商务英语口译Unit 2 Price and Payment

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English-Chinese Interpretation World Trade Grows, But Slows 世界贸易增长放缓 The World Trade Organization's (WTO) annual report finds world-trade growth slowed t0 5.5 percent in 2007 from 8.5 percent the year before. WTO predicts global trade growth will continue to slow this year. 世界贸易组织发表的一份年度报告称，世界贸易增长从 2006 年的 8.5%减慢到 2007 年的 5.5%。世贸组织预计，2008 年的全球贸易增长将继续放慢。 The World Trade Organization says the global financial crisis is having a negative 第 页
impact on world trade. But, it says the results are uneven, with the wealthier countries generally doing worse than the poorer countries. 世贸组织说，全球的金融危机正在对世界贸易产生负面影响。不过，世贸组织说，影响 结果并不平衡，总体来说富有国家比贫穷国家情况更糟。 The report says the financial market turbulence has considerably reduced economic growth projections for some major developed markets and has clouded the prospects for world trade next year. It says the U.S. subprime mortgage and banking crises are likely to further depress global trade growth. 报告指出，金融市场的动荡在很大程度上减少了一些主要发达市场的经济增长预测，给 明年的世界贸易前景蒙上阴影。报告说，美国的次贷危机和银行业危机可能会使全球贸 易增长陷入进一步的衰退。 It expects economic growth in the United States will be flat this year and will have repercussions elsewhere, especially in Europe tater in the year. 世贸组织预计，今年美国的经济增长乏力，并将影响其他地方，尤其是今年晚些时候将 波及欧洲。 WTO senior economist. Michael Finger. says the strength of the oil and commodity prices is another worrying factor. 世贸组织资深经济学家迈克尔·芬格对记者说，另外一个令人担忧的因素是石油 和商品价格的坚挺。 "The oil importing countries will have to adjust ro the much higher cost of energy and this erodes the purchasing power of consumers and increases the cost for business and this will have a further adverse effect," he said. 他说： “石油进口国必须做出调整， 适应更高的能源成本， 因为这侵吞了消费者的购买力， 增加了商业成本，并将产生进一步的反作用。 ” The WTO reports world trade will continue to slow markedly next year, but not all regions will suffer. It notes Mexio and Canada, which are closest to the United States. will feel the brunt of the slowdown. But repercussions will be smaller among European countries that trade with each other. 世贸组织的报告说，明年的世界贸易将显著放缓，但并非所有地区都受到影响。报告说， 离美国最近的墨西哥和加拿大将首当其冲受到美国经济放缓的影响，但对相互进行贸易 第 页
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the return on the alternative assets. What determines the current price then is the expected future price. The most important drivers have been the prospective growth in the demand of emerging countries, particularly China, and gloom about alternative sources of supply. China's rapid and highly resource-intensive growth is the most important factor.
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1. 2. 3. 掌握价格和付款方面的相关术语。 掌握关于价格和付款的口译常用句型。 熟悉并掌握即席演讲的技巧。
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Section 2 Paragraph Interpretation
Words & Expressions Preview 金融崩溃 financial collapse 通缩 deflation Chinese-English Interpretation (1)
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油价正逼近每桶 150 美元的水平。 就在全球正担心金融崩溃以及随之而来的通缩风险 之际，世界上最重要的大宗商品价格在过去一年翻了一番。以实际价值计算，目前的油 价水平比 1981 年高出 25%——那一年是第二次石油危机的高峰时期。 The price of oil is close to $150 a barrel. While the world is worrying about the risks of financial collapse and ensuing deflation, the price of the world's most important commodity has doubled over the past year In real terms, the price of oil is now 25 per cent higher than that in 1979, which was at the peak of the second oil shock. Chinese-English Interpretation (2) 如果预期实际油价的上涨幅度将超过替代资产的回报率，生产者就不会开采石油。因此 决定当前价格的，是预期的未来价格。最重要的推动因素是新兴国家（尤其是中国）需 求的预期增长情况，以及对替代能源供应的担忧。中国经济的迅速增长及其资源高度密 集型的增长方式，是最重要的因素。 Producers will leave oil in the ground if the rise in real oil prices is expected to be faster than
Words & Expressions Preview Nominal domestic demand 名义国内需求 Accelerate 加速 Combined increase 增长总和 English-Chinese Interpretation (1) The increase last year in Bric countries' (Brazil, Russia, India and China) nominal domestic demand was larger than the combined increase in the old economies. This year, although old-economy domestic demand growth may slow, if we include likely Bric demand growth in the equation, global demand will accelerate. 金砖四国（巴西、俄罗斯、印度、中国）去年的名义国内需求增长超过了老牌经济体的 增长总和。今年，尽管老牌经济体的国内需求也许会放缓，但如果我们在等式中加入金 砖四国可能的需求增长，全球需求的增长将会加速。 English-Chinese Interpretation (2) In dollar terms. Chinese final domestic demand grew 8 percent more than US demand last year and is likely to rise 20 percent more in the current year. Simply put, Chinese demand growth is much more important to the global supply-demand balance than US demand growth. However, some Chinese economists are concerned that the rapid increase of Chinese RMB's value may, to some extent, threaten its economic development. 按美元计算，去年中国最终的国内需求比美国多增长了 8%，而今年可能还会再多增长 20%。简言之，对全球供需平衡而言，中国的需求增长比美国重要得多。但是，中国的 一些经济学家担心，人民币的快速升值可能会在一定程度上影响中国经济的发展。