Factories Closing in Southern China
大陆南方工厂面临倒闭

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Anchor: Global financial woes are taking their toll on China’s export-dependent economy.
新闻主播：全球金融灾难向中国依赖出口的经济缓缓敲起丧钟。

For the first time since 2005, quarterly growth in China slipped into the single digits for the third quarter of 2008.
自从2005年以来，中国在2008年第三季第一次季成长下滑至个位数。

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，商业周刊引用香港工商业联盟说：今年年底以前中国珠江三角洲制造业中心，将有百分之十的工厂会倒闭。

【新闻关键字】
1. factory: n. 工厂
2. toll: n. 和缓的钟声
3. economy: n. 经济
4. quarterly growth: n. 季成长
5. digit :n. 数字
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.
这些工厂倒闭对大陆工人来说无疑又是另一个打击，因为他们已经面临持续上涨的通膨及一连串的天灾。

Earlier this month, a large-scale protest outside one closed factory in Guangdong Province made headlines around the world.
这个月初，广东省一家倒闭工厂外的大规模抗议，成为世界头条。

But with more factory-closings on the way, the worst is yet to come for Chinese workers.
但是随着更多工厂紧跟着倒闭，对大陆工人们而言，最糟的情况其实尚未到来呢！

【新闻关键字】
8. blow: v. 吹、刮
9. inflation: n. 通货膨胀
10. disaster: n. 灾难
11. protest: n. 抗议
12. headline: n. 头条
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