2017考研英语阅读题源经济学人文章：安哥拉很油腻供参习.doc

2017考研英语阅读题源经济学人文章：安哥拉很油腻 每年考研英语阅读篇章很多都取材于经济学人，因此2016年考研复习之初，一定要从基础打好，稳扎稳打。凯程在线分享《经济学人》文章，希望大家能够多看、多练，提升阅读能力！ 2017考研英语阅读题源经济学人文章：安哥拉很油腻 　　Angola 　　安哥拉 　　Still much too oily 　　依然很油腻 　　Angola badly needs to diversify its one-dimensional economy 　　安国急需多样化经济以取代单一经济体系 　　FROM the top of the Fortaleza de Sao Miguel, a 16th-century Portuguese citadel that once dominated the Angolan capital, you see an army of craneserecting high-rise offices, fancy hotels and blocks of smart flats. Luandas traffic zooms belowon an eight-lane highway, as pedestrians amble among palm trees or play basketball on theMarginal, a renovated, spotless promenade. “You almost forget you are in sub-Saharan Africa,”says a foreign businessman well acquainted with the region. 　　在Fortaleza de Sao Miguel这座曾统治安哥拉首都的城堡上面，你可以看到一队起重机大军正在建造高大的办公厅、奢华的酒店和一幢幢精致的公寓。首都罗安达的交通在一条八车道的高速公路上尤为繁忙，行人们在Marginal这条新修筑的几乎完美地大街上的棕榈树下信步、打篮球。“差点忘了自己是在撒哈拉以南的非洲。”一位对该地区十分熟悉的外国商人如是说。 　　Such a view would have been unimaginable only 12 years ago when Angolas devastating 27-year civil war had just ended, leaving it a basket case. The economy and infrastructure were intatters. Health and education systems barely existed. 　　如此的景象在十二年前是无法想象的，那时安哥拉刚刚结束持续了27年的毁灭性内战，留下了一堆烂摊子。国民经济和基础设施破坏殆尽。医疗系统教育系统几乎等于没有。 　　Since then the former Portuguese colony has grown rapidly thanks to oil. Crude productionincreased from 800,000 barrels a day (b/d) in 2003 to almost 2m b/d in 2008. The economyexpanded by more than 10% a year, making it seem one of the most buoyant in the world.Today Angolas GDP is the fifth-biggest in Africa. 　　从那时开始，这个曾经为葡萄牙殖民地的国家在石油的帮助下迅速发展。原油产量从2003年的每天八十万桶增至2008年的约每天两百万桶。每年的经济增幅超过百分之十，这使安哥拉成为全世界经济增长最快的国家。如今安哥拉的GDP排名全非第五。 　　The pace of economic activity is frenetic. In downtown Luanda developers plan to put up stillmore skyscrapers and in July the first grand shopping mall is set to open its doors and temptshoppers with Armani, Hugo Boss and Prada. In the rest of the country, the government isspending billions of dollars on roads,