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托福听力tpo64lecture1、2、3原文+题目+答案+译文

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Lecture1

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Listentopartofalectureinaneconomicsclass.Theprofessorhasbeentalkingabout

internationaltrade.

Professor:OK,soletsrecapfromyesterday.Whydonationsengagedininternational

trade?Well,itsoftenbecauseofasurplus,morethantheyneed,andtheyalsotrade

fortheoppositereasonwhentheyhaveshortagesandcantproduceeverythingthey

wantorneeddomestically.Sotheseexplanationsaregoodasfarastheygo.But

theresanotherscenarioweneedtodiscuss.Andthatiswhatifacountryiscapable

ofproducingsomethingitwantsorneedsbutitcanalsoimportthesameproduct

fromanothercountry?Now,howdoesthecountrydecidewhethertomakethe

productitselforimportit?OK,takeanexample.Um,thinkaboutthebananasthat

youbuyinthesupermarket.Ifyoulookclosely,youllseethatmostbananasinthe

UnitedStatesareimported,importedfromcountrieswithtropicalclimates.Butthe

UnitedStateshaswarmregions.Ithasgreenhouse.Clearly,itwouldbepossibleto

growbananashere.SowhydoesnttheUSdothat?Scott?

StudentScott:Well,itislikealotcheaperandmoreefficientforcountrieswith

tropicalclimates,fortropicalcountriestogrownbananas,isntit?Imean,theydont

needgreenhousetogrowbananas,andtheyrenotsolimitedtocertainregions.

Professor:Okay,good.Thatsexactlyright.Tropicalcountrieshavewhatwecallan

absoluteadvantageinproducingbananas.Absoluteadvantageisthetermweuse

whenacountrycanproducemoreofaproductusingfewerresources.Theyrethe

mostefficientproducerofsomething.AndtheUnitedStatescantbethatwith

bananas.Soitsbetteroffspecializinginothergoodsthatitcanmakemore

efficiently.Lets