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India's Economic Boom Likely to Continue in 2008 (1/2)
大意
The economy growth was slower in 2007 in India.
听写
Signs of growing prosperity in A urban India were easy to find as the new year began. Shoppers crowded up market malls, and new highways wall beenwere being constructed at a frantic base pace to accommodate the cars been stoppedbeing snapped up by the middle class. Analysts say economic growth in 2007 might be slightly slower than the previous year, but it will still be among the fastest in the world, at around 8%. D. PH. Pai Panindiker,, who has heads an independent research group, the RPG Goenka foundation, says the economy flourished despite early of yearsearlier fears that it was overheating. “I think there is consumable of considerable optimism, particularparticularly among the business connected to badly community, that the economy in is on sound footing, that consumer demand is, the demanding expanding. 2008 should be a very fairly good year.” In the first half of 2007, the central bank raised interest rates on concerns that a credit boom was fueling inflation. However by year end, inflation had boomedcooled, and fears of perhere isa slow down did not come to pass. Foreign businesses and investors swarmed to city such as Mumbai and Bangalore.Foreignfor the investment last year is expected to debt 2total 30 billion dollars 生词
swarm密集；群集；被挤满；充满。
snap up 咬住；突然插嘴。 翻译
随着新年的来临，在印度城市很容易发现经济繁荣增长的标志。市场上人头攒动，新高速公路需要加紧建设来应对突然增加的中产阶级轿车。分析家说2007年的经济虽然比前几年增速小幅下降，但仍以8%的速度位列世界前几位。带领一个独立研究组的DP说，虽然在年初人们担心经济过热，这一年的经济仍然繁荣。“我认为情况非常乐观，特别是商业领域，经济以稳健的步伐发展，消费者需求持续扩大。2008年将使很好的一年。”2007年上半年，央行提高利率以防止信用膨胀加速通胀。然而年末，通胀冷却下来，经济发展减缓。国外商业和投资者聚集到了M和B这样的城市。去年的海外投资总量有望达到30亿美元。
总结这播音员的口音啊……还有那段录音啊，我多么希望他说的不是英语！
posted @ 2008-01-03 07:44
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