英语阅读：048《经济学家》读译参考之四十八：友谊与贸易－中朝贸易再现生机.docVIP

TEXT 48 Friendship and trade 友谊与贸易（陈继龙 编译） Jul 20th 2006 | DANDONG From The Economist print edition CHINAS main lifeline to North Korea, a narrow road-and-rail bridge _______① the Yalu river, does not suggest there is much business to do on the other side. A trickle[1] of trucks flows along its single-lane carriageway, which stretches for less than 1km (barely half a mile). Hours go by _______② a train.（1）The North Koreans hoped a few years ago to create a busy investment zone on their side, but all they have is a shabby town of mostly idle factories. At night it is an expanse of darkness with only a few pinpricks[2] of light. 中国与朝鲜之间的重要交通线——一座横跨鸭绿江的狭窄的公路、铁路两用桥——并不表示江对岸有多少生意可做。在这条全长不到1公里（约半英里）的单车道上，仅稀稀拉拉地行驶着几辆卡车。几个小时里都没有一列火车通过。朝鲜几年前曾希望在它们那头建成一个繁忙的投资区，但它们现在拥有的只是一座满是停产工厂的破旧城市。到了晚上，这里到处都是漆黑一片，只有零星的几点灯光。 （2）Yet trade is picking up. Chinese trucks crossing the Friendship bridge—built by the Japanese in 1943 and bombed by the Americans during the Korean war—are filled _______③ more than just the bare necessities of life. China still props up North Korea with supplies of grain and oil. But in the past few years the trucks have begun transporting more machinery for factories and electronic products such as television sets for a small but affluent elite. And North Korean businessmen have become a familiar sight in Dandong, ________④ the Chinese end of the bridge, staying at the best hotels in what to them must seem a fantasy land of bourgeois luxury. 但是现在鸭绿江两岸的贸易却有了起色。（译注：pick up指“改善，有起色”）驶过这座友谊桥——1943年由日本人建造，朝鲜战争中被美军炸毁——的中国卡车满载的不再仅仅是生活必需品。虽然中国仍通过供应粮食和石油来支撑朝鲜，但在过去的几年里，这些卡车开始为朝鲜工厂运送它们所需的机器设备，为极少数有钱人运送电视机之类的电子产品。在这座桥中国一端的丹东常常可以看见朝鲜商人的身影，他们住在当地的一流宾馆里——对他们而言那就像是一块享尽资产阶级奢华的乐土。 China exported $1.08 billion-worth _______⑤ goods to North Korea last year, 35% more than in 2004 and 122% more than in 1995, according to Chinese statistics. More than half of all trade in 2005 was handled by Dandong. Less promisingly for North Korea, exports to China fell by 14.8% to $499m. （3）North Kore