华尔街的赚钱经：第83期 中国消费者与美国消费者的"较量" (1)
中国消费者与美国消费者的“较量”
International trade data could show whether anybody else in the world is ready to replace the U.S. consumer as a global growth engine.
国际贸易数据显示，世界上是否有人能取代美国消费者成为全球经济增长的引擎。
The Census Bureau is due to release March trade data on Tuesday. Economists, on average, think the U.S. recorded yet another trade deficit and that the gap widened to $29.7 billion from a surprising 1O-year low of $26 billion in February.
美国统计局预定星期二(5月12日)发布了三月的贸易数据。经济学家们普遍认为美国面临又一个贸易赤字记录，贸易逆差将从二月份惊人的260亿美元这个十年最低点扩大到297亿美元。
Since imports subtract from gross domestic product and exports add to it, a smaller trade gap-fewer imports and more exports-is generally good for the economy.
因为进口会从国内生产总值中减去，而出口要加到其中。所以，以减少进口增加出口形成较小的贸易赤字是有利于经济的。
February's relatively skinny deficit-which was less than half the size of the gap in October 2008-was driven partly by falling oil imports and an unexpected surge in exports.
二月份的贸易赤字相对减少，还不到2008年10月贸易赤字的一半，很大程度上是因为石油进口量下降和出口的意外猛增。
注释：
1. release vt. 释放;发射;让与;允许发表
例句：We have to release the news before 5 o'clock tomorrow morning. 我们必须在明晨五点以前将这条新闻发布出去。
2. record vi. 记录;录音
例句：I'm giving you this information for the record. 我向你提供这个情报， 以供记录在案。
3. deficit n. 赤字;不足额
例句：They must retrench their expenditure for the purpose of making up the deficit. 为了弥补赤字，他们必须压缩开支。
4. subtract vt. 减去;扣掉
例句：Subtract that from one, 100 multiply it by 100 and you have something between zero and 100.
用一减去后面那部分，再整体乘以,你就能得到0-100间的一些数值。
5. domestic adj. 国内的;家庭的;驯养的;一心只管家务的
例句：Low prices crimped domestic output and foreign imports. 低物价阻碍了国内出口和国外进口。
6. surge v. 汹涌;起大浪，蜂拥而来
例句：The surge across the poverty line is a period of accelerating growth both for the new middle class and for the country it inhabits.
跨过贫困线的人数的激增，对于新兴中产阶级和其所居住的国家而言，都意味着加速发展的一段时期。
