国际金价是否虚高?
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：万花筒2006年
Jim Boulden: Another deal done, another customer selling gold coins to London dealer 1 Mike Temple. It's no surprise people are selling their gold coins and bars with prices at 25-year highs. But why are there still plenty of people buying at this level?
Mike Temple: Because they see it as a long term investment, and as a security backing, you know, to their total portfolio 2, just to keep a little bit, say, 10% or whatever they want to keep, in physical gold.
Jim Boulden: Gold has always had an appeal of course. And demand in Asia for personal use is very strong. But the price has spiked 3 in recent months thanks to speculators, and also buying from conservative institutions like pension funds , making these little bars worth ever more their weight in gold. (be worth its/your weight in gold: to be extremely useful or valuable)
Jim Boulden: This is almost 20, 000 dollars here [Yeah! ]as an investment, and the value of this would have gone up how much in the last year?
Mike Temple: Well, nearly, say between 30 and 50 percent.
Jim Boulden: People are now talking about a bubble in gold prices. But speculators are gambling 4 that demand will continue and gold will continue to be in short supply.
Jill Leyland: There has been a dearth 5 of exploration at the end of 1990s and the beginning of this decade. There are, there have been relatively 6 few major finds of golds to replace exhausted 7 mines. In contrast, demand last year was extremely strong. Identifiable demand rose by 7% in tonnage terms and by 16% in dollar terms.
Jim Boulden: But of course it's not just gold that glitters these days. Oil is backed up at record levels, silver is at a 22-year high, even orange juice futures 8 are at a 14-year high. And copper 9 prices have doubled in the past year.
Peter Kettle: It's a combination of the supply-demand position in the individual markets and a number of general factors, the, the growth in demand from China was a big one. But I think also, yes, the, the increasing interest of, of pension funds in diversifying 10 their assets, putting a very small proportion of the total into commodities. But that small proportion is very big money.
Jim Boulden: A risk perhaps with prices so high. But for now, Mike Temple is happy to lug 11 bags of silver and gold to and from his vaults 12 each day, as sellers and even more buyers are pouring through his door.
Jim Boulden: Jim Boulden, CNN, London.
- The dealer spent hours bargaining for the painting.那个商人为购买那幅画花了几个小时讨价还价。
- The dealer reduced the price for cash down.这家商店对付现金的人减价优惠。
- He remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio.他因为她带着一个大公文包而记住了她。
- He resigned his portfolio.他辞去了大臣职务。
- The editor spiked the story. 编辑删去了这篇报道。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They wondered whether their drinks had been spiked. 他们有些疑惑自己的饮料里是否被偷偷搀了烈性酒。 来自辞典例句
- They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
- The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。
- There is a dearth of good children's plays.目前缺少优秀的儿童剧。
- Many people in that country died because of dearth of food.那个国家有许多人因为缺少粮食而死。
- The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
- The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
- It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
- Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。
- He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。
- Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。
- The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
- Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。
- Some publishers are now diversifying into software. 有些出版社目前正兼营软件。 来自辞典例句
- Silverlit is diversifying into new markets, such as Russia and Eastern Europe. Silverlit正在使他们的市场变得多样化，开发新的市场如俄罗斯和东欧国家。 来自互联网