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The trade war between China and the
US（中美贸易战）
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From Beijing to Berlin,
from Washington to Wellington, workers, traders,
investors, and consumers are wondering if a
trade war is looming(逼近) between
China and the
US dragging(拉进) the whole world towards darkness.
I don't know,
but I know it takes enemies to
fight a war.
Are America and China enemies
now? Just let us go back 40 years. In the
1970s, when China reconnected with the world,
America opened its arms, providing
money,
technology, and talents to a fragile(脆弱的)
newcomer. By 2019, the trade
surplus(贸易顺差) in
favor of China has jumped from zero to three to
347 billion US
dollars. Big problem.
The
trade imbalance is really an issue of structure.
Both America and China
areflawed. In Aesop’s
fables, there is the story of the blind and the
limp(跛子), they
forge(缔造) a partnership to help
one another. The limp shows the direction, and the
blind does most of the walking, the US is the
limp, relying on cheap goods and credit
from
China to maintain the American way of life. And
China is the blind, making
products and saving
money to keep his momentum(势力) of growth. The
partnership
worked well, until it didn't.
China over-made and America over-spent, they both
need
to adapt.
Change is happening, but in
different ways. The blind knows he needs to spend
more and make fewer but better goods. China
has been shifting(转移) to consumption
and
innovation-driven growth. That is why technology
and talents(技术和人才) are
coming to its shores.
You can argue whether some practices are held by
the
government, but there's no denying
technology will go with the flow to the most
needed. And right now it is increasingly on
the west side of the Pacific, where a
behemoth(庞然大物) supply chain(供应链), highly
developed infrastructure(基础建
设)，well-trained
labor(劳动力)，and the biggest consumer market
converge(聚集).
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The limp,
however, has some trouble adjusting. Economically,
America needs to
consume less and make more,
but the limp has been relying on the blind for too
long.
Easy credit (便宜的信贷)and cheap goods are
addictive(上瘾的).The current trade
structure
benefits American companies, but not American
workers. This is a design
invented by America,
and it can only be reinvented by America. It would
probably
take the vision and courage of a
politician like FDR(富兰克林·罗斯福总统) remake
the
American economic model. Trumping foreign
competitors will not
re-industrialize(重振雄风)
the US. It would take retraining, infrastructure
investment(投资) and re-energizing the can-do
spirit (积极进取的精神) of early
immigrant
forefathers(祖先).
But that is the hard way.
Trump chooses the easy one. Strong-
arming(施用暴力
的) its partners and browbeating(恫吓)
its opponents(对手). Trump is not trying to
win
the economic game, he is simply trying to win the
argument. Winning the
argument means winning
votes. Politics trumps economics. But what goes
around,
comes around. Economics will reign(当权)
and take it revenge(复仇).When America
is
serious about changing its economic structure, the
trade imbalance will remain. The
limp would be
better to act immediately and do something really
smart. But for now,
the two flawed partners
need to cool down and talk straight.
Both are
imperfect and both are hopeful nations. China is
gaining strength but
needs better vision,
America wishes to balance the feet but must not
lose focus. For
the foreseeable(可预见的) future,
China and US will cooperate willingly(有意愿
的) or
not to reinvent Churchill’s words, cooperation is
the worst form of relationship
except for all
the others. The blind and the limp can be better,
but only when they still
have faith in each
other. Let me end with a line written by a Chinese
writer toward the
end of the Great Depression.
A warm hand is always better on a cold shark.
单词笔记
a fragile newcomer 脆弱的新伙伴
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trade surplus 贸易顺差
trade imbalance
贸易不均衡
flawed 有缺陷的
Aesop's Fables 伊索寓言
blind 瞎子
limp 跛子
forge 缔造
momentum 势头;动力
consumption and
innovation-driven 消费和创新驱动
Behemoth 庞然大物
supply chain 供应链
technology and talents
技术和人才
infrastructure 基础建设
converge 聚集
easy credit 便宜的信贷
addictive 上瘾的
FDR（Franklin Delano Roosevelt） 一般指富兰克林·罗斯福总统
can-do spirit 积极进取的精神
strong-arming
施用暴力的；有体力的
browbeating 威逼；恫吓
reign 统治；当政
重
点
讲
解
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?
