雅思作文經濟類話題：亞洲經濟發(fā)展

TOPIC：經濟；國家發(fā)展

　　場景：亞洲新興市場

　　Thailand is in the grip of another bout of civil unrest. ThePhilippines is still recoveringfrom a devastatingtyphoon. Southeast Asia does notlook the most obvious place for an investor to put his or her money now, butthe region has also beenhome to some of thebest-performing stock markets in the world over the past five years.

　　泰國陷入新一輪內亂，受臺風重創(chuàng)的菲律賓仍未完全恢復過來，東南亞看上去不是目前最吸引人的投資目的地。但在過去5年里，該地區(qū)的一些股票市場位居全球表現最佳股市之列。

　　【經典句式】

　　inthe grip of 受……控制

grip 抓；握

bout回合；（一）陣

civilunrest 國內動亂

The Philippines 菲律賓

recover from sth 從……中恢復

devastating 毀滅性的

typhoon 臺風

Southeast Asia 東南亞

behome to sth 是……的所在地；具有……特征

thebest-performing stock markets in the world 全球表現最佳股市

　　In the early 1990s, when visitors to Chinastill had to paytheir hotel billsusing foreign exchangecertificates, southeast Asia was a favourite among western investors. Money poured in, attracted by young and rapidly urbanising populationsand relatively openeconomies.

　　20世紀90年代初，到中國旅行還必須用外匯券支付住宿費，那時東南亞是最受西方投資者青睞的地區(qū)之一。在年輕且快速城市化的人口以及相對開放的經濟的吸引下，大量資金涌入了東南亞。

【經典句式】

　　paybills 支付賬單

foreigne xchange 外匯

favourite  n. 特別喜愛的人/物

pour money in/into … 投資

urbanise城市化

【犀利觀點】亞洲/中國經濟發(fā)展優(yōu)勢

young and rapidly urbanisingpopulations

relatively open economies

But in 1997 the party ended, asgovernments, companies and consumersin the region struggled toservice the debts they had accumulated.Currencies and stock markets slumped. The IMF was called in to bail out several countries. Malaysia re-imposed capital controls.

但這場盛會到1997年就結束了，該地區(qū)的政府、企業(yè)和消費者都無力償還各自累積的債務。外匯市場和股票市場一蹶不振。國際貨幣基金組織(IMF)應請求對幾個國家施救。馬來西亞再度實施了資本管制。

【經典句式】

consumer 消費者

struggle to do sth 掙扎著做某事

accumulate 累積

callsb in 召集；召喚

bailsb out 保釋；救出

imposesth on sb 強加……于某人

capital 資本