2010年4月外刊经贸知识选读试题真题答案(4)

外刊经贸知识选读试题真题答案

47. “bargain-basement prices” means high prices.

48. Economy of the Western industrial countries highly depended on their export.

49. East Asia countries kept on importing more under the international financial crisis.

50. The US economy was not influenced by the financial crisis.

51. The trade war against Japan had successfully decreased the US’s trade deficit.

六、Translate the following passage into Chinese.（本大题共12分）

请将答案填写在答题纸相应的位置上。

52.To many developing countries, the trend is deeply worrying as well as bewildering —— the terms of trading have worsened dramatically for them. For the industrialized world, by contrast, the drop in commodity prices has been a real boon in the fight against inflation. The explanation for the general weakness in commodity prices is complex, and the factors in play will obviously vary greatly from one commodity to another. For example, while falling oil prices ought to provide a fillip to western economic growth —— and therefore, indirectly, to demand for other commodities —— they are bound to have other, perhaps less desirable, spin-offs.