商务中级英语阅读理解备考日常训练材料.docxVIP

第 第 PAGE 1 页 商务中级英语阅读理解备考日常训练材料 在昨日发布的一份备受关注的经济竞争力排行榜中，美国跃居榜首，理由是美国经济因其市场效率和创新力量而受到好评。  The US rose to top spot in a closely watched economic league table yesterday, as its economy was praised for its market efficiency and ability to innovate.  总部位于瑞士的智库世界经济论坛(World Economic Forum)昨日发布了其一年一度的全球竞争力报告。该机构在报告中表示，美国经济失衡对其生产率和全球经济构成了威逼，但结论是，美国的经济成就超过了这些风险。 In its annual report on global competitiveness, the World Economic Forum, the Swiss-based think-tank, said US economic imbalances posed a threat to its productivity and the global economy but concluded that its achievements outweighed these risks.  除美国以外，排在前10位的包括7个欧洲经济体——瑞士、丹麦、瑞典、德国、芬兰、英国和荷兰——以及新加坡和日本。  Also appearing in the top 10 were seven European economies – Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Finland, the UK and the Netherlands – as well as Singapore and Japan.  世界经济论坛自1979年开头发布这一排名。很多国家要么用它赞扬一国政府的成就，要么用它批判其失败。但今年这样做的难度要比往年大，由于世界经济论坛调整了其评估模型，这对各国的排名产生了很大影响。  The rankings, which have been produced by the WEF since 1979, are used by many countries either to shower praise on a government’s achievements or to criticise its failings. But this will prove harder than usual this year as the WEF has adjusted its model, with large effects on countries’ places in the league table.  世界经济论坛还依据其新排名方法，发布了一份去年排行榜的修正版本。曾高居榜首多年的芬兰跌至第六位。世界经济论坛在去年发布的报告中将芬兰排在其次，但昨日在修正后的报告中指出，芬兰应始终排在第六位。  The WEF also released a revised league table for last year, based on its new methodology. Finland, which topped the league for many years, has dropped to sixth. The WEF gave it the second spot in last year’s published report but yesterday’s revisions suggest it should always have been sixth.  美国明显从世界经济论坛排名方法的改变中获益。去年，世界经济论坛报告将美国这个全球最大经济体排在第六位，但昨日修正后的报告将其排在首位。  The US has clearly benefited from the change in the WEF’s calculations. Last year, the report ranked the world’s largest economy sixth but the revised table puts it top.  人们经常认为中国和印度是世界上最有竞争力的经济体——其低本钱制造业和效劳业对兴旺经济体构