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(1) Which of the following adjectives describe the International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde's view of the world economy? Account for your choice
absolutely worrying
completely downbeat
excessively hopeful
extremely depressing
fairly prudent
moderately confident
quite cautious
rather realistic
slightly optimistic
slightly pessimist
too cheerful
too confident
very gloomy
very upbeat
(2) Please check how the following words are pronounced
this year
Greece's
hard-pressed
workers
mostly calm
backed
international
world leaders
(Christine Lagarde)
biggest risks
threat
debt crisis
Italy
scheduled
meetings
Washington
20 or 21
urges
(Christine Lagarde)
throughout
debt woes
International Monetary Fund
resources
nations
future economic crises
far higher than
