Eugenia Lee, David Lee

市況報導：中國出口前景嚴峻

Market Report – China Exports Grim

【新聞關鍵字】

1. grim: adj. 無情的;嚴厲的;殘忍的

2. recovery: n. 復原、復甦

3. deflation: n. 通貨緊縮

4. bounced off: v.phr. (球)彈起、彈回

5. stem: v. 堵住(水流等)、攔住、阻擋、遏止

6. boost: v. 推動、幫助、促進

Anchor:

In today’s market report bearish comments from Chinese economic officials did not keep most Asian share markets from gains today.

主播：在今天的市況報導中，中國經濟官員悲觀的評論使得多數亞洲股市無法維持漲勢。

China’s Commerce Minister says the nation’s export outlook will remain grim for months, after a 17.5 percent fall in January. The industry minister says it is too early to say that an economic recovery phase has begun.

中國一月份出口衰退達17.5%，商務部長表示未來數月中國的出口前景依然嚴峻。工業部長表示現在說景氣已經進入復甦期還言之過早。

The news comes as China dipped into deflation for the first time in six years, setting the stage for a possible central bank rate easing.

這項消息在中國陷入六年來首次通貨緊縮時出現，也使得中國人民銀行可能進一步調降利率。

Hong Kong shares bounced off a four-and-half-month low, as HSBC recovered from its biggest sell-off in at least three decades ahead of an $18 billion rights issue.

匯豐銀行在發行180億新股前，經歷了30多年來最大的跌幅，股價開始回穩，帶動香港股市從四個半月以來的低點反彈。

On the downside, Japanese stocks fell to near 26-year lows, piling pressure on policy-makers to stem the slide and boost the economy.

日本股市跌至26年來的新低價位，使得政策制定者面臨阻止衰退及刺激經濟的巨大壓力。

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【每日一句】

I maxed out my credit card.

我把卡刷爆了

【今日諺語】

The first step is the only difficulty.

邁出第一步是最艱難的

【看笑話，學英語】

Father: What did you do today to help your mother?

父親：你們今天幫媽媽做了什麼事啊？

Son: I dried the dishes

兒子：我擦乾碗盤

Daughter: And I helped pick up the pieces.

女兒：我幫忙撿起碎片