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| 2007年2月26日 发展生物燃料"将推高啤酒价格" |
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生物燃料生产的快速扩张对于环境保护论者或许是个好消息,但对于全球的啤酒爱好者可能不然。 The rapid expansion of biofuel production may be welcome news for environmentalists but for the world's beer drinkers it could be a different story. Strong demand for biofuel feedstocks such as corn, soyabeans and rapeseed is encouraging farmers to plant these crops instead of grains like barley1, driving up prices. Jean-Francois van Box-meer, chief executive of Heineken, the Dutch brewer2, warned last week that the expansion of the biofuel sector3 was beginning to cause a "structural4 shift" in European and US agricultural markets. One consequence, he said, could be a long term shift upwards5 in the price of beer. Barley and hops6 account for about 7-8 per cent of brewing7 costs. |
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barley
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| n.大麦,大麦粒 | |
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brewer
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| n. 啤酒制造者 | |
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sector
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| n.部门,部分;防御地段,防区;扇形 | |
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structural
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| adj.构造的,组织的,建筑(用)的 | |
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upwards
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| adv.向上,在更高处...以上 | |
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hops
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| 跳上[下]( hop的第三人称单数 ); 单足蹦跳; 齐足(或双足)跳行; 摘葎草花 | |
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brewing
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| n. 酿造, 一次酿造的量 动词brew的现在分词形式 | |
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