震后日本经济

Japan's economy was dealt a devastating blow by the 9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that pummeled 连续打击 the country on March 11. Although some analysts forecast it will bounce back after a short pain, actually the quakes and tsunami exerted an considerable impact on this world third-largest economy. 1. The Nikkei index 日经指数ended down 6.18% at 9,620 points. The benchmark 基准点crude oil 原油price fell to less than $99 a barrel 桶on weaker demand from the world's third-largest economy. 2. The country's global car giants are the amongst the worst affected.Automakers Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi and Suzuki temporarily suspended production. Nissan may move one production line to the U.S. A total of 22 plants, including Sony, were shut in the area. Mitsubishi will halt production at all three of its domestic plants on Monday and Tuesday. Suzuki motors also will suspend all domestic plant operations on Monday. 3. Production stopped at some of Japan's best-known companies heavily dented their share prices. The carmaker Nissan was down by 9.5% after shutting all its plants, while Toshiba, whose products include semiconductors and nuclear reactors核反应堆, fell 16%.A Toshiba’s competitor, Hitachi, also fell 16% and shares in Tokyo Electric Power Company fell by 24%. Honda, Japan's third-largest carmaker fell 9.1%. 4. With production stopped in a number of major factories and therefore the demand for power reduced, the price of oil fell. Brent crude oil lost 2.4% to $111.16, a two-week low, while US light, sweet crude oil低硫/脱硫原油 fell by $1.37 to $99.79. 布伦特原油基准价 light crude oil 轻原油 5. Earthquake and tsunami have damaged or closed down key ports. Some airports shut in the immediate aftermath have since reopened, but transport infrastructure运输基建设施 has been crippled along parts of the north-east. This has disrupted the global supply chain of semiconductor equipment and materials. 6. Although the Bank of Japan is providing market liquidity to ensure the stability of financial markets, the long-term impact will be negative to the country's struggling economy. Rebuilding will lift the economy a bit, but it will probably increase the national debt. It may cut Japan's credit rating信用级别, increasing the country's cost to service its debt. 7. Lastly, I wish Japan’s economy gets rebound and the post-quake rebuilding goes on wheels. Thank you！ Relative Expressions: 降了几个百分点 fall by …% 降至几个百分点 fall to … % * 一般介词by 后面的是上或下跌的幅度，而介词to 后面的是最后上/下降的数据。 股价/指数走势表达法 股价fall/down/end …… 暴跌/重跌/急跌/收低/跌逾 Eg: The Nikkei index ended down 0.56% at 9,483 points. 日经指数下跌0.56%至9483点 The Nikkei index ended down 6.18% at 9,620 points. 日经225指数收盘跌6.18%报9620点 Brent crude oil lost 2.4% to $111.16 布伦特原油价格跌近 2.4%美元至111.16美元 Explanation about the Brent crude oil 伦敦是世界石油交易中心之一。伦敦国际石油交易所欲1980年成立，是欧洲唯一的能源期货与起源交易中心。1988年6月，伦敦国际石油交易所成功地推出了基准原油——英国北海布伦特原油期货交易。随着伦敦国际石油交易所在国际原油市场上的地位不断提升，它的基准原油价即北海布伦特原油价格逐渐成为观察国际市场油价走向的一个晴雨表。 第三段的 dented the share prices 怎么翻？ 关于股价的走向可翻为 股价走低，股价不表现受压或股价下挫等 关于plant一词 Nuclear plant 译为核电站，那如何翻第2，3段中的plant呢？ 这里的plant = factory 如：plant operations 是工厂运转