三、口譯練習

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In a recent television interview the Malaysian prime Minister expressed his deep concern about economic situation in his country. Malaysia has undergone financial difficulties from the combined impact of the world financial crisis, decline in world oil prices and its own prolonged recession. The direct reason for those difficulties was that investors lacked confidence in the Malaysian economy.

在最近一次電視采訪中，馬來西亞總理對其國家的經(jīng)濟形勢深表憂慮。馬來西亞受世界金融危機、世界石油價格下跌以及本國長時間經(jīng)濟蕭條的共同影響，經(jīng)歷了一段金融困難時期。這次困境的直接原因是投資者對馬來西亞經(jīng)濟缺乏信心。∥

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Due to reform of the currency system, high inflation and major financial frauds, most people had little confidence in domestic commercial banks and even doubted the financial policies for the Central Bank and the government. The government and the rubber industrial companies are in severe dispute over settlement of the latter’s tax bill. As a result, many foreign companies intended to stay away from further involvement in the country’s development of economy.

由于貨幣制度改革，通貨膨脹及重大金融失誤，絕大多數(shù)老百姓對國內商業(yè)銀行很少有信心，甚至懷疑央行和政府的金融政策。政府的橡膠工業(yè)公司就解決后者的稅收問題激烈爭論。因此，眾多外國公司不愿再進一步介入國家的經(jīng)濟發(fā)展。
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國家統(tǒng)計局日前對100對經(jīng)濟學專家進行了調查。多數(shù)專家認為上半年經(jīng)濟走勢趨好，經(jīng)濟狀況較理想。對于下半年的宏觀經(jīng)濟走勢，超過80%的專家預期會比上半年更好一些。

The National Bureau of Statistics has conducted a survey among one hundred Chinese economists. Most of them think that the economic trends during the first half of the year were favorable and the economic situation is quite ideal. With regards to the macroeconomic trends for the second half, over 80% of those polled predicted that the second half would be better than the first half.

所有專家都預期今年的經(jīng)濟增長速度將高于去年，平均預期值為8%左右。但與此同時，不少專家認為，如果沒有進一步的資金投入，下半年的經(jīng)濟增長速度可能低于上半年。

With regards to China’s economic growth this year, all experts predict a higher figure than that of last year, the average forecast being about 8%. However, at the same time, many experts argue that without a new round of infusion of funds, the economic growth rate of the second half could be lower than that of the first half.

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經(jīng)濟學家們認為，由于價格總水平的長期下降，使企業(yè)無法認清市場需求，無法確定投資方向，結果使企業(yè)的發(fā)展，經(jīng)濟的增長受到很大的影響。

Economists say that if the prices have been dropping for long periods of time, the enterprises will be at a lass as to where the market demand is and don’t know where to invest. Consequently, the companies’ development and the economic growth are greatly affected.

目前，中國市場的價格運行出現(xiàn)了一些積極的變化，但由于社會商品供過于求的矛盾依然突出，價格回升的基礎關不穩(wěn)固。經(jīng)濟界人士仍擔心年底前能否走出通貨緊縮的陰影。

Although there have been positive changes in the fluctuation of prices, the foundation of a rebound in prices isn’t firm due to the fact that the supply is still greater than the demand. Whether China is able to escape the shadow of deflation by the end of the year is still of much concern to those in the economic circle.

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我們想通過改革在我國確立有中國特色的社會主義市場經(jīng)濟的體制。我們?yōu)榇俗隽碎L期的準備工作。中央政府，各級地方政府以及大型國有企業(yè)之間都取得了一致的看法。

What we want to achieve through reform is to establish a socialist market economy with Chinese characteristics in our country. We had a long process of preparation for this reform. A consensus was built among the central government, local governments of various levels, and large state-owned enterprises.

我們高興地看到，全國以及各行各業(yè)的總的情況是穩(wěn)定的。經(jīng)濟增長遠遠超過了預期的目標。外國在華直接投資也達到有史以來的最高水平。對我國經(jīng)濟發(fā)展的前景我持非常樂觀的態(tài)度。

We are glad that the general situation in the country and in all industries has been stable. The economic growth far exceeds our expectations. And we’ve seen an unprecedented level of direct foreign investment in China. I’m very optimistic about the future of our economic development.

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自70年代后期，中國向世界開放以來，到1998年7月底，中國已批準了三十一萬四千余個外資，其中一半以上已開始運作。據(jù)《中國信息報》報道，這些項目的外資簽約總量為五千四百多億美元。

By the end of July 1998， China had approved more than three hundred and fourteen thousand foreign-invested projects since its opening to the rest of the world in the late 1970s and more than half has begun operating. The China Information reported that these projects have a combined contractual foreign investment of over US $ 540 billion.

在過去的五年中，外商投資急劇上升，在我國經(jīng)濟發(fā)展中起了重大的作用。1993年以來，中國一直是繼美國之后的第二大外資受益國。

The last five years has witnessed the drastic growth of foreign investment, which has been playing a vital role in the development of our economy. Since 1993, China has remained the second largest recipient of foreign funds, after the United States.