂起来看－特别爱好
speculation	[.spekju'leiʃən]	想一想再看 n. 沉思，推测，投机	联想记忆 X 单词speculation 联想记忆： spec看+ulat→看准了→思考，投机+ion→投机；推测；思索；投机买卖
stoke	[stəuk]	想一想再看 vi. 添加燃料 vt. 给(炉子)添燃料，烧(火) 大