原汁原味商务英语播客 第25课:印度的经济增长

 　　Today’s Business English News podcast comes from an article on the recent positive statements by the CEO of Infosys on the future of India’s economy.

　　今天的商务英语播客来自Infosys总裁对印度未来经济的积极评论。

　　India’s economy has long been overshadowed by the rapid rise of China and SE Asia. More recently though, attention has started to turn to India, who’s strong economic growth and skilled workforce¹ have spurred interest. Many economists² are now predicting steady growth at 8% per year with India set to become a 1 trillion dollar economy by 2008.

　　印度的经济长时间依赖由于中国和东亚国家经济的迅速发展而相形逊色。尽管如此，国际关注现在转向印度，印度的经济增长迅猛，技术工人促进了利润的增长。许多经济学家现在预测印度每年8%的增长速度到2008年时会达到一万亿美元。

　　We use this article to look at some of the English words and expressions you can use to talk about economic trends and human resources.

　　通过这篇文章来看下用来谈论经济趋势和人力资源的词语和表达。

1 workforce   

n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

2 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》