国和欧洲的评论人士唱主角。 5.Paragraph 3,"take(bring or call)somebody to task for something":criticize or attack somebody. 6.Paragraph 5,"With the economy still barely growing,despite two fiscal packages in the past nine months,Japan's critics say that the country is once more exporting its way out of recession." 注意句式exporting its way out of recession”means "trying to get the economy out of recession by means of expanding export”。类似的用法还有 “export the way out of trouble(poverty)'。 7.Surplus,What Surplus?注意这一小标题所蕴含的语气，似乎是日本人所做 的诘问：“Surplus,what surplus are you talking about?Do you know the real reasons behind it?They have nothing to do with our trade practice.Let us give you the objective explanation." 8.Paragraph7and8,介绍日本的外贸进出口与国际初级产品市场价格、亚洲 经济和美国经济状况的关系，并请学生做总结。 日本是一个资源短缺、严重依赖原材料进口的国家。当初级产品价格较低 时，其进口额会明显下降（尽管价格低会导致进口量的上升，但因日本经 济几乎处于停滞状态，故进口量不会有太大增长)：而作为其主要出口市 场的亚洲和美国的经济却持续繁荣，因而促进了日本的出口。其净结果是 日本的外贸顺差继续扩大。 9.Paragraph&,“.,which are highly sensitive to business cycle.”“对商业周期 十分敏感”，指在商业繁荣时，日本对工业初级产品的需求量激增，而经 济萧条时需求急剧下降。 10.Paragraph 9,"..the surplus will,of its own accord,gradually diminish in size and relevance.”“of one's own accord”means“voluntar ily”(自愿地，主国和欧洲的评论人士唱主角。 5．Paragraph 3, “take (bring or call) somebody to task for something”: criticize or attack somebody. 6．Paragraph 5, “With the economy still barely growing, despite two fiscal packages in the past nine months, Japan’s critics say that the country is once more exporting its way out of recession.” 注意句式“exporting its way out of recession” means “trying to get the economy out of recession by means of expanding export”。类似的用法还有 “export the way out of trouble (poverty)”。 7．Surplus, What Surplus? 注意这一小标题所蕴含的语气，似乎是日本人所做 的诘问： “Surplus, what surplus are you talking about? Do you know the real reasons behind it? They have nothing to do with our trade practice. Let us give you the objective explanation.” 8．Paragraph 7 and 8, 介绍日本的外贸进出口与国际初级产品市场价格、亚洲 经济和美国经济状况的关系，并请学生做总结。 日本是一个资源短缺、严重依赖原材料进口的国家。当初级产品价格较低 时，其进口额会明显下降（尽管价格低会导致进口量的上升，但因日本经 济几乎处于停滞状态，故进口量不会有太大增长）；而作为其主要出口市 场的亚洲和美国的经济却持续繁荣，因而促进了日本的出口。其净结果是 日本的外贸顺差继续扩大。 9．Paragraph 8, “. . . which are highly sensitive to business cycle.” “对商业周期 十分敏感”，指在商业繁荣时，日本对工业初级产品的需求量激增，而经 济萧条时需求急剧下降。 10． Paragraph 9, “. . . the surplus will, of its own accord, gradually diminish in size and relevance.” “of one’s own accord” means “voluntarily”（自愿地，主