Factories Closing in Southern China

大陸南方工廠面臨倒閉

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Anchor: Global financial woes are taking their toll on China’s export-dependent economy.

新聞主播：全球金融災難向中國依賴出口的經濟緩緩敲起喪鐘。

For the first time since 2005, quarterly growth in China slipped into the single digits for the third quarter of 2008.

自從2005年以來，中國在2008年第三季第一次季成長下滑至個位數。

And earlier this year, Businessweek cited the Federation of Hong Kong Industries as saying 10 percent of factories in China’s Pearl River Delta manufacturing hub would close by the end of the year.

今年初，商業週刊引用香港工商業聯盟說：今年年底以前中國珠江三角洲製造業中心，將有百分之十的工廠會倒閉。

【新聞關鍵字】

1. factory: n. 工廠

2. toll: n. 和緩的鐘聲

3. economy: n. 經濟

4. quarterly growth: n. 季成長

5. digit :n. 數字

6. cite: v. 引用

7. hub: n. 中心

The factory closings are another blow to Chinese workers, who have had to deal with rising inflation and a string of natural disasters.

這些工廠倒閉對大陸工人來說無疑又是另一個打擊，因為他們已經面臨持續上漲的通膨及一連串的天災。

Earlier this month, a large-scale protest outside one closed factory in Guangdong Province made headlines around the world.

這個月初，廣東省一家倒閉工廠外的大規模抗議，成為世界頭條。

But with more factory-closings on the way, the worst is yet to come for Chinese workers.

但是隨著更多工廠緊跟著倒閉，對大陸工人們而言，最糟的情況其實尚未到來呢！

【新聞關鍵字】

8. blow: v. 吹、刮

9. inflation: n. 通貨膨脹

10. disaster: n. 災難

11. protest: n. 抗議

12. headline: n. 頭條

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