一、術語：

　　the single market 統一大市場 Maastricht Treaty 馬斯特里赫特條約

　　barrier-free market 無壁壘市場 free-trade zone 自由貿易區

　　referendum 公民復決投票 merger 兼并

　　budget cuts 預算削減 political and economic integration 政治經濟一體化

　　deregulation 放松管制 privatization 私有化

　　二、詞語釋義：

　　big bang： strong and powerful effect； impact （不同凡響的效果）

　　sour： worsen backlash： a strong adverse reaction

　　be bursting to： be eager to （迫不及待地 … ） skid： slide； fall

　　gush about： talk about with excessive enthusiasm （滔滔不絕地談論）

　　translate into： transform into hang over： impend over； threaten

　　三、句子翻譯：

　　1.Yet in its current dour mood， Europe risks almost overlooking the revolutionary step forward it has taken in creating the world“s largest and wealthiest barrier-free market — and on a continent where， for centuries， economic battles have led to some of history”s bloodiest wars. But perhaps the major reason is the dark economic clouds now hanging over Europe. One of the central justifications for the single market was its ability to create greater prosperity， but it is making its debut just as Europe traverses one of its roughest economic storms in years.

　　然而在目前抑郁的情緒中，歐洲幾乎冒險忽視了那種前進的革命性步伐，它曾以那種步伐創立了世界上最大的、最富有的自由市場——在一個大洲，那里幾個世紀以來經濟上的爭斗已經導致了一些歷史上最血腥的戰爭。另外，一些觀察家說，如果無法通過推進歐洲一體化來加強大市場，那將導致破壞內部市場計劃已經取得的成就。

　　2. The single market is central to the community“s progress， but it is by no means certain that it could stand alone， says one senior EC official here， ”if the political will to continue moving forward fails， we can anticipate more strains in the marriage contract that ultimately would strike at what we“ve accomplished.”

　　“大市場是共同體進步的中心，但是決不能肯定它能獨立存在”，一位歐共體高級官員在這里說，“如果繼續前進的政治意愿沒有了，我們能預見到聯姻協議中會出現更多的緊張因素，它們最終會打擊我們已經取得的成績。”