2007年8月24日 国际小麦价格创历史最高

时间：2007-08-28 00:45:05

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小麦价格昨日跃升至历史新高，因为小麦供应十分紧俏，引起了人们对全球食品价格将大幅上涨的担忧，恐慌的买家纷纷涌入市场。

Wheat prices jumped to an all-time high yesterday as panicked buyers rushed into the market amid extremely tight supplies, raising fears of a global food inflation spike1.

全球第二大小麦出口国加拿大警告，由于恶劣的气候影响了农作物收成（就像欧洲和澳大利亚一样），加拿大今年小麦的产量可能比去年下降近20%。

Canada, the world’s second largest wheat exporter, warned output might be almost 20 per cent below last year as adverse2 weather damaged the crop as it had done in Europe and Australia.

依赖于进口小麦供应的日本和台湾在国际市场购买了更多小麦。印度也下了巨额订单，赶在需求高峰期到来之前补充库存。

Japan and Taiwan, which depend on foreign wheat supplies, bought new cargoes3 in the international market while India launched a large tender to beef up its inventories4 ahead of its peak demand season.


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1 spike lTNzO     
n.长钉，钉鞋；v.以大钉钉牢，使...失效
参考例句：
  • The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
  • They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。
2 adverse 5xBzs     
adj.不利的；有害的；敌对的，不友好的
参考例句：
  • He is adverse to going abroad.他反对出国。
  • The improper use of medicine could lead to severe adverse reactions.用药不当会产生严重的不良反应。
3 cargoes 49e446283c0d32352a986fd82a7e13c4     
n.（船或飞机装载的）货物( cargo的名词复数 )；大量，重负
参考例句：
  • This ship embarked cargoes. 这艘船装载货物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The crew lashed cargoes of timber down. 全体船员将木材绑牢。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 inventories 9d8e9044cc215163080743136fcb7fd5     
n.总结( inventory的名词复数 )；细账；存货清单（或财产目录）的编制
参考例句：
  • In other cases, such as inventories, inputs and outputs are both continuous. 在另一些情况下，比如存货，其投入和产出都是持续不断的。
  • The store must clear its winter inventories by April 1st. 该店必须在4月1日前售清冬季存货。

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