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VOA标准英语2008年-African Growth Threatened by Higher Food, Fuel - 英语课
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By Barry Wood
Washington
22 May 2008


Economists 2 specializing in Africa say the continent's five-year run of record economic growth is threatened by sharply rising fuel and food prices.  VOA's Barry Wood reports on a Capitol Hill forum 3 Thursday sponsored by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. 


Peter Lewis, the director of African studies at Johns Hopkins University, said food and fuel price increases have been devastating 4, threatening to erode 5 five years of impressive economic gains.


"The scale and scope and speed of the accelerated price hikes have really been quite stunning," he said.


Peter Ondiege, a research economist 1 at the African Development Bank, said continuing growth in 2008 is being negatively influenced by price increases.


"It had been assumed that oil prices would stabilize 6 at around $90 a barrel," he said.  "And [now] we are seeing it approaching $135 to $140 a barrel. So this is a big threat to the African economies, especially those that are importing oil."


Global food prices nearly doubled over the past year while oil costs four times as much as it did in 2003. African economies have registered growth for five consecutive 7 years, expanding five point seven percent last year.


Ondiege says he worries that higher food and fuel prices could prompt some governments to roll back market-based reforms.


"They might attempt to provide subsidies," he added.  "They might try to over-borrow to cushion the poor."


The International Monetary 8 Fund last month forecast that sub-Saharan Africa would register growth of 6.6 percent in 2008. The extent to which that forecast is being scaled back is not yet known.




n.经济学家,经济专家,节俭的人
  • He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
  • He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家,自以为什么都懂。
n.经济学家,经济专家( economist的名词复数 )
  • The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
  • Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.论坛,讨论会
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v.侵蚀,腐蚀,使...减少、减弱或消失
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vt.(使)稳定,使稳固,使稳定平衡;vi.稳定
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adj.货币的,钱的;通货的;金融的;财政的
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