CCTV9英语新闻：Costs of food, residence, clothing & transportation in 2013
时间：2019-02-05 作者：英语课 分类：CCTV9英语新闻2014年01月
In China, all major aspects of people’s daily needs are epitomized by a Chinese proverb, “Yi Shi Zhu Xing,” which literally 1 translates to clothing, food, residence and transportation. Now to get a better grasp of how prices have changed on these fronts over the past year, we are joined in the studio by my colleague Wu Haojun.
Answer: Certainly, Yi Shi Zhu Xing covers pretty much all the basic necessities of daily life. Let’s first take a look at food, which has the heaviest weight in China’s CPI calculation. In the past year, it’s been leading China’s CPI growth. The average annual growth comes down to about 4.6% in 2013. And that’s despite rising production in staple 2 foods like grain. Now moving on to housing related prices, which account for about 20% of China’s CPI basket. The total yearly average comes down to 2.8%. But that doesn’t reflect the overall picture for two reasons. First the 2.8% also includes water, electricity and other related prices, it tells a different story when you look at rent alone, which rose by more than 4% in most months of last year, riding on the unstoppable rise in home prices. And that brings us to the second point, the price of buying a home is not included in the CPI basket. And on clothing and transportation. An average rise of 2.28% in clothing mostly due to rising labor 3 cost here in China. And finally something positive for the consumers with a negative reading in transportation and communication related CPI.
Question: China’s producer prices, a measure of the cost of goods as they leave the factory, also came out on Thursday. What does the figure tell us about the economy?
Answer: Well, the producer-price index fell 1.4 percent from a year before, that’s the 22nd straight drop. Some analysts 4 say this kind of producer-price deflation means manufacturing is still facing lots of challenges. And speaking of challenges, something to watch for on Friday here as well, China’s General Administration of Customs is scheduled to announce 2013 trade figures on Friday. Early predictions made by a spokesman at the commerce ministry 5, said that China’s total trade in goods last year was expected to reach $4.14 trillion. That would mark about a seven percent increase from 2012, less than the government’s target of eight percent.
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收听单词发音 1
literally
adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实
参考例句：
He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。
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staple
n.主要产物，常用品，主要要素，原料，订书钉，钩环；adj.主要的，重要的；vt.分类
参考例句：
Tea is the staple crop here.本地产品以茶叶为大宗。
Potatoes are the staple of their diet.土豆是他们的主要食品。
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labor
n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
参考例句：
We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
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analysts
分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
参考例句：
City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
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ministry
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
- Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。
- Tea is the staple crop here.本地产品以茶叶为大宗。
- Potatoes are the staple of their diet.土豆是他们的主要食品。
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。