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UNIT 4 ECONOMY 　　1. President Clinton realized——as al of us must—— that today‘s economy is global. 　　正如每个人必须认识到的那样，克林顿总统认识到当今的经济具有全球性质。 　　2. 1977， the sum total of Chinese imports and exports was less than $15 billion， putting China‘s share of world at 0.6 percent. The most populous country in the world， China ranked a distant 30th among exporting nations. By 1993 China’s exports and imports totaled nearly $200 billion. China had become the world‘s tenth largest exporter. 　　在1977年，中国进出口总额还不到150亿美元，仅占世界贸易总额的0.6%， 世界上人口最多的中国在出口国家中排名靠后，仅是第30位，到1993年，中国进出口总额接近2000亿美元，它已成为每10个最大的出口国。 　　3. Per capita GNP has grown at an average rate of 7.6% from 1980-1992. 　　从1980年至1992年，人均国民生产总值平均增长率为7.6%. 　　4. But the importance of trade in our economy has exploded in the past three decades. In 1970， the value of two way trade was equal to just 13% of the US economy. Last year， that figure， at 28%， was more than twice as high. In just the last seven years， jobs supported by US exports have risen by 4 million， to a total of 11 million. That‘s almost one out of ten American jobs. Last year US trade equaled $1.8 trillion dollars. 　　但在过去30年中，我们经济贸易的重要性大大地增加了，在1970年，双边贸易的总值占了整个美国经济的13%.去年上升到28%，比1970年增加了一倍多。就在过去7年中，美国的出口创造的就业机会增加了400万个。总数上升到1100万个。这个数字就占美国就业总数的1/10.去年， 美国贸易总额达到了1.8亿美元。 　　5. Nor is the importance of trade likely to diminish for either China or the United States. Foreign exchange. 　　无论是中国还是美国，都不会缩小贸易的重要性。 外汇。 　　6. Bilateral trade， the order of 　　双边贸易 　　7. sound foundation for future commercial and financial ties. 　　为未来贸易与金融关系打下了一个坚实的基础。 　　8. China‘s imports from the US， which amounted to $900 million in 1978， rose to nearly $ 3 billion in 1982. exports rose from $300 million to $ 2.3 billion during that period. Total Chinese trade has also risenj dramatically， from 1978 to 1983 Chinese exports increased from roughly 10 billion to 22 billion， while imports increased from 10 billion to just over 21 billion. 　　中国从美国的进口额，从？？到由9亿美元增至近30亿美元，对美出口额在这期间