美国有线新闻 CNN 新冠病毒可能使美国经济陷入衰退（在线收听）

Who is the current U.S. Treasury Secretary? Jack Lew, Steven Mnuchin, Mike Pompeo or Jerome Powell? Since 2017, Steven Mnuchin has served as the 77th Secretary of the Treasury.

美国现任财政部长是谁？杰克·卢、史蒂文·姆努钦、迈克·蓬佩奥还是杰罗姆·鲍威尔？史蒂文·姆努钦于2017年就任美国第77任财政部长。

With so many closures worldwide related to coronavirus, business in some areas has ground to a halt. And this has some economic analysts asking are we headed for a recession? That's a decrease in economic activity. It could last for months. It could last longer.

冠状病毒致全球多地停工停业，部分地区的业务已经停滞不前。这令一些经济分析师不禁发问：我们是否正在走向经济衰退？经济衰退指经济活动的规模减少。这可能持续数个月。也可能持续更长时间。

Yesterday on ABC's program "This Week", Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin was asked if the U.S. is in a recession and he said he did not think so. He added that later this year, economic activity would pick up as the U.S. confronts the virus. But for the time being, some analysts are saying a recession caused by coronavirus is possible.

在美国广播公司昨天播出的《本周》节目中，财政部长史蒂文·姆努钦被问道美国是否陷入衰退，他的回答是他并不这么认为。他补充说，今年晚些时候，在美国解决冠状病毒之后，经济活动将会回升。但目前，一些分析人士认为，冠状病毒可能导致经济衰退。