保加利亞民眾爆買
The Turkish lira has lost more than 40% of its value this year. This has caused prices to drop so low that Turkey is now the prime destination for shoppers from Bulgaria.
土耳其貨幣里拉今年已貶值40％以上，導致商品價格大幅下降，使得土耳其成為保加利亞民眾採買的熱點。
so adj. that…如此…以致於…the prime destination=the hot spot 熱門地點prime(adj.)首要的;主要的;基本的、品質最好的;一流的prime minister首相prime beef上等牛肉
Due to the currency crisis, the number of shoppers visiting the market has ballooned from 50,000 a week to nearly 150,000.
由於貨幣危機，逛市場的消費者每週5萬人激增至近15萬人。
currency(n.)貨幣balloon(v.)像氣球般膨脹、激增=surge=shoot up=rise sharply
Despite the increase in sales, the merchants are making less money because of the extent of the lira’s collapse.
儘管銷量提升，但里拉暴跌的程度使得商家賺的錢變少。
despite(prep.)儘管=in spite ofbecause of…因為=due to…
“For us, the crisis is good, but it is very bad for the Turkish people,” said Bulgarian tour guide Daniela Mircheva.
保加利亞導遊米爾切娃說：「對我們來說，這場危機是好事，但對土耳其人民來說卻是非常糟糕的。」
crisis(n.)危機
In a bid to boost support before the 2023 elections, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has resorted to conducting an unusual economic experiment.
為了提高2023年大選的支持率，土耳其總統埃爾多安訴諸於不尋常的經濟實驗。
in a bid to 為了、希望boost(v.)改善、提高、增強、推動boost sales提升業績boost morale提振士氣resort to sth.訴諸於～
Erdogan ordered the central bank to slash interest rates, believing that it would ultimately solve Turkey’s inflation problem.
埃爾多安下令央行大幅降息，認為這最終會解決土耳其的通膨問題。
slash(v.)大幅削減、大幅減少(n.)斜槓slashie(n.)斜槓青年、工作者inflation(n.)通貨膨脹deflation(n.)通貨緊縮
However, as economists had predicted, it has done just the opposite.
然而，如經濟學家所預測的那樣，結果恰恰相反。
Similar to China’s economic transformation that pulled millions out of poverty, Erdogan is betting that a cheap lira would create growth driven by export.
與讓數百萬人擺脫貧困的中國經濟轉型相似，埃爾多安賭的是便宜的里拉會創造出口帶動的經濟成長。
economic transformation經濟轉型poverty(n.)貧窮bet(v.)打賭(be) driven by…由…帶動
Recent approval ratings for the veteran Turkish leader have plunged to as low as 30 percent in most polls, and one Western official is speculating that this has put Erdogan in “political survival mode.”
近期多數民調顯示，這位土耳其資深領導人的支持率跌到只剩30％，一位西方官員推測，這使埃爾多安處於「政治的生存模式」。
approval ratings支持率veteran(adj.)資深的;經驗豐富的plunge(v.)暴跌、驟降=fall sharply=drop rapidly=plummetspeculate(v.)揣測survival mode生存模式
Turkey’s economy is in such a critical state that even foreign shoppers are having mixed feelings about the great deals. “Local people cannot buy all these things,” said Bulgarian shopper Ilyana Todorovar. “For ordinary people, it is no good.”
土耳其的經濟正處於岌岌可危的狀態，甚至連前來土耳其消費的外國人也對能夠買到超級便宜的商品感到五味雜陳。前來採買的保加利亞人托多羅娃說：「這些東西當地人都買不起，對普通老百姓來說，日子真的不好過。」
critical(adj.)嚴重的;危急的;危險的such a(n) adj. N that…如此…的…以致於…have mixed feelings about…心情矛盾;憂喜參半;五味雜陳=have contradictory feelings about…