美食博览Food Expo

　　食肆eating establishment

　　香港食品节Hong Kong Food Festival

　　香港餐饮联业协会Hong Kong Federation of Restaurants and Related Trades

　　海鲜舫floating restaurants

　　海鲜酒家seafood restaurants

　　烈酒firewater

　　乌龙茶oolong tea

　　茶包tea bags

　　酒庄wineries

　　密封的容器airtight container

　　带子scallop

　　鱼翅shark's fin soup

　　无糖香口胶sugar-free gum

　　云吞面wonton noodles

　　饭盒rise boxes

　　饮食业联合总会召集人张宇人Tommy Cheung Yu-yan， convenor of the Hong Kong Catering Industry Association

　　新式日本餐厅nouveau-Japanese restaurant

　　葡挞Portuguese tarts

　　过饱had overeatened

　　绿茶green tea

　　樽装水bottled water

　　点心车dim sum trolleys

　　点心师傅a dim sum chef

　　鸡粉chicken powder

　　鹅肝酱foie gras

　　酿酒厂brewery

　　巨无霸Big Mac

　　早晨全餐Big Breakfast

　　芝士汉堡包Cheeseburger

　　炸薯条French Fries

　　冻柠檬茶Iced Lemon Tea

　　脆香鸡翼McWings

　　脆辣鸡腿包McCrisy Chicken Filet Burger

　　脆薯饼Hash Browns

　　彩虹新地筒Rainbow Cone

　　鱼柳包Filet-O-Fish

　　麦香鸡McChicken

　　麦旋风McFlurry

　　麦当劳McDonald's

　　麦乐鸡Chicken McNuggets

　　提子松饼Raisin Scone

　　超值早晨全餐Extra Value Breakfast

　　超值套餐Extra Value Meal

　　超值套餐加大码Supersize Extra Value Meal

　　开心乐园餐Happy Meal

　　新地Sundae

　　新地筒Twist Cone

　　烟肉蛋汉堡Egg McMuffin

　　汉堡包Hamburger

　　热朱古力Hot Chocolate

　　热香饼Hotcakes

　　猪柳蛋汉堡Sausage McMuffin with Egg

　　猪柳汉堡Sausage McMuffin

　　浓香咖啡McBlend Coffee

　　浓滑奶茶McBrew Tea

　　双层芝士孖堡Double Cheeseburger

　　矿泉水Mineral Water

　　苹果批Apple Pie

　　一刀切削减开支handed down across-the-board spending cuts

　　一家主要银行和商会调高本地经济增长预测。

　　A leading bank and a business chamber raised their forecasts for the city's growth this year.

　　十三亿人口中的大部分人未能共享经济成果。

　　The majority of the 1.3 billion population has not shared in the benefits.

　　土地拍卖是政府的主要收入来源。

　　Land sales are a prime source of government revenue.

　　大部分转口往内地发售was mostly for re-export to the mainland

　　不久前，日本还被视为会拖累全球经济陷入衰退。

　　Not too long ago， Japan was considered at risk of dragging the rest of the world into recession.

　　中央政府一连串的振兴经济措施the range of measures taken by the central government to help rejuvenate the economy

　　中国加入世贸将给予商人大量机会进军利润潜力丰厚的中国市场。

　　China's entry to the WTO will provide tremendous opportunities to tap the lucrative mainland market.

　　中国未来发展的瓶颈the bottleneck for the future development of China

　　中国经济过热。

　　China's economy is overheating.

　　今日，香港是珠三角的最大投资者。广东省约百分之七十的外资来自香港，总额达八百多亿美元。

　　Hong Kong companies today are the biggest investors in the Pearl River Delta， accounting for more than $80 billion， about 70%， of Guangdong's total foreign investment.

　　内地宏观调控的成效the effectiveness of the mainland's tightening measures

　　内地与香港更紧密经贸关系安排the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement （CEPA）

　　公共开支public expenditure/public spending

　　公共开支过份膨胀并长期高于经济增长率，已背离香港一向倡导的小政府原则。

　　Having public spending consistently exceeding the rate of economic growth is a departure from the principle of small government we have always promoted.

　　支持自由（经济）

　　advocate the laissez faire credo

　　日本央行Bank of Japan

　　世界贸易组织World Trade Organization

　　主要指针key indicators

　　他说全球油价、美国利率上升和内地宏观调控对香港经济的影响仍是难以预料。

　　He said the effects on the local economy of global oil prices， rising interest rates in the United States and macroeconomic adjustments on the mainland remained uncertain.

　　出口导向的经济体系export-led economies

　　加快香港与珠江三角洲的经济融合speed up economic integration with the PRD

　　加快经济改革进程accelerate the process of economic reform

　　加息raise interest rates

　　加强和内地的经济和社会联系cement economic and social ties with the mainland

　　加强粤港两地的商贸联系strengthen business liaison between Hong Kong and Guangdong

　　加强与内地其它省市的双边合作foster bilateral co-operation with other Mainland provinces and cities

　　加强与国内联系strengthen ties with mainland

　　加速开放国内市场accelerated the opening of the mainland market

　　外向型经济externally-oriented economy

　　外围因素external factors

　　外汇基金Exchange Fund

　　外汇基金投资公司Exchange Fund Investment

　　本地生产总值gross domestic product （GDP）

　　本地经济的基本因素未有改善。

　　The fundamentals of the city's economy have not improved.

