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2009 年 05 月
【英译汉必译题】
There was, last week, a glimmer of hope in the world food crisis. Expecting a bumper harvest,
Ukraine relaxed restrictions on exports. Overnight, global wheat prices fell by 10 percent.
By contrast, traders in Bangkok quote rice prices around $1,000 a ton, up from $460 two
months ago.
Such is the volatility of today ’s markets. We do not know how high food prices might go, nor
how far they could fall. But one thing is certain: We have gone from an era of plenty to one of scarcity. Experts agree that food prices are not likely to return to the levels the world had grown
accustomed to any time soon.
Imagine the situation of those living on less than $1 a day - the “bottom billion, ” the poorest
of the world ’poors. Most live in Af rica, and many might typically spend two-thirds of their
income on food.
In Liberia last week, I heard how people have stopped purchasing imported rice by the bag.
Instead, they increasingly buy it by the cup, because that ’ s all they can afford. Traveling though West Africa, I found good reason for optimism. In Burkina Faso, I saw a government working to import drought resistant seeds and better manage scarce water supplies, helped by nations like Brazil. In Ivory Coast, we saw a women unning’scooperativechicken r
farm set up with UN funds. The project generated income - and food - for villagers in ways that can easily be replicated.
Elsewhere, I saw yet another women’s group slowly expanding their local agricultural production, with UN help. Soon they will replace World Food Program rice with their own home-grown produce, sufficient to cover the needs of their school feeding program.
These are home-grown, grass-roots solutions for grass-roots problems - precisely the kind of solutions that Africa needs.
【参考译文】
上星期, 世界粮食危机出现了一线转机的希望。 因预期会获得大丰收, 乌克兰放松了出
口限制。全球小麦价格一夜间下跌了 10%。
然而,曼谷米商每吨大米的报价大约 1000 美元,而在两个月前,报价是 460 美元。预
计大米价格还会上涨。
这就是目前市场动荡的局面。我们不知道粮食价格将上涨多少,也不知道将下跌多少。
但有一点是肯定的: 我们已从富足时代进入了匮乏时代。 专家们认为, 粮食价格近期内不太
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