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听力文本
From VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report.
Many immigrants send small amounts of money - called "remittances" - home to friends and family. But those small amounts of money together add up to a lot, consider that there are about 200 million international migrants.
In 2013, migrants around the world sent $400 billion back to their home countries, that is much more than official aid to many countries. For some nations, it is the biggest provider of foreign exchange.
Jean Claude Kazadi and his wife Myriam came to the United States from the Democratic Republic of Congo. They quickly began sending money home after they arrived. They wanted to help family members left behind.
"We believe in supporting each other. We believe in supporting our parents, specifically, and we believe in supporting our brothers and sisters," Kazadi said.
Jean Claude Kazadi is a doctor who works on HIV Aids for Catholic Relief Services in Maryland. He often visits the Democratic Republic of Congo, and he hopes he is helping Africans with his work. But he knows the $400 he sends to his parents every month is important.
Economist Adolfo Barajas of the International Monetary Fund(IMF) has studied remittances for ten years. He has seen their effects on economies.
"They have been growing tremendously from 1990 to 2010; they grew more than sevenfold," Barajas said.
Mr. Barajas says a huge migration has driven this flow of money to countries around the world. But he says there are problems with governments receiving large amounts of money. They may use the money less effectively.
Economists have said that remittances help families who receive them by increasing their income. But there is a concern that the income into a national economy will cause its money to increase in value. In turn, a country's exports can become more costly and less competitive.
However, economists agree that remittances affect the receiving country's economy in good ways. Dilip Ratha is a remittance expert with the World Bank. He says remittances help improve people's lives.
"They provide incomes, they provide a lifeline for people, they reduce poverty, they provide funding for business investment, human capital investments, education, health," Ratha said.
Economists say that private investors leave when contries are in conflict. But Dilip Ratha says remitters like the Kazadis of the Democratic Republic of Congo continue to send assistance.
"Because that is precisely when the needs of the families left behind increase. And to meet those needs, migrants send money home," says Ratha.
For Myriam and Jean Claude Kazadi, it is a simple case of showing their parents that they have not forgotten them.
And that is the Economics Report from VOA Learning English. I'm Mario Ritter.
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词汇学习
1.remittance n. 汇款；汇款额
Please return the completed form with your remittance.
请将填好的表格连同汇款寄回。
2.official adj. 官方的；正式的
There was never an official institution of censorship in Albania.
在阿尔巴尼亚从未设立过官方审查制度。
3.specifically adv. 特有地，明确地
This is a European, and not a specifically British, problem.
这是全欧洲面临的问题，而不是英国独有的问题。
4.tremendously adv. 极大地
University funding was tremendously biased towards scientists.
大学科研经费向科学家极大地倾斜。
5.lifeline n. 救生索
内容解析
1.But those small amounts of money together add up to a lot, consider that there are about 200 million international migrants.
add up to总计达
For a hit show, profits can add up to millions of dollars.
一场热门演出的利润可达数百万美元。
2.We believe in supporting each other.
believe in信赖；信仰
Don't tell me you still believe in all that stuff?
别告诉我你仍旧相信那些东西。
3.In turn, a country's exports can become more costly and less competitively.
in turn相应地；转而
Theory is based on practice and in turn serves practice.
理论的基础是实践，反过来理论又为实践服务。
参考译文
美国之音慢速学英语节目，这里是经济报道。
许多移民向家中的亲人和朋友寄送小额款项——称为“汇款”。但是这些小额款项会积少成多，因为全球移民数量高达2亿。
2013年，世界各地移民向自己的国家汇款4000亿美元，远远超过许多国家收到的官方援助。对一些国家来说，这是外汇的最主要来源。
Jean Claude Kazadi和他的妻子Myriam从刚果民主共和国来到美国。他们来到美国后很快就向家里汇款。他们希望帮助留守家中的亲人。
“我们信奉互相支持，我们信奉孝敬父母，尤其是信奉供养弟弟妹妹。”
Jean Claude Kazadi是马里兰州天主教HIV援助救济会的一名医生。他经常走访刚果民主共和国，希望能够通过自己的工作帮助非洲人。但是他知道，自己每月寄给父母的400美元非常重要。
国际货币基金组织经济学家Adolfo Barajas研究汇款已经十年的时间。他已经看到了汇款对经济的影响。
“从1990年至2010年，汇款数额出现了极大的增长，增加了七倍以上。”
Barajas表示，大量移民导致这笔钱流向世界各地的国家。但是他表示，收到巨额汇款的政府存在问题。他们对这笔钱的使用效率非常低下。
经济学家表示，汇款可以帮助收到这笔钱的人，让他们增加收入。但是也有人担忧全国经济的收入会导致国家货币增值。由此导致这个国家的出口费用更高，竞争力更低。
然而，经济学家赞同汇款从好的方面影响了接收汇款国的经济。Dilip Ratha是世界银行一位汇款专家。他表示，汇款可以改善人们的生活。
“汇款可以提供收入，为人们提供生活保障，减少贫困，为企业投资，人力资本投资，教育和健康提供资金。”Ratha说。
经济学家表示，当国家面临冲突时，私人投资者就会离开。但是Dilip Ratha表示，像刚果民主共和国的Kazadis这样的移民却会继续汇款。
“因为就是在发生冲突时，留守家中的家人的需求才会增加。为了满足这些需求，移民们就会向家汇款。”Ratha表示。
对Myriam和Jean Claude Kazadi来说，这是向父母表明自己没有忘记他们的简单证明。
以上就是今天的美国之音慢速学英语经济报道。我是Mario Ritter。
