garment factory managers have been ordering large swatches of cloth to fill domestic and international apparel orders.
服装工厂的经理们订购了大量布料以满足国内外服装订单。
Swatch(小块)布样,皮样,样片,样品;一小束,一小簇
earthmovers and pile drivers推土机和打桩机
He laid off all but four of his 20 factory workers, and began making preparations to close his shop at Yiwu’s wholesale market.
他解雇了工厂的工人，20个人里只留下四人，并开始为关闭他在义务批发市场的铺面做准备。
Now, many are deferring major purchases推迟大笔消费, and work is scarce.
Keeping the virus at bay has been critical to C’s economic success over the past year. While the pandemic ravages other nations, C’s aggressive top-down approach kept the virus from spreading rapidly across the country.遏制住疫情对C过去一年的经济成功至关重要。当疫情在其他国家肆虐时，C自上而下的积极防控举措阻止了病毒在全国迅速传播。
Companies were scooping up anyone they could find.各家公司都在挖走任何能找到的人。
ramp up its infrastructure spending加大基础设施支出
Every major city in C was already connected with high-speed rail lines, but new lines were rapidly added last year to smaller cities. New expressways crisscross remote western provinces. C的所有大城市都早通了高铁，不过去年又快 速新添了连接中小城市的高铁线路。新修的高速公路纵横交错，连接起西部偏远省份。
power/fuel the economy为经济提供动力
the country’s economy would expand/grow/climb/be up 7.8 percent this year
