1.BRI is an abbreviation /əˌbriːvɪˈeɪʃən/ for the Belt and Road Initiative /ɪˈnɪʃɪətɪv, -ʃətɪv/一带一路项目
2.year-on-year: 同比；上年同期比较；去年同期比较
3.前三季度: the first three quarters
4.海关数据： the customs data
5.depend largely on sth.
6.dampen：抑制；控制；减弱 dampen the global economy; 弄湿；使潮湿←damp 潮湿的；湿气重的
7.海关总署：the General Administration of Customs
8.total foreign trade volume外贸总额
9.日益增长的贸易保护主义 rising trade protectionism
10. market diversification:市场多样化，多元化
11. 欧盟 the European Union 东盟 ASEAN ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
12.实质性进展： the substantial progress has been achieved
13. 谈判小组：negotiating teams
14. as for Vs. as to
15.密切关注: be closely watching
16.供应链 supply chains
17. At the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation 国际贸易经济合作研究院
18. at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences中国社会科学院
19.trade tensions or trade friction or trade dispute都可以表述 中美贸易战
20.Porsche 保时捷 Porsche China保时捷中国
21. scenario:
A. a description of how things might happen in the future 设想；方案；预测
Let me suggest a possible scenario. 我来设想一种可能出现的情况。
The worst-case scenario (= the worst possible thing that could happen) would be for the factory to be closed down. 最坏的情况可能是工厂关闭。
a nightmare scenario 最坏的可能
B. a written outline of what happens in a film/movie or play （电影或戏剧的）剧情梗概
22.volatility 挥发性；波动；易变；活泼，反复无常；不稳定→volatile/ˈvɒlətaɪl/
23. optimistic pessimistic
24.the WTO recently lowered its projection for global trade in goods to 1.2 percent for 2019 from its earlier prediction of 2.6 percent made in April an estimate or a statement of what figures, amounts, or events will be in the future, or what they were in the past, based on what is happening now 预测；推断；设想•to make forward/backward projections of population figures 推断未来╱过去的人口数量•Sales have exceeded our projections. 销售量超过了我们的预测
25.中国国际经济交流中心： China Center for International Economic Exchanges，缩写CCIEE
26.tap emerging markets开发新兴市场
27.asset portfolio(s) 资产组合
28.production origins生产来源
29. 6.8 percentage points 用的复数 6.8个百分点
