VOA常速英语2014--石油钻塔事件后越南人民支持自家国货

 

Vietnamese Staging Chinese Product Boycott¹ After Oil Rig Spat²

HANOI —

China recently pulled an oil rig from an area of the disputed South China Sea that Vietnam also claims.  Despite the action, the incident has had a lingering effect on consumers in Vietnam.

The shelves in this Vietnamese store, like most stores around the country, are filled with Chinese-made products; but, much of it may go unsold, for now, with many Vietnamese consumers still angry over the recent oil rig dispute.

就像大多数全国各地商店一样,这家越南商店的货架上也摆满了中国制造的商品,但是这些商品大多可能会卖不出去,因为现在越南大多消费者依然对最近的石油钻井平台纠纷感到忿忿不平。

Like she does every year, Phu Lang Huong is taking her children to purchase school supplies.

富朗宏每年都要带着孩子购买学习用品。

This time, she says, she will only purchase Vietnamese products.

然而今年这一次,她表示只会购买自己国家的商品。

“China has already withdrawn³ its oil rig, but my initial thought is, we are Vietnamese. We have to buy Vietnamese products."

“中方已经撤离了石油钻井平台,但我最初的想法是,我们是越南人。所以我们必须购买越南货。”

Vietnamese People Give Priority to Vietnamese Goods is part of an ongoing⁴ nationwide campaign to promote nationalism.

越南人首推自己国家的商品成了全国范围内提倡民族主义的一种方式。

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In May, China placed the drilling platform in disputed waters near the Paracel islands. The location for the oil exploration led to clashes between Chinese ships and Vietnamese fishing boats.

中方今年5月在西沙群岛附近争议海域部署钻井平台。就是这一石油勘探位置引发了中国船只和越南渔船之间的冲突。

Mai Mai, a college student in Hanoi, says she still uses products made in China, but won't buy new ones.

河内大学生迈迈表示她仍然使用中国制造的产品,但不会再买新的。

“After this incident, there are so many slogans on the Internet such as stop using Chinese goods.So many people did try to put their Chinese things away."

“经过这一事件,互联网上出现了如停止使用中方产品等很多口号。很多人试图拒绝中国货。”

China was Vietnam's largest trade partner in 2013, with bilateral⁵ trade worth 50.21 billion, according to the government in Hanoi.

中国曾是越南最大的贸易伙伴,距河内政府统计，2013年的双边贸易价值502.1亿。

1 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。

2 spat   

n.口角，掌击；v.发出呼噜呼噜声

参考例句：

• Her parents always have spats.她的父母经常有些小的口角。
• There is only a spat between the brother and sister.那只是兄妹间的小吵小闹。

3 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

4 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

5 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。