《2016考研英语翻译习题精选》.pdf

观看精彩视频课程，请点击 考研英语翻译习题精选 油价的秘密 1Couldthebadolddaysofeconomicdeclinebe abouttoreturn?Since OPEC agreed to supply-cuts in March, the price of crude oil has jumped to almost $26 a barrel, up from less than $10 last December. This near-triplingofoilpricescallsupscarymemoriesofthe1973oilshock, whenpricesquadrupled,and1979-1980,whentheyalsoalmosttripled.Both previous shocks resulted in double-digit inflation and global economic decline. So where are the headlines warning of gloom and doom this time? 翻译：过去经济衰落的日子会不会重来?自从石油输出国组织在3月决定减 少原油供应，原油的价格便从去年12月的不到10美元一桶上升到约26美元一 桶。这次近3倍的涨价令人想起了1973年和1979～1980年两次可怕的石油恐慌， 当时的油价分别涨了4倍和近3倍。前两次的油价暴涨都导致了两位数的通货膨 胀和全球性的经济衰退。那么这次警告人们厄运来临的头版新闻都到哪里去了 呢? 2TheoilpricewasgivenanotherpushupthisweekwhenIraqsuspended oil exports. Strengthening economic growth, at the same time as winter grips the northern hemisphere, could push the price higher still in the short term. 翻译：本周伊拉克暂停石油出口，这使油价又一次上扬。强劲的经济增长势 头，随着北半球冬季的到来，有可能在短期内使石油价格涨得更高。 3 Yet there are good reasons to expect the economic consequences now to be less severe than in the 1970s. In most countries the cost of crude oil now accounts for a smaller share of the price of petrol than it did inthe1970s.InEurope,taxesaccountforupto four-fifthsoftheretail price, so even quite big changes in the price of crude have a more muted effect on pump prices than in the past. 翻译：然而，我们有充分的理由预期这次油价暴涨给经济带来的影响不会像 20世纪70年代那么严重。与70年代相比，现在多数国家的原油价格占汽油价 格的份额要小很多。在欧洲，税金在汽油零售价的比例高达4/5，因此，即使原 油价格发生很大的波动，汽油价格所受的影响也不会像过去那么显着。 免费下载更多资料，请点击 观看精彩视频课程，请点击