　　未来六个月香港经济将依靠本地消费。

　　The economy would rely on local consumption for the next six months

　　正常经济活动normal economic activities

　　民主有助经济发展。

　　Democracy promotes economic growth.

　　在七十年代开始实行经济现代化embarked on economic modernization in the '70s

　　在经济高增长年代during the high-growth years

　　成本效益cost-effectiveness

　　旨在防止经济过热aimed at preventing the economy from overheating

　　有形出口/进口visible exports/imports； Visible exports are goods， as opposed to services， that are sold to other countries.

　　自由贸易特区a special free-trade zone

　　占GDP不足百分之六constitutes less than 6 per cent of gross domestic product

　　冷却经济之余却不会失去改革动力/减慢改革步伐tame the economy without sacrificing the reform momentum

　　利用所有市场活动范围took advantage of all market niches

　　努力在现有基础上强化我们在金融、物流、旅游和工商业支持服务四个经济主要支柱的优势reinforce our strengths in our four main economic pillars - finance， logistics， tourism and producer services sectors

　　宏观调控措施macroeconomic control measures

　　我不认为加息对香港经济会有重大影响。

　　I don't expect the interest rate rises to have any big effect on the Hong Kong economy.

　　把日本二零零三年的经济增长预测从百分之零点八提升至百分之二revising its projected 2003 economic-growth rate for Japan from 0.8% to 2.0%

　　把本年度的预期经济增长调高至百分之三raised the growth forecast for this year's gross domestic product to 3 per cent

　　没有证据显示它们会在未来数月拖慢整体经济步伐。

　　But there's no indication that any of this will crimp overall economic development over the next few months.

　　防止再度出现经济过热和投资无度的情况prevent a return of economic overheating and runaway investment

　　防止经济过热to rein in its overheated economy

　　防止钢铁业增长过急curb runaway growth in the steel industry

　　其它收入来源other sources of revenue

　　制定政策的中国官员可能缺乏金融工具来安排软着陆。

　　China's policymakers may lack the monetary tools to engineer a soft landing.

　　协助香港和珠三角进一步融合facilitate Hong Kong's further integration with the Pearl River Delta region

　　协助商界开拓市场helping the business sector to develop new markets

　　承担一切基建及土地费用factored in all infrastructure and land costs

　　泛珠三角地区pan-Pearl River Delta regions

　　泛珠三角区域合作与发展论坛Pan-Pearl River Delta Regional Co-operation and Development Forum

　　股市和楼市复苏the recovery of the stock market and the property market

　　近月的经济指针已响起警号。

　　Economic indicators in recent months have set alarm bells ringing.

　　近月很多人都在讨论中国是否经济过热。

　　For months， there has been much debate about whether the economy is overheating.

　　近月越来越多人担心经济过热。

　　In recent months， fears that the economy is overheating have grown.

　　阻止热钱流入银行体系stem the flow of "hot money" into the banking system

　　促进中港经济融合advance Hong Kong's economic integration with the rest of China

　　促进粤港两地合作promote co-operation between Hong Kong and Guangdong

　　促进经济发展improve economic development

　　宣布把来年经济增长目标定为百分之七announce a seven per cent economic growth target for the year

　　建立了新的全球经济秩序established a new global economic order

　　政府在五月调低经济增长预测，由三月财政预算案中的百分之四调低至百分之三。

　　In May， the Government forecast three per cent yearly economic growth， down from the four per cent predicted in the March budget.

　　政府最近上调本年的本地生产总值增长预测至百分之七。

　　The government recently revised upwards its forecast for gross domestic product growth this year to 7 per cent.

　　政府经济顾问邓广尧government economist Tang Kwong-yiu

　　是次协就义是更紧密经贸关系的第二轮协议，共撤消额外713项货品的入口配额限制。

　　The deal is the second stage of the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement （Cepa）， and eliminates import quotas on a further 713 product categories.

　　是次协议开放八个新增服务领域，另外十一个将扩大开放措施。CEPA现共开放二十六个服务领域。

　　The accord also grants preferential access to the mainland for eight new services， and increases liberalisation for a further 11. It brings to 26 the number of service sectors covered by Cepa.

　　为低度开发的珠江西岸吸引新的投资opening up the underdeveloped region west of the Pearl River to new investment

　　为我们的经济带来数以十亿元计的经济收益bring billions of dollars of economic benefit to our economy

　　为珠江三角洲一带的港商提供更佳支持provide better support services for Hong Kong businesses in the PRD

　　为过热的产业降温cool overheated sectors

　　美国联邦储备局主席格林斯潘US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan

　　香港1130亿美元的外汇储备一时尚无用完的危险。

　　Hong Kong's $113 billion in currency reserves are not in any immediate danger of running out.