日本地震影响对美进出口一托福阅读机经背景.docxVIP

智课网TOEFL备考资料 日本地震影响对美进出口一托福阅读机经背景   Japan is the United States fourth-largest trading partner, and trade had increased the first two months of this year -- before the earthquake and tsunami. Now the two busiest container ports in the United States are seeing the effects of the disaster on Japanese imports. It takes time for electronics and auto parts to travel to a port in Japan, and then up to two weeks to cross the ocean. Some exports of produce from the United States to Japan have also been disrupted.  日本是美国第四大贸易伙伴。地震海啸发生之前，两国间贸易额今年头两个月有所增长。可地震灾难对日本的出口造成了严重影响，并在美国两个最繁忙的集装箱码头体现出来。日本电子产品和汽车部件一般需要一段时间才能抵达日本港口，然后需要两个星期才能横跨太平洋抵达美国。美国对日本的一些产品出口也受到了影响。  Every day, ships from Asia arrive at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Located next to each other, these two ports on the West Coast are the busiest container ports in the United States. And Japan is the second-biggest trading partner of the two ports combined.  地处美国西海岸的洛杉矶港和长滩港每天都有从亚洲出发的货轮抵达这里。这两个港口彼此相邻，是美国最繁忙的集装箱码头。洛杉矶港发言人桑菲尔德(Phillip Sanfield)说，日本是这两个港口的第二大贸易伙伴。  Japan really helped build international trade 20 or 30 years ago and really is responsible for some of the growth here in the Port of Los Angeles, Phillip Sanfield said.  他说：“日本20或30年前加速了国际贸易的发展，洛杉矶港口的发展的确离不开日本的贡献。”  Sanfield is spokesman for Los Angeles Port. He says Japan makes up 15 percent of the overall trade at the Port of Los Angeles. The largest imports from Japan are auto parts and cars. Nissans come through the Port of Los Angeles.  桑菲尔德说，洛杉矶港的吞吐量有15%来自日本，进口最多的日本产品是汽车和汽车零部件。日产(Nissans)汽车就是通过洛杉矶港进入美国市场的，而长滩港是丰田汽车的一个进口码头。  Long Beach is one of the entry ports for Toyotas. Art Wong is port of Long Beach spokesman. I’ve heard that Toyota is beginning to slow down their shipment of cars here or even maybe even to stop having as many ships come here,” he said. “So their plants have been shut down pretty much since the quake they’ve started up production again but certainly