2019年英语时事热点题型总结(11月)(文档版).pdf
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1、第 1 页 The trade war between China and the US (中美贸易战) 热点链接 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 dont know, but I know i
2、t 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 ha
3、s 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 directi
4、on, 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 didnt. China over-mad
5、e 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 it
6、s shores. You can argue whether some practices are held by the government, but theres 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),
7、well-trained labor(劳动力 ),and the biggest consumer market converge(聚集). 第 2 页 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
8、 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 co
9、mpetitors 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)
10、 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 changin
11、g 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
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