金融危机下瑞士经济持续发展

In the financial crisis, Switzerland President Merz tells Forbes he is taking measures to keep Switzerland and its cities on top of business and running like clockwork.

The measures（措施） that we have taken in order to renew, and to reinforce, and relaunch even our economic situations we have been spending the money additional er, 1 billion/ Swiss Franks which is a, a considerable amount for our country. And mainly invest in infrastructures¹, such as railways and the, and and roads, and other facilities. And they ever means even the effect will be in the spring time already to, to, to, to release the pains from the turmoil² that we are suffering from.

And of course, create a maintain jobs. To put in perspective（观点）, the average savvy³ Swiss consumer in the Zurich workforce⁴ can snap up an iPod Nano by working just 9 hours. Geneva is right behind Zurich on the Forbes' list of the world's best paid cities. No.2 Geneva's workforce earns an average of $20.40 net pay an hour, that means they'll have to work 1 more hour for that new iPod Nano. But you're still factoring local prices, Geneva and Zurich blow away any other international city in terms of what workers can get for their money. New York City comes in at NO.3. It may the center of the financial crisis, but net pay per hour is $19. And like Zurich, working time for that coveted⁵ consumer possession--the iPod Nano just 9 hours. On the Forbes.com video network in New York, I'm Camilla Webster. (本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 infrastructures   

n.基础设施( infrastructure的名词复数 )；基础结构；行政机构；秘密机构

参考例句：

• Public transportation termini and depots are important infrastructures for a city. 公交场站设施是城市重要的基础设施。 来自互联网
• The increasingly fast urbanization process requires more and more infrastructures. 我国城市化进程不断加快，对城市基础设施的需求也越来越大。 来自互联网

2 turmoil   

n.骚乱，混乱，动乱

参考例句：

• His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
• The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。

3 savvy   

v.知道，了解；n.理解能力，机智，悟性；adj.有见识的，懂实际知识的，通情达理的

参考例句：

• She was a pretty savvy woman.她是个见过世面的漂亮女人。
• Where's your savvy?你的常识到哪里去了？

4 workforce   

n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

5 coveted   

adj.令人垂涎的；垂涎的，梦寐以求的v.贪求，觊觎(covet的过去分词)；垂涎；贪图

参考例句：

• He had long coveted the chance to work with a famous musician. 他一直渴望有机会与著名音乐家一起工作。
• Ther other boys coveted his new bat. 其他的男孩都想得到他的新球棒。 来自《简明英汉词典》