1.【地】重黏土
1.a heavy dense clay or soil high in clay content, especially the material of a series of clay and marl beds in southern England
1.When the manager arrives, Gault asks her to at least meet her halfway.
当经理到来时，高尔特要求她至少便宜一半的差价。
2.But Mr. Gault said the trade deficit could improve in the coming months; imports may slow as consumer demand weakens.
但是盖尔特先生说，贸易赤字可能在接下来的几个月里面得到改善；进口量会随着需求的减弱而放缓。
3.Gault turned a cost-cutting hobby into a career and says she gets a runner's high before haggling.
高尔特将喜欢讨价还价的爱好变成了她的职业，杀价前会感到很兴奋，类似跑步者的愉悦感。
4.Nigel Gault, chief US economist at IHS Global Insight, described the unemployment rate as a "horrible number" .
IHS环球视野（GlobalInsight）的首席美国经济学家奈杰尔·高尔特（NigelGault）将此失业率称为“毛骨悚然的数字”。
5."The biggest declines, they're all behind us now, " said Nigel Gault, chief domestic economist at Global Insight, a research firm.
调研公司——环球视野首席国内经济学家奈杰尔高尔特说，“最严重的下跌情况都已经离我们远去了。”
6.Gault shows a salesman a printout: a webcam listed at $135 in the store is going for $110 on the Internet.
高尔特向售货员展示了一份复印资料：一只在网上标价为110美元的网络摄像头在店里却要价135美元。
7.That explains why $100 oil "hurts, but doesn't have the devastating impact that it did" in prior decades, Gault said.
这就能解释为何100美元的油价“损害经济，但破坏力不如前几十年那麽大了，”Gault说.（完）
8.After some back-and-forth, Gault winds up with two $6 packages of bacon for free.
经过一番唇枪舌战，高尔特免费得到了两包价值6美元的熏肉包。
9."Over that period, real GDP has almost trebled, and we're barely using more oil than we did back then, " Gault said.
“在此期间，实质GDP增加了近两倍.这样一算我们目前用的石油并不比那时候多，”Gault说。
10.Global Link Co. analyst Nigel Gault, as predicted, this year, local governments will also lay off 15. 2 million.
环球通视有限公司分析师奈杰尔·高尔特预测，今年下半年，各级地方政府还将裁员15.2万人。