华尔街的赚钱经 第84期:中国消费者与美国消费者的"较量" (1)

 　　Can Chinese Consumers Replace America's

　　中国消费者与美国消费者的“较量”

　　International trade data could show whether anybody else in the world is ready to replace the U.S. consumer as a global growth engine.

　　国际贸易数据显示，世界上是否有人能取代美国消费者成为全球经济增长的引擎。

　　The Census¹ Bureau is due to release March trade data on Tuesday. Economists², on average, think the U.S. recorded yet another trade deficit³ and that the gap widened to $29.7 billion from a surprising 1O-year low of $26 billion in February.

　　美国统计局预定星期二（5月12日）发布了三月的贸易数据。经济学家们普遍认为美国面临又一个贸易赤字记录，贸易逆差将从二月份惊人的260亿美元这个十年最低点扩大到297亿美元。

　　Since imports subtract from gross domestic product and exports add to it, a smaller trade gap-fewer imports and more exports-is generally good for the economy.

　　因为进口会从国内生产总值中减去，而出口要加到其中。所以，以减少进口增加出口形成较小的贸易赤字是有利于经济的。

　　February's relatively⁴ skinny deficit-which was less than half the size of the gap in October 2008-was driven partly by falling oil imports and an unexpected surge in exports.

　　二月份的贸易赤字相对减少，还不到2008年10月贸易赤字的一半，很大程度上是因为石油进口量下降和出口的意外猛增。

1 census   

n.(官方的)人口调查，人口普查

参考例句：

• A census of population is taken every ten years.人口普查每10年进行一次。
• The census is taken one time every four years in our country.我国每四年一次人口普查。

2 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 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》

3 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

4 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。