...wondering if a trade war is looming between
China and the US dragging(拉
进) the whole world
towards darkness.
……在疑惑：中国和美国会打一场贸易战
吗？世界会因此被拖入黑暗深渊吗？
亮点词汇：loom vi.（问题或困难）逼近；临近
注释：生动形象地表现出中美贸易战一触即发的紧迫感。
drag vt.
把……硬扯进（争论、战争或其他不好的情况）之中
注释：中美贸易战对世界的影响，由drag这样一个动词，表现的淋漓尽致。
? The
trade imbalance is really an issue of structure.
Both America and China
are flawed.
贸易不平衡其实是一个结构性问题，中美双方都难辞其咎。
亮点词汇：flawed
adj.有错误的；有缺点的
注释：在这里，用flawed一词指中美双方对于当前贸易不平衡的现状，都
负有责任。
? In Aesop’s fables, there is the story of the
blind and the limp, they forge a
partnership
to help one another. The limp shows the direction,
and the blind does most
of the walking.
伊索寓言里，盲人和瘸子结伴而行，瘸子认路忙，盲人背着走。
亮点词汇：forge
vt.形成；缔造（尤指与其他人、团体或国家形成牢固的关
系）
注释：此段话用盲人来比喻
中国，靠大量生产商品和储蓄收入来维持经济增
长；而用瘸子来比喻美国，依赖中国的廉价商品和信贷来
维持舒适的生活方式。
十分形象具体。
? But what goes around,
comes around. Economics will reign and take it
revenge. 但天道轮回，经济终将王者归来，讨回公道。
亮点句子：What
goes around, comes around.
注释：就是中国俗话说的，“出来混，总是
要还的，该来的躲不掉”。以此表
达对特朗普总统“并非想重振经济，只是想赢得嘴仗从而赢得选票”的
不满。
设题点
考察学生对文章的细节理解和推断
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命题示例1
What does the underlined word
“flawed” mean in Chinese in this passage?
A.有道理的
B.可信赖的
C.有错误的
D.有关联的
【解析】flawed adj. 有错误的；有缺点的。在这里，用flawed一词指中美
双方对于当前贸易不平衡的现状都是有错误的，都难辞其咎。
【答案】C
命题示例2
Which is the main reason of making the
relationship between America and China
even
worse?
e America decided not to provide money
and technology and talents to
China anymore.
e China has been shifting to consumption and
innovation-driven
growth.
e the trade
surplus in favor of China has jumped from zero to
three to
347 billion US dollars.
e China
over-made and America over-spent, both realized it
didn't help
the growth of economy of both
countries.
【解析】A选项文中未提及； B选项说的是中国做出的转变;
C选项只是其
中一个原因，但不是主要原因； D选项正确。根据第三段最后一句“The
partnership
worked well, until it didn't.
China over-made and America over-spent, they both
need
to adapt.”可判断出中美关系正是因为中方过度制造，美方过度消费，从而导致增
长的势头开始停止，弊端开始显露，这是中美关系持续恶化最重要的原因。
【答案】D
命题示例3
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Which one can be
inferred from the passage?
and US might
cooperate in the near future, because they still
need each
other.
starts the game because
he is trying to win the economic game.
current trade structure benefits American workers,
not American
companies.
a will not rely on
cheap goods and easy credits from China to
maintain
the American way of life.
【解析】根据最后一段尤其“For the foreseeable future, China
and US will
cooperate willingly or not...”可推断出
，中美有可能在不久的将来会继续合作，因
为他们仍然彼此需要。B、C、D选项均错误。
【答案】A
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