2021年经济学人 联合国发布关于阿富汗经济的报告（在线收听）

The world this week -- Politics

本周国际要闻——政治

The UN issued a report on Afghanistan’s economy.

联合国发布了一份关于阿富汗经济的报告。

It predicted that GDP will shrink by 20% within a year.

报告预测该国GDP将在一年内减少20%。

Foreign aid, which had accounted for 40% of GDP, has been sharply curtailed since the Taliban’s military takeover in August.

自8月塔利班军事接管以来，占国内生产总值40%的对外援助已大幅减少。

Their policy of making it hard for women to work makes the country poorer.

他们的政策使得女性难以工作，这使国家变得更加贫穷。

Stopping girls from going to school will, in the long-run, have an even worse economic effect.

从长远来看，阻止女孩上学将产生更糟糕的经济影响。

In the Philippines an ally of the president, Rodrigo Duterte, withdrew from the presidential race.

在菲律宾，总统罗德里戈·杜特尔特的盟友退出了总统竞选。

The exit of Christopher “Bong” Go leaves the government without a candidate in May’s election, though Mr Duterte’s daughter, Sara, is running for the separately elected post of vice-president.

克里斯托弗·邦戈的退出使得政府5月份的选举没有候选人，不过杜特尔特的女儿萨拉正在参与另一场单独进行的副总统竞选。

Ferdinand Marcos junior is the front-runner for president.

小费迪南德·马科斯在总统竞选中领先。

India’s fertility rate fell below replacement level.

印度的生育率降至更替水平以下。

An Indian woman can expect to have 2.0 children, down from roughly six in 1947.

一名印度妇女预计生育2.0个孩子，低于1947年的大约6个。

The country’s population is now predicted to peak a decade earlier than previously expected, at perhaps 1.6bn people in 30 years, and then to shrink.

目前据预测，该国人口将比之前预计的时间提前10年达到峰值，即在30年后达到约16亿人，然后开始减少。

Russia and America traded angry words over Ukraine.

俄罗斯和美国在乌克兰问题上针锋相对。

Antony Blinken, the American secretary of state, warned the Kremlin, which has been massing troops at the border with Ukraine, not to invade.

美国国务卿安东尼·布林肯警告克里姆林宫不要入侵，后者一直在乌克兰边境集结军队。

If it does, he threatened economic sanctions rather than an American military response.

如果俄方这样做，他威胁称会实施经济制裁，而不是来自美方的军事回应。

A day earlier Vladimir Putin had described any deployment of NATO troops or missiles in Ukraine as “red lines” for him.

此前一天，弗拉基米尔·普京称北约在乌克兰部署任何部队或导弹对他来说都是“红线”。

Talks on the future of the nuclear deal signed between Iran and six world powers resumed in Vienna.

关于伊朗和六个世界大国签署的核协议后续发展的谈判在维也纳恢复。

Joe Biden wants to revive the agreement, which his predecessor ditched three years ago.

乔·拜登希望恢复前任总统三年前放弃的这项协议。

Western diplomats were guardedly optimistic after Iran agreed to discuss steps to come back into compliance with the deal.

在伊朗同意讨论有关恢复遵守协议的措施后，西方外交官持谨慎乐观态度。

But international inspectors also reported that Iran was continuing its nuclear work.

但国际核查人员也报告说，伊朗仍在继续其核工作。

Back in Iran, big demonstrations rattled the regime.

在伊朗，大规模的示威活动使政权动荡不安。

Riot police were deployed in the city of Isfahan, where thousands of residents protested about a lack of water.

防暴警察被部署在伊斯法罕市，那里的数千名居民抗议缺水现象。

Locals say a long-running drought has been made worse by official bungling and the diversion of water to other cities.

当地居民说，因为政府把事情搞砸了并且调水到其他城市，长期以来的干旱变得更加严重。

Conservationists flew 30 white rhinos from South Africa to Rwanda.

环保人士将30头白犀牛从南非空运到卢旺达。

It was the largest such airlift aimed at protecting the endangered animals.

这是为保护濒危动物而进行的规模最大的一次空运。