A：When it comes tothe slowing economy, Ellen Spero isn't biting her nails just yet. But the 47-year-old manicurist isn't cutting, filling or
polishing as many nails as she'd like to, either. Most of her clients spend
＄12 to ＄50 weekly, but last month two longtime customers suddenly Stopped showing up.
biting her nails=scratch one’s head
不知所措，束手无策；
when it comes to名词，主谓。。。。
a用法：引出文章topic
b翻译为：当提到。。。时
当谈及。。。时
Writing： when it comes to 题目，opinions vary。Many tend to claim that 。Others，however，may contend that
claim 主张，认为 some——some people
Hold many——many people
Argue few——
Contend those——
注：日本人——
Those who are from japan，（写作：简单问题复杂化。）省略“people”Those who are from average universities。。。
Top university
may/might
主语 +tend to + 谓语。。。。。。。。。。
seem to
B、This is an explosive situation（危急关头，可怕局面）for any industry（行业）, particularly a declining one.
Slowing/Falling/Declining/Fading
*slowing 减速的 *falling 日以下跌的，逐渐下跌的
Acceleration加速falling communication costs
Slowdown减速 falling transportation costs/spending/budget
Growing industrial competitiveness of emerging economies
*declining 衰退的，走下坡路的
A declining industry global economic decline例：北师大now is on the decline while 东北师大is now on the rise
Industry 行业
Energy-intensive industry
Auto industry
One作代词
仿：This is an explosive situation for any country，particularly for a developing one。
补充：rising growing increasing soaring
*rising costs 支出，费用
rising concern 关注
writing：幸运的是，今天人们越来越关注这种现象。
Rising concern，fortunately，has been given today to such an upsetting phenomenon。
*Growing attention= Rising concern 关注
Growing competitiveness of emerging countries
Growing threat of XXX
*An increasing number of = more and more
*soaring：激增的
Soaring home prices
Soaring health costs/spending/budget
healthcare医疗卫生
C biting her nails 不知所措，束手无策
*have a ZZZ=noisily doze off 瞌睡，入睡
*put pen to paper=write
* While even the modestly educated sought an elevated tone when they putpen to paper before the 1960s, even the most well regarded writing since then has sought to capture spoken English on the page. *While，。（对立对比）
While中国XXX，japanXXX。
Writing：while some seem to claim that ，others might argue that the educated
the poorly educated 受教育程度不高的人
the modestly educated受教育程度中等，一般的
the highly educated受教育高的，不是高等教育
Seek——sought
seek to旨在做。。。想要做。。。，目的是。。。
an elevated tone有高度的语言mother tone
elevator native tone 母语
the most well regarded writing 被认为最好的
capture抓住，俘虏
引申义：抓来就用
Writingspoken
Formal oral
Elevated informal
Academic
The author thinks the present rush to put computers in the classroom is.
［A］far-reaching［B］ dubiously oriented
［C］ self-contradictory［D］ radically reformatory
