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Companies rushed last week to put a price on the terror attacks. Firms directly affected by the horror, such as Boeing1 and Marriott2, and some far afield, such as photo giant Kodak3, warned of lower profits. Airline layoffs alone will top 100 000, pushing some analysts to say as many as 1 million workers may lose their jobs because of the post-attack repercussions. On Capitol Hill4, lawmakers and the Bush administration began crafting an economic emergency response. “The foundations of our free society remain sound, and I am confident that we will recover and prosper as we have in the past, ” Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told Congress.

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In spite of the adverse consequence of the terror attacks, the U.S. economy will recover and prosper as it did in the past, because the foundations of its free society remain sound, in the opinion of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.

依美联储主席艾伦·格林斯潘，尽管恐怖袭击造成了诸多不利的后果，美国经济仍会像过去一样复苏发展，因为作为其自由社会的基础依然稳固。

句子分析

Airline layoffs alone will top 100,000, pushing some analysts to say as many as 1 million workers may lose their jobs because of the post-attack repercussions.

在此句中

1）Airline layoffs alone will top 100,000 是主句

2）pushing some … the post-attack repercussions 是现在分词短语，作伴随状语，表示和 “will top”同时发生的动作；其中，“as many as 1 million workers may lose their jobs because of the post-attack repercussions”是个省略了“that”的从句，作“say”的宾语。

词语解释

put a price on

to give something a financial value 给 … 定价 e.g.

1）You can't put a price on what a mother does for her children. 对于母亲为孩子所做的你无法给以定价。

2）How do you put a price on nine years of being informed and entertained? 对于九年来所得到的信息和娱乐，你怎么给以定价？

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