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外刊精选｜巧克力要吃不起了？原料价格飙升，涨幅比黄金还猛

不知你是否注意到，最近一段时间，巧克力及相关制品变贵了。究其原因，今天这篇

《纽约时报》的文章给出了答案。那就是，制作巧克力的主要原料可可豆，价格飙升。尽

管近日有所回落，但仍远高于历史平均水平。可可的价格为何会暴涨？这带来了怎样的影

响？

AFailedCropRattledtheChocolateIndustry.ThenSpeculatorsCame.

ByJ.EdwardMoreno

Afailedcrop,followedbyawaveoffinancialspeculation,putcocoapricesonarollercoaster

thisyear,rattlinganindustryreliantoninexpensivecropsandlabor.

Formuchofthepastdecade,thepriceofcocoainonekeyglobalbenchmarkhoveredaround

$2,500permetricton.Lastyear,afterpoorharvestsinWestAfrica,thepricebegantocreepup—

risingto$4,200atonbyDecember,athresholdthathadntbeencrossedsincethe1970s.

Thenthefinancialspeculatorsbegantopilein—bettingpriceswouldrisefurther.Theypushed

thepriceabove$6,000atoninFebruary,$9,000atoninMarchand$11,000atoninmid-April.

Sincethen,thepricehasswungwildly,fallingnearly30percentinjusttwoweeksbeforebouncing

upagain.ByThursday,thepricewas$8,699aton.

Chocolatepricesaremostlyrising.WhenHersheyandMondelez,whichownsbrandslike

CadburyandToblerone,reportedearningsrecently,thepriceswingswereabigtopicof

conversation.

LucaZaramella,thechieffinancialofficerofMondelez,said,itsabsolutelycriticalforusto

getreadyforpotentiallycocoastayingattheselevels.Mondelezcouldprotectitsprofits,Mr.

Zaramellasaid,bytryingtosecurelargeordersofcocoaduringmarketdownswingsorreducing

costsforotherinputs,likeingredients.

【词汇过关】

请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。

1.cropn.__________________________

2.rattle英[ˈrætl]美[ˈrætl]v.