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【英语趣味课堂】经济-The Economy

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Fanny: Hey, Brian, you know, recently I heard that the Canadian dollar is very strong.
Brian: It is. It's been amazingly strong in the last few months.
 
Fanny: What happened? I mean, how come?
 
Brian: It went up. The reasons behind why the Canadian dollar is strong...
 
Fanny: Yeah.
 
Brian: Very good question. Without getting too complicated, my understanding is the Canadian dollar is linked to a lot of primary industries, so things like, say like, oil or mining or timber1 from like forests and right now I think there's a high demand for those kind of products, so because of that it's pushed the Canadian dollar up. But also I think many other currencies have gone down a bit, like the American dollar has dropped a lot.
 
Fanny: Really. OK.
 
Brian: I don't follow the currency markets too closely.
 
Fanny: OK, I see.
 
Brian: But I think because the American dollar has gone down as well, that means that, you know, it doesn't take as much Canadian money to equal the American money now, so I think those are probably two of the reasons why it's been strong.
 
Fanny: I see. I know that Canada is a country which is really rich in the natural resources, but are there still a lot of natural resources left now.
 
Brian: That's another good question. I think that there are still quite a lot of resources.
 
Fanny: Oh, nice.
 
Brian: Which is, you know, is good but some of them are decreasing quite a bit.
 
Fanny: I think so, because of consumption2.
 
Brian: It's too...
 
Fanny: Too big.
 
Brian: Right.
 
Fanny: Yeah.
 
Brian: And we export a lot of our resources too, so, you know, the Unites States is always taking a lot of our resources so that's like a huge market right there, but I think there's still lots of oil but maybe the... some of the trees, you know, they cut them down pretty fast and they take a long time to grow back, so you have to watch out there.
 
Fanny: OK, I think that's a very reason for the strong Canadian dollar.
 
Brian: It could be but you probably should ask an economist3. Maybe they can tell you a bit more informed insight4 than I can.

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1 timber NJMzx     
n.木材,原木,大木料,栋木
参考例句:
  • These trees need more time to grow into useful timber.这些树不够年头,还没成材呢。
  • The timber is graded according to its thickness.木材按厚度分级。
2 consumption 3ZVym     
n.消费,消耗,消费额,消耗量,结核病
参考例句:
  • Consumption of oil has declined in recent years.石油消耗量在最近几年下降了。
  • The meat was condemned as unfit for human consumption.这种肉已被宣布不适宜人们食用。
3 economist AuhzVs     
n.经济学家,经济专家,节俭的人
参考例句:
  • 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。
4 insight D6fx4     
n.洞察力,洞悉,深刻的见解
参考例句:
  • Good teachers have insight into the problems of students.好的教师能洞察学生的问题。
  • The research will provide direct insight into molecular mechanisms.这项研究将使人能够直接地了解分子的机理。
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