121.global economy ：全球经济

Worldwide trade, travel, competition, etc.

世界范围内的贸易、旅游、竞争等。

Companies in the 1990s are thinking globally in order to stay competitive in the new global economy.

为在新的全球经济中保持竞争力，90 年代的公司都从全球的角度考虑问题。

122.GNP ：国民生产总值

An abbr. For “gross national product.” The total annual monetary value of all goods, services, and products sold on markets of national economy.

“gross national product” 的缩写词，指在国民经济市场上销售的所有商品、服务和产品的年度货币总值。

What was Japan’s GNP in 1987?

1987 年日本的国民生产总值是多少？

123.golden parachute ：高额离职补贴

A substantial compensation given to top executives as a severance bonus when they are terminated from the positions in the event of a corporate merger or takeover.

在发生合并或兼并的情况下，公司高层行政领导离开其职位时所获得的丰厚补偿，作为高额离职补助金。

CEOs typically receive a golden parachute when their companies are seized in a hostile takeover.

公司被他方恶意接管时，通常情况下总裁们都会得到高额的离职补贴。

124.gray market ：灰色市场

A market in which scare goods such as computer chips are traded at above-market prices through irregular channels or by methods not illegal but usually not considered ethical.

以高于正常市场价格来销售稀缺商品如电脑芯片的市场。这种交易通常以非正常渠道进行，手段虽不犯法但也不被认为是合乎道德的。

Our company is losing a lot of money to similar products being sold on the gray market.

由于类似产品在灰色市场上销售，我们公司损失很大。

125.greenmail ：绿票欺诈

The purchase, usually in secret, of a large block of a company’s stock, thereby signaling a possible takeover attempt, and ultimately forcing the company to try to thwart the attempt by buying back its stock at a much higher price.

秘密购买一公司的大部分股票，以此暗示可能进行接管，最终迫使该公司为挫败对方的企图，不得不以高出很多的价买回股份。

The ABC company found themselves a victim of greenmail when they realized they had bought back their stock at a much higher price.

当 ABC 公司以高得多的价格买回自己的股份时，发现本公司成了绿票欺诈的受害者。