英语故事系列：冠状病毒传播或导致2020首季度全球经济出现萎缩

一份新的报告说，不断蔓延的冠状病毒可能使世界经济在2020年前三个月出现萎缩。如果得到证实，这将是自10多年前国际金融危机以来经济活动首次出现季度性下降。
A new report says the spreading coronavirus could make the world economy shrink during the first three
months of 2020.If confirmed,it would be the first quarterly drop in economic activity since the international financial crisis more than 10 years ago.