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By Cynthia Kirk

Broadcast: Septemer 13, 2003

This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, In the News.

The International Monetary 1 Fund has agreed to help Argentina 2)refinance some of its debt. Argentine President Nestor Kirchner announced the deal Wednesday in Buenos Aires. The agreement is designed to help the country recover from its worst economic crisis.

The three-year agreement will refinance twenty-one thousand-million dollars of debt owed to international lenders. This includes more than twelve-thousand-million dollars owed to the IMF. Most of the rest is owed to the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank.

The agreement needs official approval by the IMF board which meets in Dubai on September nineteenth.

The agreement came a day after Argentina failed to make a three-thousand-million dollar payment to the IMF. That was the largest single payment ever missed in the history of the IMF. Argentina says it repaid the money on Thursday.

Argentina had been working for weeks on a deal to refinance the loan payments to the IMF. Argentina wanted more time to pay.

Officials had criticized the IMF's demands in return for the aid program. The IMF had demanded that Argentina pay private banks for money lost during the economic crisis at the end of two-thousand-one. The crisis led the government to 3)devalue the 4)peso. The IMF had also demanded that Argentina permit private utility companies to increase their rates. The agreement does not include either of these demands.

IMF Managing Director Horst Koehler said the agreement is designed to help Argentina meet goals for growth, employment and social equity 2. He said it also would help the country's banking 3 system and increase lending needed to support recovery.

In December of two-thousand-one, the IMF refused to extend loans to Argentina. It said the government had failed to control spending. Argentina declared itself unable to pay its huge public debt.

The new agreement means Argentina can now begin to negotiate ways to restructure its ninety-thousand-million dollars of private debt. Hundreds of international creditors 4 are owed money. After that, Argentina could again borrow on financial markets, which in turn would help the economy.

The country's economic troubles were largely caused by too much spending by the government. The crisis in December of two-thousand-one deepened a 5)recession.

Argentines are still dealing 5 with the crisis. Half of the country's thirty-six million people are poor. And there are few jobs. Many Argentines blame dishonest government officials for the problems.

Argentina's economy has shown some signs of recovery under President Nestor Kirchner. He took office earlier this year. He says further cuts demanded by the International Monetary Fund as part of economic reform would push the country back into recession.

In the News, from VOA Special English, was written by Cynthia Kirk. This is Steve Ember.

注释:

1) IMF (International Monetary Fund) 国际货币基金组织

2) refinance [5rifi5nAns] v.再为……筹钱,再供……资金

3) devalue [di:5vAlju:] v.减值,贬值

4) peso [5peisEu] n.比索(一种外国货币单位)

5) recession [ri5seFEn] n.工商业之衰退,不景气

 



adj.货币的,钱的;通货的;金融的;财政的
  • The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
  • Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
n.公正,公平,(无固定利息的)股票
  • They shared the work of the house with equity.他们公平地分担家务。
  • To capture his equity,Murphy must either sell or refinance.要获得资产净值,墨菲必须出售或者重新融资。
n.银行业,银行学,金融业
  • John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
  • He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。
n.债权人,债主( creditor的名词复数 )
  • They agreed to repay their creditors over a period of three years. 他们同意3年内向债主还清欠款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors. 债权人可以获得逮捕债务人的令状。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.经商方法,待人态度
  • This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
  • His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
学英语单词
andreas-salome
andromedin
as good as a play
Assad, Hafez al
average tater
axis of direct elasticity
Bronchoselectan
Broxoron
buried valley
capacitive coupling
card punch operator
center valve position
circumfetishist
colour telerecording
crystal rash
cynanchum sibiricum r. br.
Deca-Durabolin
desmot-ropism
dockets
ductless
East River
Eastman colour
edgebandings
eicke
El Divisadero
essential chorea
ethanedithioamide
fire foam
fluorobenzamide
fold-over noise
Forest-accountant
formular cost system
francesco redi
game ports
general-purpose automatic test system
glucuronoside
goddies
gravity feed cup
harbor service
high speed semantic net
Hinata
hollow shaft drive
horizontal guy
hot metal practice
hydatopneumatic deposit
impulse transmitter tube
isosceles right triangle
kourik
logical thinkings
long boom wharf crane
Lorenz Oken
loss of amenity
loster
MCBP
mcgarrett
Metachalcolite
million dollar man
Monosyl
mother truckers
national origin
ortho-terphenyl
oxidation reduction indicator
parental type
pelvic outlet
perseverate
phase wire
photo-electric paper tape reader
phylogenetic chart
pitch-line runout
polyalthia suberosa thwaits
positive afterimage
primary mycelium
profits prior to consolidation
psilomastax pyramidalis
public transport junction
pure mood
queenan
Rannoch, Strath
redele
relaxation of boundary condition
resident routine
risk of damage
riveted butt joint
routine maintenance
semireal time
signatus
sodium vapour
souffles
statistical probability
stepull
stroke type
stylet shaft
system frequency
throw ... weight behind
traiteurs
tribalists
trolley-bus
truck-mounted pile frame
uips
unweighted weight
vertical butt stroke
Yongul-li