【新唐人2011年11月2日訊】【看新聞學英語】
Global Slump Slows Chinese Exports
全球經濟衰退減緩中國出口
By Daniel Chen, David Lee
【新聞關鍵字】
1. Slump [slʌmp] n. 不景氣
2. Poll [pol] n. 民調測驗
3. Barometer [bəˋrɑmətɚ] n. 氣壓計；晴雨表
4. Ply [plaɪ] v. 不斷供應
5. Ware [wɛr] n. 商品
6. Woe [wo] n. 災難；悲痛
7. Cash flow ph. 現金流轉
8. Surplus [ˋsɝpləs] n. 順差
9. Contraction [kənˋtrækʃən] n. 收縮
10. Sharp [ʃɑrp] adj. 急劇的
11. Depression [dɪˋprɛʃən] n. 不景氣；沮喪
12. Wage [wedʒ] n. 薪水
In a Reuters poll, three fourths of Chinese export businesses feared a wave of factory closures next year — because of falling international demand for Chinese exports.
路透社市調顯示，因國際上對中國出口的需求下降，四分之三的中國出口企業擔心明年會有工廠倒閉潮。
The businesses were polled at Guangdong’s huge Canton Fair — an export trade show that has often functioned as a barometer of China’s export strength. Almost 60-thousand exhibiting exporters plied their wares to almost 300-thousand foreign buyers.
這項市調取樣自廣東大型廣東博覽會上的企業 – 一項經常作為中國出口實力晴雨表參考的出口貿易會展。近6萬個參展出口商定期出口產品給近30萬個外國買家。
Yet up to 80% of the suppliers agreed that US and European financial woes had already hurt business, and feared more of the same going forward.
然而，高達 80％的供應商同意，美國和歐洲的金融困境已經對營運造成傷害，並且擔心相同的情況會持續。
[Jack Ye, Owner, Kingdom Toys]:
“At the end of the year, this trend will become more apparent. Many factories that don’t have orders will close, directly affecting their cash flows… and when they aren’t able to repay their loans they will be forced to close."
王國玩具業主葉傑克說：「今年年底，這一趨勢將更加明顯。很多沒有訂單的工廠將會關閉，直接影響其現金流量…而當他們無法償還貸款時，他們將被迫倒閉。」
China’s trade surplus narrowed for a second straight month in September, to $14.5 billion US dollars, with both imports and exports lower than expected.
中國的貿易順差在9月份連續第二個月收縮至145億美元，進出口皆低於預期。
[Bill Belchere, Global Chief, Mirae Asset Securities]:
“We think that contraction is going to last for another three or six months, so the export growth in Asia is probably going down to single digit; if not zero or negative. So the fact the Canton Fair is disappointing, simply confirms our view that we are going into a sharp slowing of the export circle for Asia."
未來資產證券的全球總裁比爾貝爾切說：「我們認為收縮將持續三到六個月，因此，在亞洲的出口成長如果不是零或負成長，也可能會下降到個位數。廣交會上的事實令人失望，但也只是證實了我們的看法，我們正在進入一個急劇減緩的亞洲出口圈。」
Most economic observers agree that exports remain one of the keys to China’s economic growth. Trends like the current slowdown could mean difficulties avoiding a larger-scale slowdown, and related problems like the tightening of credit and depression of wages.
大多數經濟觀察家都同意，出口仍然是中國經濟成長關鍵之一。像目前經濟減緩的趨勢，可能意味著難以避免的較大規模的衰退，以及相關的問題，如信貸緊縮和工資下降。
本則影音新聞出處：新唐人電視台英語新聞
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/news_business/2011-10-27/global-slump-slows-chinese-exports.html
本專欄由前衛英語李德良老師主編 www.davidlee.url.tw
【佳句精選】
Yet up to 80% of the suppliers agreed that US and European financial woes had already hurt business, and feared more of the same going forward.
然而，高達 80％的供應商同意，美國和歐洲的金融困境已經對商業造成傷害，並且擔心相同的情況會持續。
【每日一句】
At the end of the year, this trend will become more apparent.
今年年底，這一趨勢將更加明顯。
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【頭條關鍵字】
1. sentence [ˋsɛntəns] n. 刑期
2. ordeal [ɔrˋdiəl] n. 苦難、折磨
3. signature [ˋsɪgnətʃɚ] n. 簽名
4. Bounce [baʊns] v. 彈起、彈回
5. Eclipse [ɪˋklɪps] v. 使失色
6. Bust [bʌst] n. 破獲
7. Net [nɛt] v. 使落網
8. Blame [blem] v. 譴責
9. Hacking [ˋhækɪŋ] n. 侵入