经贸英语 打印版课后问题.doc

课后问题： 1、? What’s the meaning of “the pattern of China’s foreign trade”? “The pattern of China’s foreign trade” refers chiefly to the commodity structure of China’s foreign trade and her trade partnership with the world. ? 2、? What kind of clause is introduced by “when” in the sentence of the third paragraph, section 1? An adverbial ) clause or an attributive (定语) one? An attributive clause ? 3、 “Official recognition that foreign technology could play a major role in modernizing the Chinese economy had caused imports to rise by more than 50 per cent in 1978 placing undue strain （过度负担）on the national economy.”(中国政府认识到，国外技术对本国经济现代化作用重大，这使1978年中国的进口额增长了50%以上，结果国民经济背上了沉重的负担。) Why did the more than 50% rise in imports of 1978 place undue strain on China’s national economy? More foreign exchanges(外汇) is required for more imports. All sections of China’s national economy would have to work harder and better to export and earn more for the imports increased. ? 4、? What’s “a net grain exporter”? Does it mean one who has never done any imports? “A net grain exporter” should be one who has done both imports and exports of the item, but finally exported more than imported within a period of time. ? 5、 “The strong increase in imports last year is attributed to buoyant economic activity as well as to the success of the Government’s trade and foreign investment policies.”(去年进口额的大大增加不仅是由于政府贸易政策与对外投资政策的成功，而且是由于趋于上升的经济。) What did China’s foreign investment policies have to do with（与…有关） her strong increase in imports? Foreign capital（外资） has flowed into (流入)China mostly in the form of foreign industrial investors to set up production facilities（生产设备） locally（在地方上，本地） together with their Chinese partners or alone. For production efficiency（效率） and other reasons, as a rule they bring in technology and equipment from abroad to equip（装备） themselves. Thus （因此）it would result in a rise in imports. ? 6、? “Chinese officials stress the importance of introducing advanced techno