VOA慢速英语2016 柬埔寨可以免税向美国出口旅行用品

AS IT IS 2016-07-08 Cambodia Can Export Travel Goods to US Duty-Free 柬埔寨可以免税向美国出口旅行用品

Cambodia will now be able to export luggage and other travel goods to the United States without paying some American taxes.

柬埔寨现在可以免去一些美国税种，向美国出口行李箱以及其他旅行用品。

The U.S. trade representative, Michael Froman, announced the change this week.The change relates to the new U.S. Generalized System of Preferences, also known as the GSP.

美国贸易代表迈克尔·弗罗曼本周宣布了这项变革。这项变革是与新的“普遍优惠制（GSP）”相关的。

Froman said the new trade preferences should be a big help to Cambodia and other countries that produce travel goods.Currently, the import market for travel goods is valued at $10 billion.

弗罗曼说，新的贸易优惠对柬埔寨和其他生产旅行用品的国家来说会是很大的帮助。现在，旅行用品的进口市场价值100亿美元。

The U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia said the change could open a new market for Cambodian exporters and create thousands of new jobs for Cambodians.

美国驻柬埔寨大使说这项变革将会给柬埔寨出口商开拓新的市场，为柬埔寨创造数以千计的新工作。

The U.S. government hoped Cambodian manufacturers would use the change to diversify¹ the country’s economy and reduce poverty, said Ambassador William Heidt.

美国大使威廉·海特说，美国政府希望柬埔寨制造商能够利用这次变革来使本国经济多样化，减少贫穷。

Mey Kalyan, a senior adviser² to Cambodia’s Supreme³ National Economic Council, said the move was good for the economy.

梅·卡尔兰是柬埔寨最高国民经济委员会的高级顾问，他说这项举措有益于该国经济。

When we have the market, I believe that more investors⁴ will come to invest in Cambodia, he said."It will allow our economy to progress, allow the people to have jobs and, more importantly, it will give more added value."

“等我们有了市场，我相信越来越多的投资者会来柬埔寨进行投资。”他说，“这会发展我们的经济，让人们有更多的工作，更重要的是，会产出更多的附加价值。”

Cambodia exports more than $5 billion every year to its two major textile export markets;they are the United States and European Union.

柬埔寨每年向两大出口市场，即美国和欧盟，出口超过50亿美元的纺织品。

Words in This Story

duty – n. a tax, usually a tax on imports

luggage – n. the bags and boxes that a person carries when traveling

preference – n. an advantage that is given to some people or things and not to others

diversify – v. to produce or sell more kinds of products: to increase the variety of goods or services produced or offered

1 diversify   

v.（使）不同，（使）变得多样化

参考例句：

• Our company is trying to diversify.我们公司正力图往多样化方面发展。
• Hills and woods diversify the landscape.山陵和树木点缀景色。

2 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

3 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

4 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会