考研英语阅读题源经济学人文章安哥拉很油腻.docVIP

PAGE / NUMPAGES 作者：ZHANGJIAN 仅供个人学习，勿做商业用途 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精品文档收集整理汇总 　　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.精品文档收集整理汇总 　　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。精品文档收集整理汇总 　　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.精品文档收集整理汇总 　　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。精品文档收集整理汇总 　　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.精品文档收集整理汇总 　　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。精品文档收集整理汇总 　　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 i