Inside the vast, glass-walled Queen Sirikit conference centre in Bangkok, the air-conditioned atmosphere was calm as policymakers from more than 100 countries gathered this week for(本周齐聚参加) the International Monetary Fund’s annual meeting – and contemplated(深思，考虑) the surprising strength of the global economy.
在曼谷那座巨大的玻璃幕墙诗丽吉王后会议中心内，空调营造出平静的氛围。本周，来自100多个国家的政策制定者齐聚于此，参加国际货币基金组织（IMF）年会，并思索全球经济出人意料的强劲表现。
A small army of(一小队，一大批) smiling, uniformed Thai staff were on hand to explain the baffling(令人困惑的) geography of the heavily guarded building, where lunch options were as cosmopolitan(国际化的，世界性的) as the delegates – including, improbably(不可思议地), a Burger King.
一小队面带微笑、身穿制服的泰国工作人员随时待命，为人们解释这座戒备森严的建筑里令人困惑的布局；这里的午餐选择与与会代表一样国际化——甚至不可思议地出现了一家汉堡王。
“Resilience” was the buzzword(流行词，热词) at one event after another, after six months in which sky-high(极高的，天价的) oil prices and geopolitical(地缘政治的) chaos have made less of a dent(造成的冲击较小) in the global economy than first feared.
“韧性”成为一场又一场活动的流行词。过去六个月，油价高企和地缘政治混乱对全球经济的冲击小于最初的担忧。