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CNN's Eunice Yoon reports on how rising food prices are giving Chinese leaders a headache
Rising prices could cause cheap imports from China to become more expensive and this comes as China's commerce ministry admits slow down in the US could spark a drop in Chinese exports and mark a turning point for China's economic growth.
Shoppers are rushed to a hospital in southwestern China after
fighting to get their hands on cheap cooking oil at a
Carrefour supermarket in Changing over a week ago.
The price of cooking oil in China is up over a third
from last year. The Carrefour bottles have just gone on sale. The
supermarket stampede was a second such incident in
the country in recent weeks. A sign in soaring
prices or inflation are fast becoming a headache for
Beijing.
High inflation is always a social, a political problem. The reason is because it normally hurt the poor people more. Because the food prices ….and so on, em...so it's, (这哥们的口语不敢恭维) it's damaging to social stability. China's leaders clearly understand the potential problem. High inflation in the 1980s led in part to protest at Tian'anmen Square. To help avoid social issues, Premier Wen Jiabao this week visited a district of Beijing, promising to stabilizing inflation which now is growing in its fastest pace in over a decade. Wen said record high oil prices and the rising cost of food were largely to blame. Food prices rose 18% in October. Eggs are now 15% more expensive. The price of vegetables is up a third. But the biggest price jump is for pork by a whopping 55% in part due to the concerns over the meat safety and supply.
Some worry this spike in food prices could hit other
areas of the economy causing China to export higher prices to the
rest of the world. In the near term, inflation problem might push
up some of the cost of Chinese products overseas, particularly if
the currency continues to appreciate.
So far, the government has banned price hikes in some
industries, like energy. It also stopped limited time sales
promotions like the one at Carrefour. Most economists
expect China to take more aggressive steps to control
inflation, tightening interest rate in bank lending
to make sure its people feel more at peace.
And some economists expect China Central Bank to raise interest rates very soon, possibly as early as this weekend.
词汇解读:
1.
1)rising prices
2)soaring prices
3)price jump
4)spike in prices
5)price hike
2 spark n. 火花
3. turning point转折点.
例句:Faith is a turning point from darkness to the brightness.
翻译:信念是从黑暗到光明的转折点。
4. a third
5. Carrefour家乐福为了促销置中国人的生命于不顾,真是没有责任敢的外企。
6. stampede(受惊动物的)惊逃,逃窜;狂奔;蜂拥。这里指一大群人涌入造成踩伤事件。stampede= stamp(踩) + pede(脚)
7. sign 在经济类文章中往往是‘征兆’的意思,而并非是‘标记’,‘符号’。
8. stabilize vt. 使稳定stable+ ize
9. protest at Tian’anmen Square指的就是89年的学潮,动乱。
10. record high历史最高价
11. limited time sales promotions:限时促销抢购,这是最容易造成人员伤亡的促销活动。
12. aggressive在中国人眼中是一个贬义词,表示‘侵略的’。其实在崇尚竞争的美国这是一个中性甚至是褒义词,表现一个人有‘进取心的’,采取措施‘激进的’。
13. tightening interest rate in bank lending紧锁银根,例如提高贷款利率和存款准备金率。
文章意译(非逐字逐句翻译):
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