improving.

stagnant.

perfectly health.

getting worse.

in trouble.

under control.

under severe investigation.

fully inaccurate.

absolutely useless.

in a state of disorder.

forced American consumers to stop buying foreign cars and watches.

made the United States discontinue imports from Japan and Switzerland.

contributed to the decrease of sales of Japanese cars and Swiss watches in the U.S.

caused a rise in prices of cars and watches in Japan and in Switzerland, respectively.

was the result of an agreement between car makers and the U.S. government.

Although it is difficult to guess the future price of a currency, it can be safely predicted that the dollar will soon drop slightly against other currencies.

European firms may benefit from a stronger euro, since their exports will cost more than those from America.

The employees of European companies cannot spend their holidays in Florida because the whole trip is too expensive for them.

The present current-account deficit relative to the GDP is the first the United States has since the eighties.

The report mentioned in the text insists that a devaluation of the dollar will bring U.S. economy into balance.

Problem-solution.

Time sequence.

Definition and exemplification.

Listing and classification.

Cause and effect.

Its (line 7) refers to euro.

Those (line 23) refers to investors.

Their (line 25) refers to investors.

Ones (line 43) refers to European firms.

It (line 64) refers to European car company.

A risk-taking, hard-working financial advisor = a financial advisor who takes risks and works hard.

A four-million-dollar twelve-storey building = a building with twelve stories that is worth four million dollars.

A three-hundred-page, double-spaced report = a report that has three hundred pages and is written with double space.

Twenty green-colored ten-dollar bills = twenty bills of ten dollars, in the color green.

Three financially-troubled government-owned companies = three financial companies that have caused troubles to the government.

"It may seem curious that the dollar is falling…" (line 10)

"...America must borrow $2 billion each business day." (lines 27-28)

"How much further might the dollar fall?" (line 32)

"… the dollar could drop a lot lower," (lines 34-35)

"…a weaker dollar should thus help to cut America's (…) deficit." (lines 46-48)

King Lear comes from nothing, just as scientists do.

both scientists and King Lear teach us that nothing comes from nothing.

according to scientists, King Lear believes that nothing comes from nothing.

scientists tell us that fictional characters, like King Lear, come from nothing.

scientists teach us King Lear's beliefs about the origin of things.

a need to increase bureaucracy in order to produce innovations.

the increasingly fixed structure of organizations and society.

the uncontrollable growth of certain segments of society.

important barriers that are impossible to overcome.

unfriendly attitudes within certain organizations.