2007考研英語時文閱讀(12)

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2006年2月15日 星期三
    修正軟件業(yè)數(shù)據(jù) 英國將把GDP上調(diào)1%
    Software provides output lift for Brown
    英國政府統(tǒng)計人員承認(rèn),他們嚴(yán)重低估了軟件產(chǎn)業(yè)投資(對英國經(jīng)濟(jì))的貢獻(xiàn)。
    British government statisticians admitted they had seriously understated the contribution of software investment.
    對軟件產(chǎn)業(yè)中商業(yè)投資額測算方法進(jìn)行修正,將會立刻提高英國在經(jīng)濟(jì)產(chǎn)出、商業(yè)投資和繁榮程度方面的數(shù)字,并提高英國在國際經(jīng)濟(jì)排名中的位置。
    Revisions to the way business investment in software is measured will instantly boost figures for economic output, business investment, and prosperity, lifting Britain’s position in international economic league tables.
    上述修正將使英國國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值(GDP)提高1%,這超過去年經(jīng)濟(jì)增幅的一半。同時,該國自1992年以來所有年份的年度經(jīng)濟(jì)增長率也將向上修正近0.1個百分點。
    The changes will raise gross domestic product by 1 per cent — more than half the level of economic growth last year — and revise annual growth rates upwards by close to 0.1 per cent for all years since 1992.
    中國最近超過英國成為全球第四大經(jīng)濟(jì)體,但歷史或許會表明,英國保持其第四大經(jīng)濟(jì)體地位的時間可能要比之前設(shè)想的要長一點?!灸F(xiàn)在閱讀的文章來自“中國人才指南網(wǎng)”,請記住我們的永久域名:www.cnrencai.com 】
    China recently overtook the UK as the fourth largest economy in the world, but history may even show the UK held its position a little longer than had been thought.
    英國國家統(tǒng)計局(Office for National Statistics)表示,一家公司開發(fā)的軟件的價值將是原先設(shè)想的5倍。該機(jī)構(gòu)稱,其對2003年英國軟件產(chǎn)業(yè)投資的預(yù)估值可能要從25億英鎊上調(diào)至130億英鎊。
    The Office for National Statistics said the value of software developed within a company would be five times higher than had been thought. The ONS said its estimate for such investment in 2003 was likely to rise from £2.5bn to £13bn.
    倫敦經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)院(London School of Economics) 經(jīng)濟(jì)表現(xiàn)中心(Centre for Economic Performance)的資深專家尼古拉斯•奧爾頓(Nicholas Oulton)稱,長期以來,人們對于英國軟件投資的低水平數(shù)據(jù)感到困惑:“英國軟件投資有些奇怪,它與電腦購買量數(shù)據(jù)的聯(lián)系并不緊密,而兩者之間本應(yīng)存在相互聯(lián)系?!?BR>    Nicholas Oulton, a senior fellow at the Centre for Economic Performance and the London School of Economics, said there had long been a puzzle over the UK’s low recorded levels of software investment: “There was something odd about UK software, it didn’t relate well to the recorded purchases of computers, and you would expect the two to be related.”
    經(jīng)濟(jì)產(chǎn)出數(shù)據(jù)的提高將在許多方面迅速改善英國經(jīng)濟(jì)的面貌。
    Higher levels of measured output will give an immediate boost on many fronts to the chancellor.
    它將改善英國在全球經(jīng)濟(jì)繁榮程度排名中的相對地位;將提高生產(chǎn)率數(shù)據(jù);將顯示商業(yè)投資遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)高于想象;將降低國民生產(chǎn)總值中稅收負(fù)擔(dān)和公共開支所占比重。
    It will improve the UK’s relative position in the league tables for prosperity; boost measured productivity; show business investment to be considerably higher than thought; and lower the recorded burden of tax and public expenditure in GDP.
    修訂后的結(jié)果也將使英國軟件總投資處于與其它國家的同等水平,并顯示英國軟件業(yè)占國民生產(chǎn)總值的比重高于美國。英國國家統(tǒng)計局稱,鑒于金融服務(wù)業(yè)在英國經(jīng)濟(jì)中占巨大比例,這一結(jié)果合情合理。
    The results will put the UK’s total software investment on par with other countries and show that UK in-house software development as a share of gross domestic product is higher than that in the US. The ONS said this was a reasonable result given the large share of financial services in the UK economy.