CCTV9英语新闻：中国的总体贸易增长7.5% 2013
时间：2019-02-04 作者：英语课 分类：CCTV9英语新闻2014年01月
Chinese export growth slowed in December, while imports rose. The latest economic data has been released this morning, during a press conference by customs officials.
For the details we're joined in the studio by Michelle Xing, Michelle.
Michelle: Thanks.That’s righte, exports in December slowed to 4.3 percent year on year, from November’s 12.7 percent. That was broadly inline with forecasts. Imports grew 8.3 percent, beating predictions and up from the previous month’s 5.3 percent... that led to a narrowing of the country’s trade surplus to 25 billion US dollars in December. In terms of value, December’s exports hit a record high, indicating that demand in developed economies remains 1 high.
Q2: Trade data for the whole of 2013 also came out, take us through it.
Michelle: Allright. For the whole of 2013, China’s total trade gained by 7.5 percent, missing the growth target of 8 percent for the second straight year, indicating weakening export competitiveness due to the appreciation 2 of the Chinese currency. Exports grew 7.9 percent year on year while imports grew 7.3 percent. In the meantime, trade surplus for 2013 reached close to 260 billion US dollars, the highest since the global financial crisis. Breaking it down to different regions, bilateral 3 trade with the EU and the US was up 2.1 and 7.5 percent respectively, but trade with Japan fell by 5.1 percent.
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n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
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He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
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I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
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They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
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- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
- I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。