数字口译练习题

11. In 1999, China's gross domestic product (GDP), which came to only RMB 362.41 billion yuan in 1978, amounted to 7955.3 billion yuan, 20fold increase over 1978. China ranks No.7 in terms of total supply and demand and No.1 in terms of economic growth rate.

1.In 2001, China's GDP reached 9.5933 trillion yuan, almost tripling that of 1989, representing an average annual increase of 9.3 percent.
2. Efforts will be made to quadruple the GDP of the year 2000 by 2020.




概率 probability 吞吐量 throughput 生活费指数 the cost-of-living index 物价指数 the price index 成倍增长 increase several-fold 货币的贬值 devaluation of the currency 升值 appreciation 法郎 franc 英镑 pound 美元 dollar 日元 yen
4.Unemployment has risen to over three million for the first time in six years and analysts expect the jobless total to rise by a further 40,000 this month. Manufacturing output has meanwhile steadied, after a nought point five per cent decrease last month.

3.The earth's moon is located an average of 239,000 miles from the earth. It has a diameter of 2,136 miles, and its gravity is one-sixth that of earth's.




2倍 double, twice as much as, twice the amount of, to increase by 100% over last year 3 倍 triple, three times as much as, three times the amount of, to increase by 200% 4 倍 quadruple, four times/folds, to increase by 300% 5 倍 quintuple, five times/folds, to double and redouble

10. China's GDP in 1997 amounts to US$902 billion. This figure ranks No.7 behind USA (US$7819.3 billion), Japan (US$4223.4 billion), German (US$2115.4 billion), France (US$1393.8 billion), Britain (US$1278.4 billion) and Italy (US$ 1146.2 billion). From 1979 to 1997, China's average annual growth rate is 9.8 percent, 6.5 percentage points higher than that of the world.


连续五年 for five consecutive years for the five years in a row/ in succession/ on end 总产值创历史最高 total output value hit a record high/ an all-time high 增长百分之几十 increase by double-digit percentages 产量比1997年增长了2倍 The output has increased 3 times/ registered a three-fold increase/ increase 200% compared with 1997. 今年第一季度的产量比去年同期增加了12.5% The production increased 12.5% between January and March compared with the corresponding period/ same time last year. The production was up 12.5% year-on-year between January and March.

5.Except Xinjiang, output value of the secondary industry of other Chinese provinces occupies more than 40% of its GDP, while output value of the tertiary industry occupies more than 30% in most of the provinces.



销售额 sales volume 利润额 profit margin 投资总额 total investment 投资回报 returns 高回报率 high returns 营业额 business volume/turnover 贸易额 foreign trade volume

7.The amount of savings of urban and rural residents have increased over 71.4 per cent from 21.06 billion yuan in 1978 to 1,520.35 billion yuan in 1993.

6.Steel production this week totalled 327 289 metric tonnes, down 1.4% from 332 103 tonnes a week earlier but up 9.8% from 298 100 tonnes in the same week of 2003.
数字口译练习业率 unemployment rate 通货膨胀率 inflation rate 增长率 growth rate 出生率 birth rate 死亡率 death rate, mortality (rate) 婴儿死亡率 fetal mortality 利率 interest rate 汇率，兑换率 exchange rate 收入 earning, income, revenue 总收入 gross income/ earnings 净收入 net income 毛利， 总利润 gross profit/ benefit
Ask your partner to read the figures or sentence for you, then vice versa according to the following steps 1. 听原文（不看文本）， 记下所有的数字。 2. 再听一遍 —— 校对，补缺 3. 有必要的话重复第二步。 4. 实在听不出来的校对原文。

8.As compared with the same period last year, the price of rice, wheat, maize and soybean rose by 16.2%, 18.1%, 22.8% and 29.5% respectively.

9.With over 40,000 US-invested enterprises, the paid-in value of the total US investment in China now stands at 43 billion US dollars. Of the top 500 US companies, more than 400 have come to China, and most of them are making a handsome profit.





通货膨胀已得到控制 The inflation has been brought under control. 遏制通货膨胀 curb/check/curtail the inflation. 股市指数突破1300大关 The stock index broke the 1300-point mark. 当日指数以1120点收盘 The index closed/ finished/ ended at 1120 on that day. 联合国安理会投票，三票赞成，一票反对， 一票弃权 The UN Security Council voted with three pros, one con and one abstention.


数字变化趋势的说法 peak level off, take off, soaring, shoot up, upsurge, increase fluctuate fall, bottom out, collapse, panic, slump recover(反弹) 用来形容变化程度的形容词：remarkably, markedly, sharply, dramatically, significant, considerable, etc.